"To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond" sets out to balance the horror of war with morality and wisdom, and succeeds wonderfully. A successful optometrist reflects on his wartime experiences in To the Fire of Normandy and Beyond, a... Read More

"Berdichev to Basildon" shines at detailing a rough-and-tumble career in British politics. A political junkie’s dream, "Berdichev to Basildon" by Eric Moonman is an informal firsthand account of life in politics and public service in... Read More

"Understanding Business" challenges many of the traditional perceptions of American businesses, giving business executives a lot to think about. In "Understanding Business", Gary Moreau takes targeted aim at some of the sacred cows of... Read More

In 1961, twentysomething Sandra Hochman interviewed forty-three-year-old poet Robert Lowell for Encounter magazine. Lowell agreed to meet her—just a half hour after their telephone call—at a New York City tea room and was immediately... Read More

Memory is slippery. Acted on by the present and our wishes for the future, the past changes shape. Like a boomerang, it can turn and slice us to ribbons. Nobody knows that better than Charlotte Harrison, who is drawn into a shocking... Read More

Small fingers will be eager to open and close creatively shaped panels in Chris Embleton-Hall’s sweetly engaging Noah’s Amazing Ark: A Lift the Flap Adventure. Uncover running tigers, pecking parrots, and flying doves as Noah, his... Read More

Lilti’s project illustrates commonalities in human fixations, even across gaps of centuries. The concept of celebrity is not a recent phenomenon, as Antoine Lilti shows in "The Invention of Celebrity", a merry dance through the annals... Read More

This duo is an unusual, important, and skillfully written contribution to Holocaust literature. Deep research, adept reporting, and personal experience make for a gripping read in Maurice Rajsfus’s two-book publication, Operation... Read More