Tiny ladybugs, or ladybeetles, fly one hundred miles in their autumn migration. Millions of Monarch butterflies leave northeastern North America for the volcanic mountains west of Mexico City. These are two of the more interesting and... Read More

Set in Russia, Martin weaves a wild tale of treachery, wars, prophecy and resolution with a swift finale. Beginning in 1913, Rasputin, also known as Grigori Yefimovich Novykh, has secretly wed an American called Katherine and once she is... Read More

Radio has been relegated to such background status today that it’s difficult to imagine how people once gathered around it so expectantly. The four classics, three by Nathaniel Hawthorne, from the archives of the Canadian Broadcasting... Read More

The origins of the politically incorrect and slightly racist story of the airplane about to crash unless lightened is explained in this authoritative volume on westward settlers vs. the Indians. As the story goes, one passenger crying... Read More

Harrington Park Press The “Coming Out” story has been the subject matter of many works in the field of gay and lesbian studies. Gottlieb provides a fresh viewpoint to this topic by examining an often ignored voice in this process.... Read More

Lost luggage in New York. the Summer Olympics in Sydney. An eccentric Washington, D.C. landlady with a flying car. a mysterious pen pal in London. With four titles, the new “Going To” series offers readers aged nine to thirteen... Read More

“Science Fiction.” The term conjures up images of Star Trek, Star Wars, campy Flash Gordon movie serials and famous authors such as Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury and Ursula K. LeGuin. In its broader meaning, “SF,” as it is known... Read More

Dick Wimmer’s stroke of genius in his fifth work is resurrecting his irreverently bawdy hero and world-renowned painter, Seamus Boyne (Irish Wine, 1989). Boyne’s antics of faking his own death to escape the burdens of fame backfire... Read More