In Nothing Could Stop Her, Rona Arato tells the remarkable life story of trailblazing Jewish American journalist Ruth Gruber. Born in Brooklyn in 1911 to a Jewish family from Russia, Gruber was unstoppable from the start. Intelligent and... Read More

The thought-provoking and expert essays of "A New History of the American South" represent expansive views of Southern history—beyond the period-focused notions of the region that often appear in history and literature. Rather than... Read More

Mysterious mail initiates a family’s search for their buried truths in Anne Berest’s elegiac novel "The Postcard", which vivifies and honors the dead. At her first Seder well into her adulthood, Berest is confronted by an aspiring... Read More

The dramatic novel "New Leaves in Winter" homes in on workplace tensions surrounding job security and incompetent bosses. In C. Gary Johnston’s novel "New Leaves in Winter", two managers fret over the changing dynamics at their place... Read More

A young American and her friend Julia Child are implicated in a murder in Colleen Cambridge’s vibrant cozy mystery novel "Mastering the Art of French Murder". It’s 1949, and Tabitha misses her former life as a riveter in a Detroit... Read More

In Pirkko Saisio’s autobiographical novel "The Red Book of Farewells", a Finnish woman navigates being a lesbian in a time when homosexuality was outlawed and when the currents of communism pervaded every aspect of life. Death opens... Read More

"The Long and Tortured Road" is an intimate memoir about recovering from struggles with mental health and addiction. Thomas Kind’s poignant memoir "The Long and Tortured Road" covers his bipolar disorder and his process of... Read More

"Always Moving Forward" is the compelling memoir of a man whose company transformed health care in the United States. Friendship and family values are emphasized in entrepreneur David A. Jones’s memoir "Always Moving Forward", about... Read More