In "Slavery, America, and Lincoln", Clifford L. Johnson, an attorney and former law professor, presents a thorough study of the issue of slavery and its stain on American democracy. His research takes his readers back to the origins of... Read More

Millions of people suffer from chronic pain. The overwhelmingly accepted approach is to treat such pain with medication, at least in Western medicine. Dr. Kuny Suzuki believes this is wrong for two key reasons. First, he says, relieving... Read More

The author, a World War II veteran who served as a member of the military police, is quite honest when he describes his day-to-day experiences as “mundane.” Milton Cook’s memoir reports on just about every little detail and duty,... Read More

Ben Bennefield, seventeen-and-a-half, and visual artist Anna Mancini, “almost twenty-five,” are the star-crossed lovers of this romance, Bill Hunt’s second novel. Their older woman—younger man relationship causes a lifetime of... Read More

Construction workers and project managers in the United States may think they have it rough sometimes, but compared to their counterparts in Egypt, their jobs are a walk in the park. For Americans, doing any kind of business in most of... Read More

The plot of "The Terrorist Legacy" sounds as if it were pulled from the headlines. Sam Ellington is the head of the Foundation for Peace, a group that rescues children from refugee camps and educates them to be peacemakers. After meeting... Read More

There’s a mystery in "Dead Floating Lovers" (Midnight Ink, 978-0-7387-1265-9), Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli’s second Emily Kincaid offering, centered on BONES DISCOVERED IN A REMOTE LAKE. It isn’t always at the forefront in this... Read More

“I don’t know why I thought of using Gustav Holst’s ‘Mars’ as an intro. I just thought it would make a great start. It’s dramatic. It draws you in.” So began the creation of Diamond Head’s single Am I Evil?, made famous... Read More