Bad things happened in the former Yugoslavia after the collapse of the federation. "Payback for Revenge" turns over more than one rock on that war-wracked landscape, revealing foul beasts within its pages. The book begins by introducing... Read More

In the early 1600s, in the beginning of the Edo period in Japan, nearly all suitable land had been opened to cultivation; soils were beginning to exhaust and forests were showing substantial signs of degradation. The population was 12... Read More

In this collection, Tony Barnstone explores the events of World War II in the Pacific from both sides of the conflict. As his poem “Hindsight” puts it, “Seems everyone has points of view / but no one has perspective.” Juxtaposing... Read More

Janet Frame preferred her solitude to mingling with the literati, but by the time she died in 2004 she had long since secured her reputation as an author of import. Frame was regarded by many as the best New Zealand writer of her... Read More

“We are passive onlookers in a world that moves perpetually. Our only moment of creation is that 1/125th of a second when the shutter clicks, the signal is given, and the motion is stopped.”[/i] —Henri Cartier-Bresson Alfred... Read More

As technology costs drop and capabilities rise, small and midsize businesses can leverage products, systems, and services previously available only to large companies. The online world offers an even greater strategic opportunity for... Read More

According to recent studies, more than three-quarters of healthy-weight adult women in the U.S. believe they are “too fat,” and nearly two-thirds of high school girls are on diets. In other words, says Michelle Lelwica, even healthy... Read More

In pre-Civil War Louisiana, young Sarah Wade talks to the dead. She inherited this tendency from her grandmother through no fault of her own, but it renders her too odd for potential suitors. Thus, when she inherits Harrowgate from her... Read More