Willie Mack’s book, A Shot in the Dark, has all the makings of a thrilling novel: race riots on the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, a boy dead on his twenty-second birthday, a grieving mother, an investigation full of holes, and... Read More

American history, like that of every other nation in the world, is marred by ugly episodes. On that dishonorable list, slavery and the persecution of Native Americans are followed closely by the internment of Japanese-Americans who were... Read More

Whether fiction or memoir, or a combination of both, Paris, Moi and the Gang offers an entertaining look at the lives of American expatriates in Paris. Throughout the book, the protagonist, Frances Gendlin, indulges in a chatty and... Read More

Quackless Duck, a toy rubber ducky, is left alone in the bathtub while his playmate and the playmate’s family are away. Quackless gets a visit from two young bear cubs who appear in an oddly crooked window. The duck’s “secret... Read More

One of the more interesting subgenres in the business book category is the fable. Popularized in the 1980s by The One Minute Manager and in the 1990s by Who Moved My Cheese, the fable is a short story about a business challenge told in... Read More

In a universe where life could have formed on almost any planet, it is pure luck that Earth has what it takes to support a rich and varied animal kingdom. It’s also amazing that humans developed as we did: from our weapons to our... Read More

What Time Is It grabs fans of science fiction—especially works that recognize modern technology’s geometric progression—and transports them to a world where “self-aware machines” (SAMs) serve humanity. Jack Farrell is a... Read More

“Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.” —Joseph Campbell In this encyclopedic volume,... Read More