Smart, precise, and funny, "Index Funds" makes understanding the market sensible and even desirable. Today it’s hard to know where to turn for investment advice. Fortunately, Mark T. Hebner’s Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program... Read More

Ellie’s Long Walk is the true story of two friends, how their relationship began and the close trust and bond that developed over the course of their long walk on the Appalachian Trail in 2008. One of them is Pam Flowers, an intrepid... Read More

The heroine of Holly L. Lewitas’ debut novel is intelligent, clever, and intensely loyal. She is also covered with gray and white fur, but the fact that she happens to be a dog doesn’t stop Spunky from solving mysteries and... Read More

“Something within us may be feral to this planet.” Such is the basic premise behind Charles Orange’s theory that humanity, or at least a sliver of our DNA, “was planted here from beyond.” This “missing link emanating from... Read More

This fourth installment in an award-winning series follows young Anton through his day in St. Petersburg. He awakens to the strains of “Swan Lake” being played on the piano, visits the Hermitage Museum on a school trip, and practices... Read More

Modern history is replete with women’s participation in armed struggles and uprisings. As with all histories, the fruits of their involvement are contingent upon the outcomes and the locations in which the struggles took place. During... Read More

On July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey big top went up in flames. Paraffin was used to waterproof the tents in those days, and waxy globs of fire dripped from the ceiling like hellish rain.... Read More

“There’s a hole in my heart, / a place where the dead hide / in their secret clubhouse,” writes veteran poet Carole Stone in the poem “Root,” from her latest collection, "American Rhapsody". The hole, made by the death of... Read More