These enjoyable vignettes of a doctor’s memories make for a great storytelling session. Howard A. Stein wrote "The Way I Saw It" as a family heirloom, and the memoir serves that purpose well. His sense of humor and pride in his work as... Read More

Kathleen Jamie’s lullaby voice, smooth and gently rolling, is too enticing to set aside. “Crawling through the ribs of a whale skeleton, peering into the grave of a Bronze-Age woman, falling to her knees in a blast of... Read More

Why do humans hold beliefs that defy the facts? It’s all brain biology. It all began with a woman who believed she was not her parents’ biological child. All evidence pointed to her being their child, and her belief did not alter her... Read More

Nostalgic, touching sequel explores the bonds of friendship and memory at midlife. In "The Last Sewer Ball", a divorced, unemployed, and estranged-from-his-son Vinny Schmidt returns to the Bronx of his youth in search of the best friend... Read More

“If I were honest with you, and myself, I would admit that soon after I discovered Tommy was a junkie, I quickly became addicted to heroin, too. I never injected, I never snorted, smoked, or ingested the gooey black tar, but I lived... Read More

“I wanted to be the kind of person who had a cool nickname,” says Christiane, for whom, like most teenagers, fitting in was paramount. Little did she know at twelve years old that her admiration for the cool kids would lead to a... Read More

His bravery and chivalry in war would garner the admiration of even his enemies, but his strength of character and spirituality would extend that admiration to the whole world. The Emir Abd el-Kader rose to prominence in the 1830s as the... Read More

Marty King has made mistakes in his life, but agreeing to help a friend with a bank robbery ranks right near the top. Marty’s panic when things don’t go as planned leads to the deaths of two people—and a life sentence for murder.... Read More