“Within two weeks after Benjamin Stillman died, six sets of lawyers were already busily devoting themselves to the task of laying claim to his money.” And so a complex tapestry of masterfully crafted plotlines is woven in "Undue... Read More

A multitude of problems face the United States and other nations as they endeavor to deal with the environmental, social, and economic realities of the twenty-first century. Claude Gendreau, a Canadian-born veterinarian, thinks the... Read More

Loretta Martin has been pushed to the brink. A forty-three-year-old widow, she simply wants to have her late husband’s pension records changed to reflect her maiden name, which she had retaken shortly after his death ten years earlier.... Read More

Peter Chapel was born October 25, 1919. On this particular day, his mother had just finished the morning farm chores when she noticed that her house was on fire. After she led her nine children from the burning structure, she went into... Read More

The first forty pages of Cliff Bennett’s multifaceted book offer a poignant glimpse into the struggles of his dysfunctional family during the Great Depression. Fortunately, Bennett had enough positive experiences in school to offset... Read More

In "Changing Behavior", Georgianna Donadio, a Florence Nightingale scholar and nurse advocate, outlines her innovative methods for training health-care professionals to better communicate with patients and encourage sustainable behavior... Read More

Why read one more memoir about a troubled childhood? Why read another story about recovery from trauma? Because in the case of "Snakes in My Dreams", the author has a powerful message: Childhood sexual abuse can be confronted,... Read More

"Shadows and Fire" is set in a future in which mankind shares the world with genetically engineered beast-people. Both human and so-called “supernatural” society are in dire straights: Humans are under the repressive yoke of the... Read More