Back when I was a kid growing up in South Chicago, I never dreamed that having a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother would turn out to be an asset.

The unusual thing about the collection Quite Contrary is the range of subgenre.

An Old West adventure set in the rugged Palo Duro Canyon of Texas.

H. G. Wells' comic 1910 novel, The History of Mr. Polly, stars Alfred Polly, a timid man who is more successful at daydreaming than working in the local draper's shops.

Student! Your life is your own. You have only yourself to thank for what you are, have been and will be.

Sara Crewe's young but doting father sends her to a London boarding school when she is seven.

Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early last man science fiction novel.

On the eve of his coming of age, a young Lord begins to see the truth of his parents' lives.

Thomas Hardy's final novel Jude the Obscure explores notions of class, religion, marriage and modernization through its protagonist Jude Fawley, a working-class man who dreams of being a scholar.

What happens when would-be dyke moms or gay dads ask a friend or acquaintance to donate sperm.

An old adage says "numbers don't lie." But how do you know if they do lie?

Elegant and edgy, vixen is a tense tango cutting through the jungle of the urban underground.

In Contract with the World, the setting is Vancouver, and the time is the mid-1970s.

Neil Young is one of Canada's great exports, his contribution to rock music.

Blame it on Cinderella: We get married because we want to believe that true love.

I'd Rather Be Rich is an interactive road map designed to help you get from where you are.

Ancient Hindu scriptures proclaim that some "longing in the darkness" propelled our world.

Enlightenment for Beginners is the simple account of how and why you've been imagining yourself.

Optimal Parenting guides parents to create well-being at all stages of their children's lives.

The Lady and the Pirate is a romance adventure novel from the well-known American author.