Food writer Claire Nelson had always prided herself on her independence and adventurous spirit. When she falls into a hole during an ill-fated day hike in Joshua Tree National Park, however, all her prior assumptions are sorely tested. She survives, Read More …
In this candid account, author Jason Hardy describes what it was like for him to work as a parole/probation officer in crime-ridden New Orleans, with clients among the neediest souls anywhere. He finds that the hardest populations to work with Read More …
James J. Strang was the founder and ruling figure of The Church of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a small splinter group of Mormons that formed in the power vacuum left by the assassination of Joseph Smith in 1844. Strang persuaded Read More …
On page 159 of All the Wrong Moves author Sasha Chaplin quotes an eccentric chess grandmaster who said, “The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a Read More …
Unable to afford the tuition at her pricey Ivy League university, Appalachia native Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman embarks upon a series of money-making ventures, including a job pretending to play the violin in a hugely successful, but fake, orchestra. This ensemble, Read More …