The hottest industry on the planet? It’s hard not to think so when traditional print and electronic media are a-buzz with the latest dot.com happening. This uneasy symbiosis between the old guard and the upstarts is often news in... Read More

Hardin issues an invitation to get in touch with the “‘rewilding of humanity’—the reconnecting of our civilized human consciousness, only about 10,000 years old, to the much older shamanistic-animistic-totemic worldview which our... Read More

No longer is the spa merely a rarified refuge for the genteel elderly seeking mineral-water cures and lingering quietly through a drowsy season. Today, spas are a huge international industry, the subject of magazines, Web pages, and... Read More

“The doctor told me one of my boys [a patient], aged twenty, would have to lose his right arm. He was running a high temp, so I tried to combine a few words of comfort with an alcohol rub. But if there is a formula that covers such... Read More

The editors have mined enough lyrical gems—in poetry, prose, and short fiction—to decorate a fine literary crown. The premise behind the collection is Keats ideal of “a fine excess” where language languishes to evoke rich images.... Read More

By beginning her poetry collection with Oscar Wilde’s adage: “One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead,” Budy prepares the reader for the disjuncture that follows. Life as it is, gives way to the alternative... Read More

Marquart’s prose is so spare, direct, and free of posturing that one wonders at first just what attraction rock music holds for her. As these twenty-one tales play out, it becomes apparent that she is not so much fascinated by the... Read More

With her folksy, enthusiastic style and rich assortment of recipes, Walters could be one of the keepers of the twenty inns she highlights in this travel guide/cookbook. Walters divides her book into sections by ski lodge. Each section... Read More