Advertisers deny it vehemently, but they use subliminal messages all the time. That’s the message of this challenging, profusely and provocatively illustrated book, documented by an attorney who has researched the subject for many... Read More

Parents tend to advise their teens with simple declarations, such as “Believe in yourself” and “Be more positive,” says the author. But that’s where the advice often ends; how are teens supposed to figure out practical... Read More

“The amazing bull market of the late 1990s created a euphoria that was hard to resist,” notes brokerage house executive Charles R. Schwab in the introduction to this book. Then, in the three years from 2000 to 2002, huge stock market... Read More

This debut short story collection brings to life a sometimes fantastical group of characters whose experiences, countries, ethnicities, genders, and time frames widely range. From a Garwali-British orphan to a woman possessed by a spirit... Read More

The cause of unhappiness, according to Buddhism, “is not just that we have problems but that we lack the power and wisdom to solve them.” As evidenced by its ambitious title, this book endeavors to show the reader how to do just... Read More

The magic of first-time love is celebrated to no end, but what about the second, or for that matter, third, fourth, or even fifth time around? Surveys say that the majority of the more than forty million American singles age forty and... Read More

This is the steel of working-class, Mid-Western America described by a poet. What the story lacks in hope is counteracted by the beauty of the author’s narrative, which captures a fine balance of collective suffering and individual... Read More

Much of the literary iconography of Northern Michigan has been drawn in the masculine tradition of Hemingway and Jim Harrison. Hard drinking and blood sports predominate; the legends and characters that inhabit literature from this... Read More