The Gamble

A unique statistical history of the 2012 presidential election, analyzing the strategic choices of both Romney and Obama that decided the outcome of their respective campaigns.

Songs of Willow Frost

A Chinese-American orphan boy believes he’s found his mother – now an exotic Hollywood starlet – in this sweeping novel of Depression-era Seattle.

Dry Run

October 28: “I don’t think prohibition is practical. The Germans, you see, prevent it. Look at them. I am sorry to learn that they have just invented a method of making brandy out of Sawdust.”  

African Skies

October 26: “We swung over the hills and over the town and back again, and I saw how a man can be master of a craft, and how a craft can be master of an element.”