Spiked with a sensible dose of realism and spiced with a jarring dash of melodrama, Sebastian Cole’s "Sand Dollar" is a literary-quality mainstream novel that explores the meaning of love. This well-crafted book is a romantic fantasy... Read More

Cheese, glorious cheese. Who knew the 9,000 years of innovation, lore, history, and romance in your story? Who knew skim milk cheeses initially flourished not for diet reasons, but because they were cheaper for London’s... Read More

“Green way before it became the new black,” author, hospice nurse, and mother Kenna Lee always felt she was one step ahead of recycling, reducing, and reusing until the birth of her third child. Suddenly plagued with guilt for... Read More

Escaping poverty can be like trying to crawl out of the belly of a snake—the constriction of adverse forces leave many feeling frustrated, hopeless, and lost. For Ean Garrett, those forces were particularly binding: his father was... Read More

In an article about writer-director Kevin Smith for The New Yorker, Tad Friend found himself resorting to code. Each time Smith referenced an intimate body part during his Carnegie Hall performance, Friend replaced it with “Wayne... Read More

Each year, countless books address brands, brand strategy, and brand marketing, so it is exceedingly difficult to come up with a perspective on branding that is truly unique. "Brand Together" accomplishes that feat, largely because it... Read More

In the modern world of cell phones, texting, and Twitter, “Getting in touch with nature” has become a cliche, something that sounds like the latest status update from one of several hundred Facebook friends. "The Essential Robert... Read More

Samanski’s debut comedic novel, Banking on Paris, starts with protagonist Bob Johnson, a middle-aged business man, chucking his smartphone into a Parisian trash can. Samanski then backtracks to chart the path of Bob’s disenchantment.... Read More