“…the only people for me are the mad ones the ones who are mad to live mad to talk mad to be saved desirous of everything at the same time the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn burn burn…” —Jack Kerouac On... Read More

Claire Walker didn’t have problems: it was her husband who pushed her away and sent her to an alcohol recovery center against her will. At least she didn’t believe she had problems. If only Brad would look her in the eyes caress her... Read More

Like Granduncle Nobujiro Saito my father did not talk about his colorful life. I say colorful because of what we learned about him from snips of his talks and from other people who knew him. It is strange that people who do have a... Read More

As a book title "Tanya" may be misleading. Readers would expect Michael Parlee’s lengthy tale of Canadian rural life in the mid-twentieth century to revolve entirely around a character of the same name. To be certain Tanya Osmond... Read More

A visually striking book, "Watercolor by Design" is a hardworking hands-on guide for watercolorists, yet its coffee table good looks and discussion of design principles offer inspiration to visual artists in every medium. Author and... Read More

Maritza García and Lupe Vargas are confident, adventurous, and unstoppable. That may be why they’re super best friends. On any given day in their sunny suburban neighborhood, the pair might be spotted doing anything from riding the... Read More

Decoy is not quite the typical alien. While he is short, green, and completely incomprehensible by humans, he has no desire to attack Earth. Instead, he forms a symbiotic bond with Dolphin City’s rookie officer, Bobby Luck, and they... Read More

This goofy book will please literati and iconoclasts alike, and should engage a sustained interest as well among those who merely like to read good poetry. In it, a fictional biographer presents a series of fictional twentieth-century... Read More