According to the 2009/2010 National Pet Owners Survey, 62 percent of US households own a pet, representing over 71 million households. Many pet owners treat the domesticated... Read More

In January 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected the first female Speaker of the House. As she broke through the glass ceiling of the male world of politics, the Democrats regained... Read More

Experiencing the fantastic worlds of children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel may not be out of reach. Simply take a stroll down Springfield, Massachusetts’ Mulberry Street.... Read More

From 1941 to 1945, almost a thousand African-Americans graduated from the Tuskegee Army Flying School, many of whom distinguished themselves as pilots during World War II.... Read More

This is edge-of-your-seat history, meticulously researched and laid out, but written with such high drama and cinematic clarity that even well-known events of America’s... Read More

In this impressive collection of 274 poems, works by Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes mingle with those of Audre Lorde, Yusef Komunyakaa,... Read More

This small book took a long time to emerge, but was well worth the wait. The authors, professor of psychiatry Evans (University of Pennsylvania) and science writer Andrews, put... Read More

Something unprecedented happened in 1800. The leader of a nation was booted out of office—peacefully. Without bloodshed, power in the United States of America was transferred... Read More

“Hope is…an essential element of our spiritual lifeblood. And it is the best medicine for overcoming feelings of helplessness, alienation, and fear. Individuals who are... Read More

Though John Dillinger’s story is a familiar one, Elliot J. Gorn seeks a less traditional route in its retelling. Using government documents and newspapers, Gorn describes the... Read More

Controversy has tailed the theory of evolution ever since the publication of Charles Darwins On the Origin of Species in 1859. As recently as 2004, National Geographic magazine... Read More

For better or for worse, the 1828 presidential election remains the model for all campaigns that followed. The election pitted incumbent John Quincy Adams against Andrew... Read More