In the early morning of August 6, 1945, three U.S. planes approached airspace over Hiroshima, Japan. Launched from Tinian in the North Marianas Islands, the planes —Enola Gay, which held the atomic bombs; The Great Artiste, carrying... Read More

Sam Case, the suave and self-important narrator of "Saving Rachel", thinks he has all he could ask for. He has a devoted wife on one hand and a secret mistress on the side. He makes ridiculous amounts of money as a software engineer... Read More

People who adore their pets don’t always know how to take care of them properly. Overcrowded animal shelters and rescue centers testify to the frequency with which owners give up on their pets. Although they are the most popular choice... Read More

Of her father, Anne Cabot Wyman writes, “I want to follow his trail, find out who he was and understand how he shaped my life.” This sentence ends the first chapter of Kipling’s Cat, launching Wyman on a quest to discover her... Read More

Sheets of rain battered protagonist Kayin’s head and red Oklahoma mud clogged his nose and mouth. The racist cop had him trussed up and laying helplessly on the ground outside of his car. What began as a simple favor, giving his cousin... Read More

In the midst of the current economic crisis in the U.S., Dale B. Halling makes the bold and intriguing statement that “if the U.S. were to implement the regulatory changes suggested in this book, it would probably be the fastest method... Read More

Bad things happened in the former Yugoslavia after the collapse of the federation. "Payback for Revenge" turns over more than one rock on that war-wracked landscape, revealing foul beasts within its pages. The book begins by introducing... Read More

In this collection, Tony Barnstone explores the events of World War II in the Pacific from both sides of the conflict. As his poem “Hindsight” puts it, “Seems everyone has points of view / but no one has perspective.” Juxtaposing... Read More