Fans of sailing and seafaring stories will find Kermit R. Mercer’s Cargo of Hate: A Sailing Story to be a rewarding read. General readers, however, will find it to be something of a struggle, albeit one worth enduring. In the preface,... Read More

Poetry might be the best literary window to the soul, enabling a reader to observe and find meaning in the unmasked fragments, feelings, and contradictions inherent in every person. Paul J. Kachoris has made use of his own poems to... Read More

The eighteen-year-old protagonist in Gadi Fishman’s "Who We Really Are" leaves Israel for New York City, at his overbearing mother’s insistence, to avoid serving in the Israeli army. Headstrong but smart, Al moves in with his... Read More

A board of directors that governs a nonprofit organization makes decisions that can affect whether or not that organization is successful in carrying out its mission. In fact, as Lisa Dahmus writes, “Poor decision making can cripple or... Read More

St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t get many books devoted to it. Having celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day in previous books, V. R. Duin’s lovable Goopy Ghost turns his eye to the March holiday in The Goopy... Read More