Adopt-a-Highway

I never thought I wanted to be a parent, but as soon as I saw mile 36 of Route 127 in Trumbull, Connecticut, I knew it was meant to be.  I started to picture a life filled with car rides and rest stops, gas stations and grassy medians — and it was all I...

As Flies to Whatless Boys

Young love blossoms in the colonies of 19th-century Trinidad, as two Brits wrestle with the limitations of social class, and a rebellion that yields tragic consequences.

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.