Unlike the 1980s where corporate giants sought market share through fierce takeover battles, the 1990s is a decade of strategic alliances that seek to capitalize on the strengths of both companies for their mutual benefit. Take it down... Read More

A newly discovered thirst for tales of adversity and mishap on the high seas has spawned several recent books, including this very fine account of a storm-ravaged 1998 sail boat race off the east coast of Australia. Only hours after... Read More

As narrative fiction becomes a more popular way to bring actual events in history to the attention of the mass public, books such as Varhola’s Civil War writing reference become essential to writers wishing to delve into the subject of... Read More

In the book turned film, The First Wives Club, three spurned women plot to take down the husbands who wronged them by seeking different (and younger) wives after years of a first marriage. Wife and husband team Lenore and Stephen... Read More

After waiting on a hilltop along the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia for several days for Christ’s return, Clorinda Minor and other followers of William Miller, a Baptist preacher, had fallen asleep after the hour had come and gone.... Read More

In this country of fads and fascinations, a diet that includes seaweed or sea vegetables has been the exclusive territory of health fanatics and hippies. Ellis wants to banish this notion. She begins with a wonderfully informative... Read More

Gerber has been called one of the great “sitters” of the literary world in that his poems, always uncompromisingly direct, also come from the kind of reflection that is associated with quiet meditation and the clear thought that... Read More

Forget the devil. Blame the brain. That’s what business consultant and popular psychology writer Weiner might say to those who wonder what makes a normal person occasionally act more like a caveman than a sane man. Whether it’s a fit... Read More