The CIA’s motto, “the truth will set you free,” has been dishonored by “deception, duplicity, dirty tricks and deadly deceits,” according to this memoir. Turner, who was an FBI agent for ten years, alleges that the FBI’s... Read More

The author’s clever plots lend themselves to unique twists, as in The Lure, Parallel Lives, and Looking Glass Lives. The plot of Onyx, set in the early 1990s, is deceptively clean: two long-time male lovers are coming to the end of... Read More

What do Wiccans, followers of the Old Religion, really believe? In honoring the gods and connecting with the sacred, what exactly do Wiccans do and how do they do it? This book answers these questions and more, providing a philosophical,... Read More

“Human beings have made the mistake of ignoring the voice of nature and forgetting the value of the natural and spiritual worlds.” In many cultures, including Native American and Native Siberian, the shaman is an individual capable... Read More

Just about everyone loves a good ghost story, but what does one do when the very fabric of reality twists and the vast gray face of the unknown peers out from the everyday rhythm of life? In Grave’s End, Mercado addresses this issue... Read More

America has become home to many of the world’s peoples, scattered by war, famine, and economic hardship, drawn here by the desire to live the American dream. According to editors Suarez and Van Cleave, however, recent arrivals as well... Read More

People do not like to be alone. Although they may claim to desire privacy, in reality most need the comfort of having someone—or something—close by for company. That’s the reason that television is so omnipresent, theorizes... Read More

In Welcome to the Dreamhouse, University of Southern California professor Spigel changes the terms of television criticism in a collection of essays that range from the surprising to the sublime. Rather than restaging the dusty argument... Read More