Each year, over 100,000 people ride the Cardinal, a passenger train between New York City and Chicago operated three times weekly by Amtrak. In his first novel, Eric D. Goodman chronicles the lives of a number of these passengers as they... Read More

“Death is a distant rumor to the young.” Andy Rooney Planning for death, whether our own or that of someone close to us, is never easy and is often ignored. For another’s death, we may be ill prepared to step up and handle those... Read More

Barry Parham is a contributor to the political and social satire blogs on Open Salon (open.salon.com). Blush: Politics and Other Unnatural Acts may be a collection of his previously posted entries on this site. The emphasis is on the... Read More

The authors of "Accidents Happen" assert that if you are injured as a result of another person’s negligence, “this book contains almost everything you will need to know” about the personal injury legal system. Torkzadeh and... Read More

Those who thought New England cuisine consisted of lobster rolls and baked beans will find Northern Hospitality: Cooking by the Book in New England as unexpected and refreshing as a warm breeze off the North Atlantic. Keith Stavely and... Read More

There is general agreement that adverse childhood experiences leave permanent scars, but with a person as gifted as Danielle Cadena Deulen, the result is transformative for writer and reader alike. In The Riots, her collection of... Read More

There is very little that is more startling than getting a call from a doctor with the news that the diagnosis is cancer. A recent article indicated that 200,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States every year;... Read More

One truth is evident upon reading A 21st Century Christian’s Quest for Truth: Lowell JK Davis has made a herculean effort in researching the great questions of all times. Davis has written a concise primer on modern scientific... Read More