High on atmosphere, low on plot John Steinbeck’s novel Cannery Row was originally published in 1945. The title refers to a waterfront ...

Some interesting ideas rather simplistically executed Comic book artist extraordinaire Jack Kirby is best known for his pioneering crea...

Four score and seven years of dictators, diplomats, and dissenters Originally published in 1986, Century of the Wind is the final book...

Socialism, Anarchism, and Syndicalism demystified Bertrand Russell In Proposed Roads to Freedom, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, ...

All over the (space-time) map Award-winning and critically acclaimed science fiction author Clifford D. Simak’s final novel, Highway of...

Lanny Budd’s North African interlude Presidential Mission is the eighth book in Upton Sinclair’s 11-novel Lanny Budd series, not to be...

Innovative and inspiring, if a bit grueling Though the film adaptation of Cloud Atlas got its fair share of bad reviews, I rather like...