In pre-Civil War Louisiana, young Sarah Wade talks to the dead. She inherited this tendency from her grandmother through no fault of her own, but it renders her too odd for potential suitors. Thus, when she inherits Harrowgate from her... Read More

Part philosophical discussion part fiction and thoroughly intense The Kite and the Kingdom offers solutions to the world’s economic political and social problems through “righteousness and altruism.” Lo Kram was trained as an... Read More

“There is no one ‘Down syndrome profile’ when it comes to communication skills,” espouses author Libby Kumin in this sequel to Early Communication Skills for Children with Down Syndrome. Part of the Topics in Down Syndrome... Read More

The first of a proposed series of mysteries, this novel introduces protagonist Bill Mallory, a drifter who privately sees himself through the lens of his Choctaw name, Hom-Astubby. Although he has a law degree, Mallory works as a... Read More

The Central Intelligence Agency is a bloated, unresponsive bureaucracy that exists to serve itself and cannot fulfill its important intelligence-gathering role, which was the reason for its creation by President Harry Truman. This... Read More

Every ego demands clarity about itself / and the other. No labyrinth gives us clues / that allow us to decipher / where we are and who we are. *—*Carlota Caulfield “Temple of Epigrams” from A Mapmaker’s Diary (2007) Nicolas Dubet... Read More

Most conservation efforts appeal to ethics or emotion. It’s not often the argument is made to save an animal or a plant because it’s tasty, but that is exactly the consumer/gut driven conservation message of the Renewing America’s... Read More

Although the title of this book may sound like a gossip-filled episode of True Hollywood Story, it’s actually a thoughtful look at the conflicted life of one of the world’s least respected, most talented tenors. The author, a... Read More