*The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic. —*Joseph Stalin One million people perished during the nine hundred day Siege of Leningrad but the city didn’t fall. This superb literary novel takes pains... Read More

…a new Gospel will emerge early in the third millennium. Christ’s message will remain unchanged but the medium will be different. Three paintings will combine…to soften and heal the heart of modern man. Claire Lucas is a young... Read More

Author Sanxing Sun’s thesis in this career management book is that no matter how qualified talented skilled and prepared one may be whether or not one is actually successful will depend more on how one is perceived by others than on... Read More

From starlight to snowflake from an ornament of the wizard Merlin to the finger of an eleven-year-old boy the magic begins. A week before Christmas Mitchell —who only wants a snowboard in his stocking— gets the ride of his life... Read More

’…sometimes askin ‘bout a thing can spoil it. That’s mostly what magic is, you see? It’s in what ain’t said. It’s in the secret.’ "King of Nod" is absolutely masterful literary fiction, doubling as an indigo-tinted... Read More

Southern Strategies: Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal altered the relationship between the federal government and the states, while offering jobs and a degree of security for downtrodden people. In the South, the New Deal’s legacy was... Read More

“We New Englanders,” Hawthorne remarked only partly in jest to Rebecca Harding Davis, “begin to enjoy ourselves—when we are dead.” Hawthorne’s death came prematurely in 1864, many speculated as a result of his grief over the... Read More

“Look at her pictures…Anna in that slinky green dress, with her wild bangs, dangly blue earrings, with her cat’s eyes and pouty pink lips, radiating the absolute certainty that she can see just what you want—and show you how to... Read More