To paraphrase the endorsement on the back cover this Spanish language book “cannot be considered a novel in the strictest sense.” It is rather a series of connected vignettes. Valenzuela Verdugo a native of Mexico has also published... Read More

A diamond mine in post-apartheid South Africa a missing gargantuan-sized diamond and an engaging geologist hired to find it—what could be more exotic and enticing to mystery readers? Add a beautiful woman the South African countryside... Read More

As individual as a fingerprint and more revealing than a pastoral confession handwriting is a window to the psyche that cannot be covered over. The author writes “…handwriting will tend to be more reliable revealing a person’s... Read More

The self-guided journey from poverty to prosperity is a familiar one in the genre of memoir. While some people who are born into despair and oppression remain downtrodden their whole lives others rise above the fray and beat the odds to... Read More

In a useful and straightforward study, Lasse A. Kivioja, professor emeritus of Geodetic Sciences at Purdue University, provides a model of the universe intended to educate anyone interested in understanding the Earth’s place in the... Read More

“The Airflow had a lumbering, stupid look, a rhinoceros ugliness,” wrote styling historian Paul Wilson. The “streamlined” 1934 Chrysler Airflow was the company’s biggest design mistake—the Airflop, as acerbic pundits called... Read More

The second half of the eleventh century was a time of pivotal change in England. A landmark battle at Stamford Bridge led to the withdrawal of Vikings and a showdown at Hastings brought the triumph of William the Conqueror of Normandy... Read More

The mother is the terrible god of these poems. She is the creator and destroyer, enthralling the speaker even as he knows she is his undoing. The poems are an effort to map a path toward reconciliation with a mythological childhood and... Read More