This wonderful gem of a book is the second by Roy Hollister Williams, president of his own marketing company in Buda, Texas. Wizard of Ads is a collection of essays and letters originally written by Williams to clients and friends about... Read More

In a historical context, society and its collective memory consumes wars by the mouthful, in big gulps, and tends to remember them by their cumulative titles: The Franco-Prussian War or World War II. We are, at times, unable to recall... Read More

This volume of essays constitutes a formidable, eloquent and contentious new work of gay literary criticism. Woodhouse is not afraid to stir up conflict as he nominates—or rejects—texts for the gay canon, then guides his reader... Read More

If the leaves be put beneath your pillow, you will be well protected from troublesome dreams and all mental anxiety. So begins the section on “Rosemary,” but the advice fares well for the whole, pretty volume. This book is written in... Read More

Beginning in the late fourth century, Gold & Spices gradually takes the reader into the 15th century. The reader is given an excellent glimpse of the lives of peasants, merchants and noblemen alike. All classes of people faced... Read More

The authors of two of Ecco Press’s 30-Minute Vegetarian series both have impressive credentials. Mridula Baljekar, author of the Indian cookbook, has written four cookbooks, hosts a British television show and was the editor of a... Read More

The authors of two of Ecco Press’s 30-Minute Vegetarian series both have impressive credentials. Mridula Baljekar, author of the Indian cookbook, has written four cookbooks, hosts a British television show and was the editor of a... Read More

What would it have been like to be a child in the year 1000? As the new millennium looms on our horizon, Ellen Jackson takes us back in time to look at the old one in this unusual and informative picture book. Each double-page spread... Read More