GREAT READS

There are certain moments in American history which define a generation. One such moment occurred in January 1986, as much of America watched live as the space shuttle Challenger launched from Florida. A mere 73 seconds after liftoff, the unthinkabl...

29,0208 feet, 8,848 meters. The highest spot on the planet. The Nepelese call her Sagarmatha, the Tibetans call her Chomolungma but most of the world knows her by the name of Everest. On May 10, 1996 Jon Krakauer, a columnist for Outside Magazine s...

To the outside world Dexter Morgan is everything an upstanding member of society should be. He's a highly respected lab technician for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's polite, handsome, supportive, and knows just the right things to say. But...

In the small town of Odessa, nestled in the heart of West Texas, high school football is a way of life. Every Friday night people from far and wide descend upon the stadium of their national pastime. The story of Friday Night Lights is not just a sto...

Imagine that it was possible to get a momentary glimpse of your future. Do you think you change the future you saw or are you destined to live the life you glimpsed?  Robert J. Sawyer's novel Flashforward explores those questions and many more.&...

Raw, seething, instinctual rage courses through the blood of every human being.  Although the vast majority of the population never acts on this urge, we have all certainly felt pure rage at one point in our lives.  David Moody's novel Hate...

The Kings of Leon, brothers Nathan, Caleb, and Jared Followill and their cousin Matthew, have emerged with their latest effort Only by the Night as a worthy successor to U2’s brand of arena-ready, sing-along-with-a-lighter-in-the-air rock. ...

With glittering sparse prose and clear-eyed insight, Jennifer Sey recounts the harrowing tale of her pursuit of gymnastics glory in the eighties.  From the moment 7 year old Jennifer Sey watched Nadia Comaneci during the 1976 Olympics, she too d...

Take five ego-fueled, underachieving, arrogant friends, a bar they co-own and operate, add some alcohol and what do you get? It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This show is without a doubt one of the funniest on television today. It's one of those...

One of the most buzzed about TV shows of the last few years is the wonderfully addicting drama Lost. The series ropes you in from the opening moments and the 5 seasons that follow only prove that Lost is one of the most intelligent dramas on televis...

What would happen if every human on planet Earth spontaneously disappeared? How long would it take for Mother Nature to reclaim the landscape and return to her primordial roots? That's the theory that distinguished journalist Alan Wiesman poses in ...