This is a comprehensive and well-researched history of one of South America’s most exciting cities. The city of Rio de Janeiro is having the international spotlight shone on it thanks to Brazil’s many recent achievements and the fact... Read More

A bobcat needs a wristwatch like a cactus needs a calendar. Yes, we have time, that peculiar human tendency to grid our existence into segments of seconds, minutes, hours, et cetera. But at what cost? What’s the tradeoff? We can be... Read More

"Dawn and Sunset" is a well researched, nicely written, organized account of early Mesopotamian history. Some of the world’s first cities emerge, prosper, and decline over the course of several millennia while their citizens chart... Read More

This is an excellent way to plunge into history and vicariously experience the thrilling ride that was the Klondike gold rush. In July of 1897, the steamship Portland arrived in Seattle bearing more than a ton of gold and sixty-eight... Read More

In this clever, sassy noir, a young woman discovers the power of transference in a vintage Hollywood clothing shop. In Praveen Asthana’s carefully plotted novel "The Woman in the Movie Star Dress", a young Native American finds... Read More

An American airman and a young Jewish boy flee from the Nazis as Allied forces prepare to invade at Normandy in this richly detailed adventure. Mike Render’s "Man of the Sun" is a briskly paced novel that pits a heroic American airman... Read More

This eye-opening and heartrending memoir prepares families for dealing with settlements and caregiving after difficult accidents. On January 9, 2002, an 80,000-pound tanker truck crashed into the back of Marcia Rhodes’s stopped Toyota... Read More

Cline offers an authoritative, well-written overview of how the American economy functions. CPA/CMA Dale K. Cline explains the workings of the American economy in simple, clear terms in his book Banking on Confidence: A Guidebook to... Read More