This book ought to carry a warning on its cover: “Mothers of Small Children Should Approach With Extreme Caution.” The author’s wrenching first-person account of trying to rescue her young daughter and son from their powerful,... Read More

“It has been said that more has been written about Wagner than any man who ever lived, except for Jesus and Napoleon,” writes the author. Richard Wagner was a high note in nineteenth-century music, combining personal magnetism, lofty... Read More

“I petition not for my own life, for I know I must die, [but that] if it be possible, no more innocent blood may be shed, which it undoubtedly cannot be avoided in the way and the course you go in,” said Mary Esty in her second... Read More

In the early winter of 1863, a young Union soldier in a letter home mentioned a comrade who had taken ill: “The other night the Corporal had a baby, for the Corporal turned out to be a woman!” The now-unidentified woman from New... Read More

For most, sitting down with a cup of coffee and the newspaper is the only way to start the day. But while many have decried the capitalization of coffee, which has changed a twenty-five-cent cup of joe into a three-dollar double-shot... Read More

What makes A.J. Lewinter run? That’s the question that both American and Russian intelligence agencies ask themselves in this Cold War thriller. While attending an academic conference in Tokyo, American ceramic engineer Lewinter... Read More

People with autism can excel in an academic setting. Often intensely focused and detail-oriented, students with autism have advanced several fields of research. People with autism often have difficulties in school due to special needs... Read More

Sometimes a legal team can make a critical difference in whether a species becomes extinct, whether children’s blood lead levels rise, whether the largest, oldest trees are allowed to stand. This book describes the last decade of legal... Read More