Little’s is, above all, a human story about a man who fought for justice and fair treatment for workers. Both a work of history and biography, Jane Little Botkin’s "Frank Little and the IWW" views the early days of the US labor... Read More

"Scandinavians" engages with the explorer’s spirit that still sheaths the north lands in romance. Robert Ferguson’s "Scandinavians" is a work that is certain to delight curious adventurers as it captures rich cultural histories with... Read More

Radzicki McManus’s is a congenial, adventurous, and inspiring trek through America’s wilderness. Melanie Radzicki McManus’s "Thousand-Miler" is an absorbing and enlightening first-person account of a thru-trekking adventure. The... Read More

This peek inside the massive Manhattan project is fascinating to read. In her highly readable "Polonium in the Playhouse", Linda Carrick Thomas sheds light on a deliciously eccentric piece of WWII home-front history—the transformation... Read More

This is an honest look at one man’s attempts to find both peace and justice in a thoroughly unjust world. "Wrestling in the Daylight" is an unusual work with an idiosyncratic approach—a written documentation of Brant Rosen’s turn... Read More

"Body Horror" is an incredible, touching, intelligent collection that looks beyond what’s comfortable to examine what is true. By turns tender, insightful, and sharp as a scalpel, Anne Elizabeth Moore’s essays in Body Horror... Read More

This rich book on Roots captures the complexity of its reception and its enduring place in popular culture. In ten chapters, the essayists in "Reconsidering Roots" posit that, although Roots has been a topic of debate since its release,... Read More

This book masterfully blends military history with politics and media studies. Tom Basile’s "Tough Sell" is an ode to the many men and women who worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority during the early days of the Iraq War. The... Read More