How Music Works offers many answers to a question that I had never even asked. Now that I've read it I wonder, "How could I ha...

The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence I am not a fan of boats. Not big ones, not small ones. I'm not one to watch movies about boats. But I...

More than eight years before the Curiosity rover landed in Gale Crater, two rovers named Spirit and Opportunity landed on opposite sides...

The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron, started yet another series I must follow through to the end. It's that good. Within, we're intro...

Written and drawn by Ronald Wimberly, Prince of Cats is a singular book. A graphic novel retelling of Romeo and Juliet , it focuses on Tyba...

Quick, as far as humans are concerned what's the world's most dangerous animal? Great white shark? Nope. Try the mosquito. The mosqu...

Despite the considerable acclaim that attached to his work, English poet Philip Larkin remained always apart. Never the type of mythic figu...

As it is the time of year people are thinking of gifts – and books make tremendous gifts – I've got a trio of titles that I've been ...

For some sections of our country, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have existed mostly as background noise, turning t...