Since 9/11, when the unfathomable became reality, most Americans have come to believe anything is possible. In Beware the Barracuda, some of the most frightening possibilities become reality. When an investigative reporter dies under... Read More

A small-town boy Aaron Zalkand fails to get good enough grades and SAT scores to get into Duke University shattering his parents’ carefully orchestrated dreams for his future and knocking him irrevocably off the path they’d hoped his... Read More

As a book title "Tanya" may be misleading. Readers would expect Michael Parlee’s lengthy tale of Canadian rural life in the mid-twentieth century to revolve entirely around a character of the same name. To be certain Tanya Osmond... Read More

What is it like to live in a wheelchair, without sensation and movement in the body? According to the author, “The answer is found in the experiences of those in that position, but in fact there is no single answer, for each person has... Read More

Heated debates, controlling attitudes, and blaming judgments wreak havoc on relationships already fragile as couples struggle with the pressures of everyday life. The authors present practical techniques to help couples reduce the... Read More

Brecht called it writing “for the drawer”—works deemed too inflammatory for his East German censors. But now, when everything in our media hungry age is permitted to be seen and read, mere self-censorship has to do. Which is why... Read More