Non-Fiction

The trouble with living in a closet is that the view is restricted. One gets cramped and persistently locked in miserable positions. Thus begins the telling of one woman's journey out of the closet, into herself, back into the closet and finally into herself and her happiness. "Dawn's story vividly conveys the truth in the feminist maxim, 'The personal is political.' When LGBT self-acceptance leads to activism and legal work,…Read More

The Marco Polo Odyssey tracks the fantastic journey of an intrepid adventurer who spent ten years following the 13,000 mile overland route of Marco Polo from Venice to Israel, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and finally crossing China to Beijing. It is an account of an exhilarating voyage of discovery and the three expeditions it took author Harry Rutstein to finally fulfill his dream. Using every means of travel available- including…Read More

It can't be true... can it? That's what Don Parks asked when he first read Edgar Cayce's The Sleeping Prophet. His inner skeptic was amazed when follow-up research to debunk the claims instead confirmed. This is the story of his search for answers to some of the questions skeptics have asked for centuries. - Reincarnation: First acknowledged in the Bible but later denied. - Pole Shifts: Were ancient floods caused…Read More

"At a time when most dogs books are intent on being politically correct, Stacey Neary comes across as a fresh breath of reality. She is unafraid to state and fully explain all approaches to training a dog. She describes how humans need to act and work in order to create a trusting relationship with their canine companions... In this, her first book, Stacey uses a common sense approach that explains…Read More

Standing no more than 5-feet 7-inches tall, Sam Langford was one of the 20th century's greatest fighters. In 1951, the great featherweight champion Abe Attell was asked if Sugar Ray Robinson was the best of all time, either as a welterweight or middleweight: he named Stanley Ketchel as the greatest welterweight he had ever seen and said that, as for the middleweights, Abe said he would take Sam Langford,whom he…Read More

'The Bears in My Life' is a beautifully photographed tribute to Jon McCracken's collection of bear images. It is also a call to pay homage to the wild creatures that inspired their creation and to act on their behalf. Bears have captured human imagination for tens of thousands of years, simply by being bears. Mysterious, powerful and nurturing of their young, the natural characteristics of bears -- and the many,…Read More

Fueled by the dedication of a few people and the desire to realize the dream of making every companion animal a companion that is loved and wanted in its home, Rebecca and her daughter Evangelynn founded Lil'Waif, an in-home rescue and safe haven for puppies. In this moving book Rebecca shares tales from their experiences and adventures in puppy rescue. These true tales highlight the bonds dogs bring to life…Read More

Like many great artists throughout the millennia, Richard Wagner wrote his operas as allegories which can be represented in ways that range from the mundane to the esoteric. When Wagner's cryptic esoteric messages are deciphered they tell a story about the evolution of human freedom and consciousness that would be told two generations later in a different format, by the physicist/philosopher Rudolf Steiner. The allegories of The Ring bear a…Read More

Evidence indicating that the U.S. employed germ weapons in the Korean War and a lively but scholarly skewering of official denials.Read More

"A nonfiction romp that rivals Evelyn Waugh's classic The Loved One as a laugh-a-minute examination of death rituals and customs." LIBRARY JOURNALRead More

The next transformation in education is already on our doorstep. We are seeing a shift from the old theories of education--rote memorization led by an authoritarian force--to a more collaborative environment where students are empowered to become lifelong learners and encouraged to be responsible for their own learning. In Choosing to Teach & Teaching to Choose, Nina C. Smith explains how student-centered practices are superior to older models of education…Read More

Greg Palmer, an award-winning writer and producer of PBS documentaries and plays for families, chronicles two of the most important years in the life of his son, Ned, who has Down syndrome-the time when he's making the transition from high school to work. This intimate, often humorous, account is woven with vivid anecdotes concerning school, family, relationships, and work (both Ned's and Greg's), including a father-son cruise around the British…Read More