In "Emotional Enlightenment", Jane Birdsell states, “When you understand the thoughts and feelings of another person, you empathize with them.” The difficulty, she says, is that most of us have a hard time acknowledging our feelings.... Read More

In 2006, Rhonda Byrne’s book The Secret became an American bestseller; in this new take on the concept of an esoteric path to health and happiness, Turkish self-help author, scholar, and business magnate Özer Uçuran Çiller seeks to... Read More

This Arabian fantasy is the second in the Spirits of the Ancient Sands series. In Part I, The Princess of Dhagabad, we are introduced to Princess Gul’ Agdar, the youthful daughter of a sultan who, having no male heir, has decreed that... Read More

Martin and Rose are in love. It feels like the real thing for both of them. They have similar interests: enduring pain, inflicting pain, exploring lust, and the yen to satisfy suppressed cravings for simple affection that were stifled in... Read More

An illegal immigrant from Mexico, Lorenzo Anzaldua, nicknamed Lencho, arrived in Texas with his father and three brothers in 1920. A thoroughly self-made man with no shame about his flaws and justifiable pride in his accomplishments,... Read More

The city of Hong Kong was established in 1841. At the time it was known primarily for its bustling trade and sense of international connection and freedom. Tan Kheng Yeang, author of "Dark Days", is Malaysian by birth; he was a... Read More

Since my accident, the nanoseconds, the smallest measure of time of my being back, mount up to years as the mystical connections multiply like stars in the heavens. In 1986, Emma Lou Warner Thayne was the victim of a freak accident... Read More

This is a mixed bag mystery story that rolls past and present, Brazilians, Nigerians, Yankees, Southerners, cops, villains, ghosts, conjurors, sacrificial lambs, and long-dead sinners into a big calabash and shakes with gusto. Richard... Read More