The progressive movement has prided itself on its ability to get its messages out by harnessing the Internet, through organizations like MoveOn.org and blogs like Daily Kos or The Huffington Post.
But now a liberal-minded group is returning to an old-fashioned model: a book club.
As with a classic book club, members of the new club will [...]

This slight and lyrical novel is based on the life of pioneer Sarah Royce, pioneer, memoirist, and mother. Strong-willed, fiercely intelligent and conventionally religious – but with a deep mystical streak – Sarah Royce took to the California trail in the Gold Rush year of 1849. She did not wish to be separated from her [...]

For a book that Midwest Book Review has highly recommended as “an involving novel about an awakening sense of social responsibility,” Joe Redden Tigan has received both the Editor’s Choice and Reader’s Choice designations from publisher iUniverse for his first novel, “Waggle” (ISBN: 978-0-595-41619-6). iUniverse chooses only those titles that have the essential qualities to [...]

The law of attraction tells us that you bring into your life that which you put your attention on. The secret to life is to put your attention on what serves you and take your attention away from what does not serve you.
Does your spiritual growth come from the television? Does television spew forth spirituality [...]

The death of backhoe operator Hollis Farley appears at first glance to be a tragic accident. Found underneath his overturned rig on land he was clearing to make way for a mega church near the Pedernales River, Hollis Farley died on the job. But, this is Blanco County where weird things happen and this one [...]

She meets a handsome man at a London ball, falls head over heels, and the next morning receives a marriage proposal. She accepts, and when she rushes to meet her prince charming, she finds out her new fiancé is his brother. The man she met last night at the ball is her fiancé’s half-brother, Rafe, [...]

Young readers today are enjoying a new twist on literature.
Not quite a comic book or chapter book, the increasingly popular graphic novel has qualities of both.
The graphic novel and even more specifically, “Manga,” is derived from Japanese culture. The book starts at the back and reads forward, plus the pages read from right to left. [...]

With general attendance down, BookExpo America’s return to Los Angeles was a bit of a mixed bag for traditional prose book publishers. But this year’s BEA still showed off the continuing growth and enthusiasm around comics and graphic novel publishing—despite the rumors swirling around Tokyopop’s restructuring, especially their decision to not exhibit at the San [...]

Apparently I acted too hastily. Forty-five years later, comic books are the common currency of contemporary Hollywood.
Today’s mass moviegoers might not read novels or go to Broadway plays. But they sure know Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and, now, Iron Man.
This should be the point where your grumpy critic goes on a rant against cultural trash and [...]

Book Review:This slight and lyrical novel is based on the life of pioneer Sarah Royce, pioneer, memoirist, and mother. Strong-willed, fiercely intelligent and conventionally religious – but with a deep mystical streak – Sarah Royce took to the California trail in the Gold Rush year of 1849. She did not wish to be separated from [...]