The compelling biography of a woman who escaped a totalitarian government, "To the Midnight Sun" celebrates a grandmother’s legacy. Stephen Saletan’s raw family biography-cum-memoir "To the Midnight Sun" centers his grandmother, who... Read More

An intrepid journalist finds that he is less skilled in love than he is at chasing stories in the historical novel "Roads Not Taken", about personal disappointments despite career successes. Set against the backdrop of global conflicts,... Read More

Memorializing the pets who shaped her with humor and keen affection, "Dog Love Stories" is a moving memoir. Patricia Eagle’s affecting memoir "Dog Love Stories" celebrates the unique personalities of various dogs who had an integral... Read More

Spies on covert missions seek to counter the hopelessness felt by the Polish people in the exciting thriller "Operation Nightfall". Karl Wegener’s intricate historical thriller "Operation Nightfall" focuses on women agents at the... Read More

In Gianni Rodari’s madcap allegorical fairy tale "Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto", an Italian nonagenarian’s villa is besieged by unwelcome guests. Baron Lamberto is plagued by twenty-four sicknesses, including arteriosclerosis and... Read More

Timothy J. Heaphy, the lead investigator for the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack against democracy in the United States, shares important lessons from that experience in his fascinating, often disturbing... Read More

Viewing movements toward women’s equality through the lens of riding horses, Eliza McGraw’s "Astride" is a charming history book. At the turn of the twentieth century, just as horse-riding began to go out of fashion for society men,... Read More

In Sydney Dunlap’s stirring novel "Racing the Clouds", a girl navigates complex family relationships on her path to forgiveness. After a sudden move from Philadelphia to rural Virginia with her father, thirteen-year-old Sage’s world... Read More