"Cemetery Reflections" is eloquent as it meditates on the evolution of death, grief, and memorialization in the United States. Jane Hopkins’s "Cemetery Reflections" pairs graveyard photographs with poems and reminiscences about death... Read More

"The Defender of the Faith" is a compelling historical novel whose characters are caught in the tidal sweep of modernizing India. In Prakash Lothe’s historical novel "The Defender of the Faith", the social and political upheavals of... Read More

An informed perspective and an objective voice contribute authority to this critique of animal farming and consumption. In identifying the primary reasons why she wrote "Animals as Food", Amy Fitzgerald points out several factors that... Read More

Passionate thoughts combine with a spectacular range of ideas for using wood-fired ovens to make this guide a must-have for anyone curious about this well-loved cooking method. Although wood-fired ovens are best known for crispy pizza... Read More

At the height of the Enlightenment, well into his mid fifties, one of Europe’s more respected scientific minds—author of numerous works on chemistry, physics, algebra, metallurgy, and human anatomy— suddenly began experiencing... Read More

Thoroughly researched, Webster’s book shines a light on a horrible tragedy and reveals the ugly truth behind a seemingly idyllic Kentucky community. Though it moves at the pace of a mob thriller, this latest book from Kentucky... Read More

A movie enthusiast shows how the mad men of film sold the show. Film collector John McElwee’s debut book offers a detailed look at how early films, including classics such as Psycho, The Wizard of Oz, and Citizen Kane, were marketed... Read More

"Recollections of the War With Mexico" is a unique and intriguing slice of history. Written by Brevet Major John Henshaw (1815—1877) in the mid 1800s, it has been meticulously pieced together from original documents, diary entries,... Read More