What if I told you that you could die from a common infection? What if your doctor thought that he didn’t need to wash his hands because he believed that a gentleman is always clean? Modern medicine...

Retellings are a popular way of taking a story you have heard multiple times and putting a creative twist on them. One classic story that has gone through a number of retellings, both creative and classic,...

Some of them might scare you, they may even steal your sleep, and others might touch you somewhere down deep. None is the same but one thing’s for sure, there will be monsters till the last page is turned....

When the odds are stacked and an entire planet is out to get you, would you give up or fight? Throughout the history of literature there have been hundreds of books about human survival, but “The Martian”...

In high school we all had to read that those books that we just didn’t want to read but knew it was inevitable. “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood is a classic novel that I gladly would have...

Although “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is very small book, it has a lot to offer any reader who wishes to know about the little prince. In this emotional tale the author narrates...

A mysterious circus called the “Le Cirque des Reves” arrives out of no where and is only open in the middle of night. It is filled with wondrous attractions that tickle the imagination and performers...

If you were given the choice between a quick death or slowly dying of poison, which one would you choose? It’s the choice Yelena faces on a daily basis in the book, “Poison Study,” by Maria V. Snyder. On...

“We are all creative beings. We all have a vast, untapped creative capacity within us.” – David Usher (from page 219 of the book) In David Usher’s debut novel, “Let the Elephants Run,” Usher...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s essay “We Should All Be Feminists” is a text adaptation of her speech given at TedxEuston in 2013. The paperback adaptation of her speech was published last month in light...

It’s been more than 10 years since Neil Gaiman first published “American Gods,” his first novel geared specifically to adults, and in that time he has dabbled in many other pursuits. He’s written...

The due process of law grants everyone the right to a trial and the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, in Casey Anthony’s case, more than the majority of the court, the state...