Dawson and Todd’s burgeoning Civil War romance ignites curiosity. "Practical Strangers" is a remarkable compilation of letters from 1861 and 1862 that present a nearly complete record of Elodie Todd—the sister-in-law of Abraham... Read More

Major League Baseball has gone to war with itself—the Black Sox gambling scandal, collective-bargaining negotiations in the late 1960s, steroid use—and also against Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I when more than 1,250... 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

There are an increasing number of business sustainability handbooks on the market, but perhaps few are as complete or sophisticated as this one. Favoring a scientific approach to the problem of business sustainability, it could function... Read More

A business-school dean makes the case for achieving corporate longevity through entrepreneurial thinking. Entrepreneurship is most often associated with individuals who start businesses, but Jim Dewald believes corporate entrepreneurship... Read More

Trudeau’s deep knowledge shines throughout the book as he unearths new information concerning Lincoln’s war-weary state of mind. With thousands of works published on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, history buffs and “ordinary”... Read More

This is storytelling in the tradition of Irwin Shaw or Howard Fast, full of vivid characters and rich detail. Dudley James Podbury’s "The Sons of Silas McCracken" is an accomplished and highly readable saga that traces the ambitions,... Read More

This banquet of words and recipes invites all chefs to slow down and enjoy the seasons. In the introduction to Cooking With the Muse, Myra Kornfield and Stephen Massimilla describe the project as a “cookbook for all book lovers and... Read More