A book on leadership is only as good as the examples the author uses. In this regard, Lee Ellis’s book is unique: The author employs scenes he observed as a POW at one of the Vietnam War’s most notorious camps, nicknamed the “Hanoi... Read More

Portugal is Europe’s poorest nation as well as its least well known. This galls the author, who spent twenty years as an AP foreign correspondent in Lisbon, and this book, a mixture of history, tour guide, and national character... Read More

This mystery explodes with a bang. Actually, it’s more like a fusillade, as six members of the US Supreme Court are gunned down within seconds of each other while the court is in session. In the confusion of the assault, the lone... Read More

A freelance travel writer and regular contributor to the New York Times Travel and Escapes sections, Helen Olsson provides parents with a comprehensive guide to car camping with children, from infants to preteens. Illustrated with... Read More

"The Chinese Jars" is both a breezy, classic noir murder mystery, as well as an entertaining character-rich novel which mines the kind of intrigue specific to a time before cellphones and the Internet, and to a city rooted in old... Read More

Outrage and a growing failure of diplomacy best describe the relationship between the Muslim world and the West, especially following 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over this last decade. The author, an award-winning... Read More

Niki Jabbour blames it on the arugula. A chance encounter with cold-resistent arugula sparked her love affair with all-weather gardening and led to her discovery of a multitude of vegetables that not only tolerate cold weather but... Read More

Fans of the prolific author/illustrator Edward Gorey will delight in Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer, which chronicles the personal correspondence between the pair as they collaborated on three... Read More