If you like your books straight shootin’, gun totin’, tight ropin’, hard drinkin’, and fast ridin’, look no further than the Western. The Western emerged from the settlement of the portion of the United States west of the Mississippi River, notably the Great Plains and the Southwest. The widely held belief in ‘Manifest Destiny’ – that […]

Combining crime fiction and young adult literature, two of the bestselling genres, it’s not a surprise that you can find some form of YA mystery on the bookshelves of most UK supermarkets. Full of all types of secrets and murder; lies and alibis, there’s guaranteed to be at least one YA mystery novel that will […]

Paint Your Town Red is part analysis, part brief history and part how-to guide. It deftly exposes the problems with our current modes of governance and ownership, then offers a guided tour through successful, local alternatives, from the Mondragon corporation in Spain to the much lauded Preston Model in England. The book closes with a […]