Gathering disparate records together, Noel Malcolm’s history text addresses male-male relationships from 1400 to 1750 within their historical context. Analyzing literature, newspapers, and court records to explain what was once called... Read More

An engrossing, imaginative novel set around an experimental hospital unit, "House of Open Wounds" explores weighty questions about the scars upon those who heal others. In a medical tent near the Palleseen battlefields, a dozen medics... Read More

Sensual, earthy, and mystical, Sophie Strand’s novel "The Madonna Secret" views Jesus via the woman who loved him. Refreshing in its perspective and stunning in its breaks with church-curated, patriarchal characterizations of Jesus and... Read More

In the exciting historical novel "The Throne of Osiris", a pharaoh establishes himself as a ruler in ancient Egypt. Bolesław Prus’s historical novel "The Throne of Osiris" follows the rise and fall of Ramses XIII. Ramses is a... Read More

France’s Louis XIV, known as “The Sun King,” has long been an enigma. On the one hand, he was visionary, practical, and probably the greatest patron of the arts the world has ever known. On the other, he was ruthless, vain,... Read More

"Radio Active" is a glorious hodgepodge of snippets from the O’Shaughnessy files. Esteemed New York radio personality William O’Shaughnessy’s "Radio Active" is his fifth collection of interviews, tributes, endorsements, monologues,... Read More

Eric Dupont’s family saga "Songs for the Cold of Heart" resurrects ancient storytelling methods, recognizing the fact that if a family’s history is to survive, its stories must be compelling enough to be retold to and by future... Read More

Past events in the bible often have a verifiable historical or archeological basis. Though Christian fundamentalists may recoil from scientific exploration of what they believe to be unfathomable, sacred words, some experts have... Read More