Tracing one’s ancestry is a time-consuming, intricate procedure filled with frustrations and setbacks. Meticulous research and tenacity are often not enough to obtain information on people who have been deceased for centuries. Yet,... Read More

Drama is a glamorous profession that attracts and demands the gifted to work as actors, directors, or producers. However, drama can also be an educational tool with therapeutic value which can help students to overcome physical or... Read More

“You wonder: can’t your boss get out early once in a while, get a life, get meds, get out of your hair, or maybe, oh please dear hiring gods, just get a new job?” Readers who are familiar with these pleas may enjoy this book about... Read More

Just as the news photographer focuses the camera for the perfect shot to capture a moment, the novelist writing about World War II must hone in on the details that will create a compelling reality. Author Brian D. Ratty, a photographer... Read More

Shuffle romance, sex, and love. Deal. Play. Then shuffle again. International bestselling author Jill Mansell delivers several unique plots that explore the disguises that men and women assume while dating. When novelist Orla Hart, whose... Read More

Beranbaum’s latest writing assignment was to inspire a love of cake baking in a new generation of young cooks. No small task, to be sure. But shes written 8 books already, including The Cake Bible, one of the most successful cookbooks... Read More

Mesdames Lago, Hughes, and Walls, in their excellently edited volume of E.M. Forster’s radio-talk scripts, take us back to a golden age of low-key, quietly thoughtful, and gently mind-broadening book talks: no celebrity-driven ratings... Read More

The Middle East is unstable, war-torn, and generally hostile to the West; religious and/or civil strife, fanaticism, and militias are ever more dangerous; America is a clumsy meddler—and soaring oil prices a worldwide threat. Just how... Read More