Kenneth A. Tabler, author of "The Day is Far Spent ," rose from a poor, sleepy milltown in West Virginia and propelled himself to a PhD and a high profile career with that newly invented thing called "the computer." This book reads folksy without being sentimental about the ve...

There’s no doubt that realistic fantasy illustrator Allen Douglas has photographic control over his medium. One of the surprise joys in his paintings is his uncanny ability to make his fairy tale subjects simultaneously dark and elegantly quirky. His work’s been recognized by...