I have been recommending this book to my friends as a horror story. It has everything I want out of a historical novel: characters that feel like they belong to the time period, rich details, a conflict that feels weighty but belongs to a part of history that is too […]
Beowulff: A New Translation
You’ve no doubt come across the old story of Beowulf at some point during your life, whether in a movie, referenced in a book, or read a translation . . . or if you’re really hardcore, perhaps you’ve read it in the original Old English. The tale of the mighty […]
How Do You Become a Mad Scientist?
What is a mad scientist? How exactly does one become mad at being a scientist? How to Become a Mad Scientist is a fun book to read during Halloween. This book is full of experiments to try so you can feel like a mad scientist! My favorite part of this […]
The Year of What If: A Novel
Carla Carter is the owner of a successful match-making agency and is on her way to the alter with a successful match for herself. Her fiancé, the board-game loving Tom, is surely strong enough to withstand the supposed family curse that has thwarted the women of her family in love […]
A Guest at the Feast
Having only read Colm Toibin’s fiction prior to picking up his most recent collection of essays A Guest at the Feast, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I can promise you I did not expect him to talk so much about this genitalia, but the humor with which he reveals […]
Domestic Affairs: Tales of American Males
“Readers will be in awe of Daniel M. Jaffe’s collection of boundary-breaking and strangely intriguing short stories with hilarious, startling concepts such as sex angels and a man being instructed not to stare into the eyes of a gay man so as not to spread a virus. Domestic Affairs: Tales […]
From the Book of Dreams, A Collection of Poems
“Giampaolo has once again created a collection of gems that will surely follow the footsteps of his first, Deep Craving. His beautiful verses cover a myriad of subjects, touching on them all with tenderness and wit. Truly beautiful, and a must-read!” —Jo Niederhoff, Manhattan Book Review
How America Works… and Why it Doesn’t by William Cooper
Book Summary: Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation’s historic success. A big part of why America isn’t working is because far too many Americans neither know nor care how it’s supposed to work. […]
Part 9: Interview with Ellenmorris Tiegerman, Author of Past Lives Denied
Professor Caitlyn Morrys, a passionate and vocal educator at a small college, finds herself at the heart of a fierce debate over academic freedom and teacher tenure. The situation takes a deadly turn when the college President, who is Caitlyn’s primary adversary, is discovered stabbed to death in his office. […]
Part 13: Interview With Rick Moskovitz, Author of The Pinocchio Chip
The Pinocchio Chip is a first-person account of an AI’s quest for the Holy Grail of consciousness: human emotions. It delves deep into the essence of what it means to be alive, challenging the boundaries between AI and human identity. Photina, an advanced AI becomes entwined in a groundbreaking experiment […]