by Ann Harrison Have you ever known someone who is locked in their own inner world? Unlocked by Karen Kingsbury is a book about a boy named Holden, who develops Autism at the age of three. His mother believes that…
Any detailed discussion of space-time in quantum physics and what it means in terms of classical physical world (one observable to us) is bound to get to the mind-boggling/weird side. And I’ll say Fred Alan Wolf’s Parallel Universes (Simon &…
That D.H. Lawrence is actually a man of realistic, insightful fiction shows best in his novels. And when it comes to short fiction, he tends to preserve not only the essence of his fictional wordsmithy but also the style. England,…
Tom Petsinis’ The French Mathematician (Walker & Co, 1998) is a biographical novel showing the fateful journey of the gifted, 19th-century French mathematics genius Evariste Galois in his voice. The young mathematics student narrates the events, and his circumstances, leading…
Once in a while you come across a book that has a complete worldview, or let me call it lifeview, of a subject that otherwise sounds unfathomable. Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death (The Free Press, 1973) is one such…
Raising interesting questions out of prevailing scientific research and in relevance to human history and culture isn’t a skill every science writer exhibits; but Tim Ferris surely does. His book The Mind’s Sky: Human Intelligence in a Cosmic Context (Bantam…
From Stephen Gill’s Press Release Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL), headquartered in South Korea, sponsored the evening of the 25th of June 2016 at Ottawa City Hall, where Stephen Gill’s book of love sonnets, The Singer of…
by Leonore H. Dvorkin Blind Paddy Flynn, orphaned at age eight, travels by train from Philadelphia to California in 1947 to live with his childless aunt and uncle. Part One tells of his mother’s death, his time in a children’s…
by Leonore H. Dvorkin A science fiction novel by David Dvorkin, C 2010 In paperback and e-book formats from Amazon.com and multiple other online selling sites. Occasionally, James Benton is surprised at the role the mineral jacksonite has played in…
by Ann Harrison Many people around the world borrow books and other materials from public libraries on a regular basis. Did you know that if you don’t return the books you borrow on or before the due date, you can…