Not many kids like to eat their vegetables—it’s the subject of one of the eternal battles between parent and child. Any effort to help turn the tide against nutritionally deficient foods is a noble endeavor. In "A Vegie Adventure",... Read More
Nothing much scared Adam “Mac” McCulough, not even during his violent days as an Arizona Ranger in the turbulent aftermath of the Civil War. Nothing much scared him, that is, until his beloved wife, Abby, dies shortly after their... Read More
“History is like a mother who protects her children from impending dangers acquired through her past experience,” instructs Rab Nawaz Choudhry, a retired officer of the Pakistan Air Force, in "Of Truth and Terrorism". “It records... Read More
Judith Laikin Elkin grew up in 1930s Detroit and identifies herself as a witness to two significant developments: “the emergence of a cohort of American women who rewrote the rules for a newly gendered society; and the gradual... Read More
The relationship between a grandmother and her grandsons can be a special one, whatever form it may take. There’s the “primary caretaker/setting the rules” grandmother, the “non-primary/bending the rules” grandmother, and then... Read More
Love, marriage, and then baby carriage: as the nursery rhyme goes, so follow our general expectations. Yet life doesn’t always comply with our jovial plans, as Victoria Hopewell (a pseudonym) discovers in this memoir detailing her... Read More
You see, a story can be made up as easily as you please, or not. But a tale, now that’s a moon of a different color. A tale is an account of things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip. Would you like to hear one?... Read More
In the spirit of such inspirational authors as Norman Vincent Peale, Napoleon Hill, and W. Clement Stone, John Paul Carinci has written a classic self-help book centered around achieving success. The author discusses all of the basics,... Read More