In her series debut, Faith Reese Martin not only shows young readers that history is still relevant today but that it can be downright magical. Unlike her archaeologist parents, twelve-year-old Margaret “Jinx” MacKenzie does not see... Read More

The stars in the night sky inspire a little girl’s meditation on infinity. As Uma tries to ground this overwhelming notion by seeking examples in her own life, she muses on math, music, and immortality until her head aches. Tenderly... Read More

Coming home after his night shift before a holiday weekend, police officer Rhodes discovers that his three young daughters were left unattended for the entire night when their mother failed to return after going out. The episode is the... Read More

I know! Let’s write a novel about nothing! Nothing? Nothin’. Zilch. Bupkis. If that sounds familiar, it is. As fans of Seinfeld can attest, it’s a great setup—as long as you can pull it off. Whether the author/hero of this novel... Read More

From instant enlightenment to conscious departure, the Sixth (and last) Patriarch of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, Hui Neng, is the subject of "Master of Zen". From the seventh Century AD, these stories, illuminating the Buddhist “middle... Read More

Celebrated American poet W.S. Merwin is notable not only for his accomplishments and prodigious output (publishing twenty-some poetry collections, twenty-some translations, and several books of prose since 1952), but for the shifts in... Read More

Prostate cancer doesn’t just affect the patient, but also his spouse or partner, asserts Anne Katz, RN, PhD, in "Prostate Cancer and the Man You Love". A clinical nurse specialist at Canada’s Manitoba Prostate Centre and editor of... Read More

Robert Duncan, we learn in the first few pages, was adopted by a theosophist couple who happened to be looking for a boy born at precisely the date and time that he was born. His birth mother, Marguerite, died hours after Robert was... Read More