Heated debates, controlling attitudes, and blaming judgments wreak havoc on relationships already fragile as couples struggle with the pressures of everyday life. The authors present practical techniques to help couples reduce the... Read More

The literary value of the memoir has often been questioned, and this book adds its own arguments to the debate. In an engaging narrative, the author reconstructs the last year of her marriage, interweaving past journal excerpts with... Read More

“Poe was a madman,” says Joe R. Lansdale in his introduction to this second edition of adaptations and illustrations of Poe’s work. He “was darker, and far more savage” than the movies made from his tales. While that darkness... Read More

This generous compendium of crab know-how and dishes will make all crab scuttle furiously for cover. The author opens with a story about his first taste of crab at an adult sunset party. At age ten, “I was like a buzzard, swooping down... Read More

Due to a sluggish stock market and historically low interest rates, investment in real estate is at an all-time high. With more and more investors looking for deals, finding financing when great opportunities arise can be problematic.... Read More

One of the charming qualities about baseball is that a fan from a hundred years ago would easily recognize the modern game. Little has changed: there are still four bases, nine innings, and “three strikes, you’re out.” Ed Delahanty... Read More

The author’s field notes from December 30, 1982 at the National Wildlife Refuge in Texas read: “full moon rising up through mist; damp, spooky; howling bobcats; SEOWs (Short-Eared Owls) like giant moths w/languorous, floppy-winged... Read More

When Frances Hill looks at the Bush administration’s response to the terrorist attacks of 2001, she sees striking parallels to the witch hysteria of 1692. In both instances simple-minded religious and nationalistic fervor predominated... Read More