When notorious mob boss Charles “Lucky” Luciano was arrested on vice charges, his first thought was of the hit his “tough-guy” image would take. “Prostitution?” he lamented, “I’d rather be tried for murder.” Despite his... Read More

Should the American foreign policy establishment be surprised to find the nation bogged down in a stubborn war in Iraq, despite the United States’ overwhelming military superiority? No, says Record, who in this pull-no-punches account... Read More

The mostly brief prose poems that make up Jennifer Moxley’s fourth book of poetry locate themselves immediately in what must now, oddly, be described as the experimental tradition. The epigraph (untranslated) is from Rimbaud’s... Read More

Rarely is the impetuousness of youth undertaken with thoughts of legacy. In "Obit" by Anne Emery, one man’s political devotion becomes his children’s ultimate terror. The book’s spirited ride is piloted by barrister Monty Collins,... Read More

Reconstruction remains one of the most contentious topics in American history. For a number of years, historians argued that Reconstruction had been counterproductive and had negatively impacted black-white relations in the South. And... Read More

The mysterious stranger with hypnotic eyes, the spooky, candlelit castle with strange nighttime sounds, the disturbing family secret, and the supernatural threat… all are part of the Gothic, the genre of romantic mystery that sparked... Read More

“Dear Mary, only you can guarantee the complete loyalty of the Yamacraws and the other Creeks,” pleaded General James Ogelthorpe in 1736, just three years after establishing the colony of Georgia with Mary Musgrove’s help. Born... Read More

“Abigail took a deep breath and then shouted as loud as she could: On your mark, get ready, get set and go!” the author writes. After being magically transported in the night to a clearing in the deep woods, Abigail, clad as a... Read More