Southwestern Style.Vibrant colors and varied light play off of figures and settings in Rivera’s inspired portraits. In the oversize "Elias Rivera" (Hudson Hills Press, 12 x 15, 200 color plates, 244 pages, hardcover, $65.00,... Read More

Morningstar’s remarkable story is one of parental neglect, alcoholism, and sexual abuse—and her gradual discovery of these same behaviors embedded in the lives of her parents and grandparents. She traces the cycle of neglect and... Read More

Curious Collection: “Oceanic art is a mysterious realm for most Westerners. When we first encounter it in a gallery of a museum, we perhaps sense that there is something in these strange masks that is a little frightening,” writes... Read More

“Go back to sleep, it’s the middle of the night” is a phrase heard in children’s bedrooms most every night. Although it usually comes from parents of little ones, in this delightful children’s book it comes from Willy. Willy... Read More

Tears roll down Erin’s cheeks as she grieves her broken dream of having a garden. The girl’s parents insist that she is too young to do the work. Mr. Martinez, a neighbor, lets Erin plant vegetables in his garden. This re-release of... Read More

“Seems like this being freedmen’s not what it’s cracked up to be,” says the soldier-narrator. His journey begins with his Ol’ Master riding up to announce the end of the Civil War, and carries him through the Western frontier... Read More

“We’re more popular than Jesus now.” John Lennon’s infamous remark in January of 1966 set off an enormous controversy when it was reported in the United States. In fact, the comment is still repeated as evidence of Lennon’s... Read More

This author 1870—1953), who won the Nobel Prize in 1933 for his fictionalized autobiography Life of Arseniev, and whose The Elaghin Affair and Other Stories was translated by Bernard Guerney, remains too little known and appreciated in... Read More