The fear of flying has escalated in the last year, with approximately forty-four percent of Americans admitting that they would prefer other modes of transportation. The author-a lecturer, advice columnist, creator of in-flight... Read More

Sandwiched between the “bright leafy green” of successive summers, creating a seasonal Eskimo pie, is winter. Far from boring, even in Alaska, where the author lives, winter is many things for the observant and playful. Dixon’s... Read More

Opening presents-who doesn’t look forward to the excitement of feeling special and wondering what’s in those beautifully wrapped boxes? When everything is unwrapped, there’s more to be done than cleaning up. It’s time to write... Read More

Politics is funny. So, twenty years ago several disenchanted Republican Senate staffers performed some satire for an office party. It was the beginning of the Reagan era, and the staffers were working in subcommittees responsible for... Read More

During the middle of the nineteenth century, communication between eastern Russia and its claims in westernmost Siberia was slow; in fact, “the quickest way to get from Petersburg to Kamchatka was by taking a ship across the Atlantic... Read More

This book offers an encouraging affirmation that combating stress is literally a function of “mind over matter.” Contrary to some notions that stress is something external to the body, the author maintains that “stress begins in... Read More

From The Birds to Psycho, Hitchcock’s films provide masterful portraits of the human psyche confronting psychological terrors and anxieties. Combining dark, mysterious settings with strange, unexplainable occurrences, his movies draw... Read More

Cookbooks offer readers a number of ways to enjoy their forays into the kitchen, from exotic foreign cuisine to celebrity cooks to diet and exercise to sex. The author, a chef and cooking instructor, combines her dual passions of food... Read More