In Dr. Darden North’s debut novel "House Call" readers will be quickly drawn in by North’s suspenseful writing as he skillfully unfolds several mysterious deaths within the small Southern community of Montclair Mississippi. Using his... Read More

“On the long, hairpinned climb…” begins Dodd, taking readers with her a journey through the “animate” world by way of her “mind’s eye.” With personal passion, she explores the tops of mesas, the depths of caves, and the... Read More

Paging through Davies’ book is akin to ambling through a vast private American Art collection, with the added benefit of the collector’s personal commentary and without the drawback of tired legs. Not only does the author introduce... Read More

Historians don’t know for certain who invented the telescope. They do know when and where it emerged. In 1608, in burst upon the stage of recorded history, apparently out of Holland’s seedy world of small-time spectacle making.... Read More

While testing a Hawk airplane for exhibition maneuvers at the 1929 Cleveland Air Races, ace speed pilot Jimmy Doolittle performed a loop that almost ripped the wings off the ill-equipped plane he was flying. Despite his efforts to get... Read More

“I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful,” Samuel Johnson wrote in 1750. Dr. Johnson’s eighteenth century vision for biography was not merely that it... Read More

Of all the places one might expect to find a Van Gogh, a Brooklyn gas station probably isn’t one of them. Over the course of his thirty-five years as an undercover investigator with the FBI’s art theft division, Thomas McShane has... Read More

Psychiatric illnesses are among today’s greatest causes of morbidity and mortality. According to the National Institute for Mental Health, 75 million Americans suffer from common psychiatric illnesses, while 38 million annually seek... Read More