Psychiatrist Saul Dubinsky, a gentle soul in a skinny body, buries his anguish in prescription drugs after a patient attempts suicide. Self-medication leads to addiction, which leads to crime. The book begins with his arrest, but it is... Read More

The contributors and editors of Kings of the Ice have done yeomen’s work in compiling this (literally) heavy-duty volume about the history and personalities of world hockey. This tome weighs in at over 1,000 pages, telling the whole... Read More

One of this book’s most important virtues is the balance that the author achieves in her approach to her subject. Her fair-mindedness lends authority to her commentary on human interaction (often dangerously close interaction) with... Read More

“Elizabeth called me Gangster and I called her Baby Boobs,” writes the author in the brief text that complements this treasure trove of photographs of the legendary actress. Bozzacchi began his career as a photographer in Italy,... Read More

A mere five years after the end of World War II, the United Sates stood on the verge of another world war. This new war was fraught with the possible use of the atom bomb not only by the Americans but possibly by the Russians had they... Read More

Perhaps the most famous photograph of the Vietnam War was that of terrified children running from an aerial napalm attack in June 1972. One of them was nine-year-old Kim Phuc, naked and in agony as napalm seared her body. Now living in... Read More

On January 1, 1863, Robert Watson wrote in his diary: “New Years day and how different from the last. I was then in excellent health and fine spirits, but now I am in wretched health having been in bed with chills and fever all day. I... Read More

Sometimes, like the wrong wallpaper pattern for a small room, the idea for a children’s book can go awry and be, well, too busy or too cute. Happily, this is not the case with this story, which focuses on the pattern on a boy’s... Read More