In 1971, Anthony Scaduto’s Bob Dylan became the first investigative biography of the greatest modern songwriter, examining his formative years in the New York folk scene and the evolution of his musical style and persona. Scaduto... Read More

Nick Rennison’s history text "1922" peers a century into the past, when the world was emerging from a deadly pandemic and facing new kinds of social upheaval. Told via a few dozen short essays about important events around the world,... Read More

Eric Dickerson was one of the best running backs in NFL history, setting a single-season rushing record that still stands. Along with that success, his Hall of Fame career also had its share of controversies. Dickerson addresses it all... Read More

In Mari Lowe’s engaging novel "Aviva vs. the Dybbuk", an Orthodox Jewish girl confronts the troublemaking spirit who disturbs her home, while also working with a friend-turned-rival to plan a big event for her class. Along the way, she... Read More

"The Murders of Moisés Ville" covers gruesome murders in a fledgling Jewish community in late-nineteenth-century Argentina. Alongside its details of the crimes, the book chronicles Javier Sinay’s research experiences into them in... Read More

Comprehensive in its coverage of James Bond, the movie character, this retrospective stands to impress neophytes and die hard fans alike. While this year’s No Time to Die marked the end of Daniel Craig’s run as British agent 007 and... Read More

In 1971, the ratification of the 26th Amendment lowered the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. Jennifer Frost’s thorough, valuable "Let Us Vote!" celebrates the amendment’s semicentennial by chronicling the long struggle to pass... Read More

With the knowledge that great stories last for generations, Danielle Higley’s entertaining "The Stories Behind the Stories" shares the histories behind twenty-nine iconic children’s books, beginning with the unclear origins of the... Read More