The Poet Laureate of the United States didn’t need to write a poetry handbook. There are dozens of books that, to varying degrees of success, teach developing poets how to nurse their early craft into the real art. Some are well... Read More

The former commander of the local military post has been murdered. The inexperienced new comandante has barely arrived when dynamite is reported missing, apparently stolen by rebels. Is a malevolent plot afoot to launch an attack on the... Read More

“Maritime supremacy is the key which unlocks most, if not all, large questions of modern history … how and why we—the Western democracies—are as we are.” This is the author’s bold thesis, first advanced in Maritime Supremacy... Read More

The American public knew more about Wynona Ryder’s shoplifting trial than it did about the history of U.S. involvement in Iraq. Peter Phillips, director of Project Censored, faults corporate media. He observes that with only a handful... Read More

In 1971 the author and her husband, Guy (who have together written five books and innumerable articles on wilderness preservation, mountain climbing, and the outdoor life) gave up jobs in New York to move to Vermont and homestead. A... Read More

William Faulkner never wrote a darker, more disturbing tale than this one. Like Faulkner, Brooks knows that the sweltering Southern climate and simmering obsessions make for an explosive brew. The Candace of the title is a thrice-married... Read More

In the light of the popularity of Food Network TV shows like 30 Minute Meals*, Calorie Commando, Cooking Thin, and Good Food Fast, this cookbook should appeal to a ready-made audience, for the author’s goal is the same as these... Read More

“Imagine the responsibility of seeing someones future,” writes the author, “and having to guide the person to or away from that future.” That was an obligation that Doherty had yet to fully comprehend when, as a mother of two... Read More