As if moving from Illinois to New Mexico wasn’t challenge enough for Belle, a heeler that Darcy saved from abusive owners, she also discovers that there is no agility club in which she can compete. Darcy, Belle and her lab, Buster,... Read More

“In a few pages of my diary, I copied down some of those experiences as others told them to me … Then again, going back to my childhood, I had quite a few experiences which, as yet, have no rational explanation. When I heard strange... Read More

When astronomer Jennifer Bass is told that Sirius, the Dog Star, is flickering strangely, she thinks it’s a joke. She takes a look for herself, however, and quickly changes the observatory telescopes to take some readings and calls in... Read More

It is tempting to compare Benton Savage’s novel about a young man’s journey through a mental hospital to Ken Kesey’s 1962 story of psychiatry gone wrong, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Savage’s "Secret Growth", however, looks... Read More

The first forty pages of Cliff Bennett’s multifaceted book offer a poignant glimpse into the struggles of his dysfunctional family during the Great Depression. Fortunately, Bennett had enough positive experiences in school to offset... Read More

Van Wallach is a Texan-born, Baptist-raised, Jewish man on a quest for love. His slim memoir documents this journey with both humor and insight. Wallach, now in his fifties, has had a lifelong preoccupation with record-keeping and... Read More

Don’t say you weren’t warned: Doctor Mark C. Brown makes clear as early as page two that his book is not easy reading, especially at the outset. He’s right. There’s no fast track to enlightenment, but readers of "Live Like a... Read More

The Smiths might have been the perfect American family: Mom, Dad, and two children—all chasing a dream or two. But the comparisons end there (or do they?), when Dad, George “Paddy” Smith, drinks his way out of a few jobs and his... Read More