Emotional but never sentimental, "All the Castles Burned" contrasts privilege with working-class struggles for a gripping story of human resilience. "All the Castles Burned" by Michael Nye is a coming-of-age story that is as painful as... Read More

Karen Karbo’s "In Praise of Difficult Women" collects twenty-nine biographical profiles of women who have pushed back, broken the mold, or simply lived on their own terms. The women chosen are eclectic, while the narrative is... Read More

Loss is recounted with unsparing clarity in this important biographical tale. D. W. Duke and Thomas Biebers’s Not Without a Fight: The Story of a Polish Jew’s Resistance is the lucid biography of the courageous Casimir “Cass”... Read More

Snow’s helpful, systematically-organized book is designed to lead readers on a “prosperity journey.” "Prosper Up!" by Larry Snow is a comprehensive guide to achieving prosperity, written by someone who has spent a lifetime... Read More

In Jessica Keener’s "Strangers in Budapest", it’s 1995, and the tech bubble is swelling. The Wall Street Journal is reporting unprecedented opportunity in Eastern Europe, and three Americans—Annie, Will, and their 4-month-old,... Read More

Tudor England’s legendary history is a rich locus in the popular imagination. Full of pageantry and larger-than-life personalities, the period is a favorite of the Anglophilic world. But what if that seemingly monolithic world was also... Read More

In a futuristic England where the Nazis won the Second World War, Jessika Keller is a model citizen. Her family is perfect, her father is a high-ranking official. But her conformity feels like an itchy suit, and the more rules she... Read More

"Breathe" is a fast-moving work of political intrigue that raises questions of leadership and loyalty. Mike Brogan’s "Breathe" is a suspenseful action novel that follows CIA and FBI agents as they try to unravel a terrorist plot.... Read More