Modern times have created soldiers in both the male and female variety. Both carry heavy guns. Both are involved in firefights. Both are wounded. Both are killed. But the female version, a growing percentage of the US armed forces, is... Read More

During World War I, the Turkish government abandoned Armenians in the Syrian Desert. More than one million died from malnutrition and other causes. "Daughter of War" describes the circumstances of three characters struggling to reunite... Read More

P is a bus driver in Miami. He’s got a wife, and two kids, and two big-screen TVs, and two cars, and an addiction. Smoke cigarettes, and you might get cancer. Shoot heroin, and you might O.D. Drink, don’t drive. But what’s the... Read More

It’s a truism that unsuccessful writers are more likely than successful ones to produce writer’s handbooks. Although failure may be more instructive than success, a high percentage of books such as these reside in the broader... Read More

In the world of pop music, imitation is not simply a sincere form of flattery; when singers or bands record the song, or songs, of other artists, they are performing a tribute to the artistry, skill, and vision of those musicians and... Read More

“If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.” That was just as true when Charles Dickens first made this observation as it is today. There are plenty of bad people chronicled in "Scoundrels to the Hoosegow", and... Read More

This adventure story begins on the first day of December, 101 B.C.E.,[i][b][/i][/b] as fourteen-year-old Getorix and his father, Claodicos, await execution. “Such a broad and heavy blade will take our heads cleanly at the first... Read More

Going from clerical to management; graduating from the campus to the office; going from a job in a small town to one in the city; wanting to create a look that commands respect and attention one that states competence and confidence.... Read More