""Nobody's house is worth risking a firefighter's life for,"" says a young hotshot (a forest-fire fighter) early in the seventh outing of Albuquerque lawyer Neil Hamel. Van Gieson (Parrot Blues) gives ...

This room-by-room guide brims with delightful description and discussion of the Victorians and their domestic environments. Flanders (A Circle of Sisters , which was ...

LENOX — Over 22 years of writing and conducting research for her book, "Days of Memory," Judith Monachina often looked up her interviewees’ names online. Even today, with the book finally published, ...

Note: those of you who have not yet discovered this series may wish to begin with the post by Notorious, PH.D. (March 2), and proceed to Historiann’s contribution (March 9). As a bonus, who but our ...

At 50, on a lark, she published a romance novel with her husband, Michael Fain. Like their characters, they found their lives transformed by unexpected success.

Prior to Oregon reestablishing the state poet laureate back in 2006, Willamette Week invited readers to nominate their choice for state bard. While many of Portland’s poets garnered enthusiastic votes ...

Las aguas del Kalahari is the newest book from professor of medieval Spanish literature at UW.  Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Saturday, April 4, 2015, ...

John J. Miller is joined by Silvina Sironi of the Word on Fire Institute to discuss the Book of Judith. Continue reading this article with an NRPLUS subscription. Enjoy a year of access for $3/month ...

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a remote lecture titled “How to Get a Head in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith” Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, ...