In the sobering historical novel "Running on Maybe", three troubled beings tackle issues of addiction, abuse, and power run amok. In Jackson McGarry’s WWI-era historical novel "Running on Maybe", various kinds of addicts hope to break... Read More

The mystery novel "Secrets of the Rabbi’s Mafia" is compelling in highlighting the dangers of religious extremism and unquestioning obedience to authority. In Irv Segal’s mystery novel "Secrets of the Rabbi’s Mafia", deep grudges... Read More

Romance and history blend in this story of a 13th-century queen. Despite her significance in the history of Turkey, Mahperi Hatun is not a familiar name in the West, nor is that of her husband, the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I.... Read More

The names of the legendary head coaches of football yesteryear are indelibly etched into the minds of football fans and into American culture. Halas. Lombardi. Bryant. Rockne. The names evoke an image of a hard-nosed past where players... Read More

“Of gougers fierce, the eyes that pierce, the fiercest gouger he.” —The City of the Saints, Richard Francis Burton. The above quote is a description of the infamous American gunslinger Jack Slade, cited by Dan Rottenberg in this... Read More