If your idea of good eating is food that makes you break a sweat and sets your tongue ablaze, then you will love Light the Fire-Fiery Food with a Light New Attitude, in which the bulk of the recipes include peppers and chiles. The book... Read More

Dr. Smith’s clinic in the Amazon is a 9-by-12-foot room with plywood walls, no ceiling, no running water, kerosene lighting and bats roosting beneath her desk. In this modest arena she delivers babies and treats snakebite, malaria,... Read More

"Extremities" is the latest effort from Bram Stoker and Locus award-winner Kathe Koja. A collection of 17 stories, Extremities is a baffling, exceedingly dark collection of narratives. Aptly titled, the tales within are extremes... Read More

Sam Pickering, the author of this, his 10th book of essays, was the model for the Robin Williams? character in the 1989 film Dead Poet’s Society. He is an English professor at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, one of many... Read More

Ever since Harrison Ford brought the Indiana Jones character to life on the silver screen, archaeology has become a promising narrative force in fiction and film. Historical fiction itself has had its niche, be it accurate or contrived... Read More

When you hear a dog barking in your neighborhood, think about this-there are another 52.9 million dogs being loved and taken care of by 31 percent of the population. We are dog parents who treat our pets like children. Most of the... Read More

With sarcastic verve, Jonathan Baird takes the reader inside the life of a disillusioned college-grad trapped inside corporate America. Baird’s alter ego, Mark, is a customer service rep, and his microscopic observations and antics... Read More

The division between Eastern and Western medicine lies in basic fundamental differences. Eastern medicine is steeped in philosophy and spirituality, and sees the body as a microcosm of nature, while Western medicine views the body as a... Read More