Paul David Pope’s "The Deeds of My Fathers" could well be subtitled, “How the Pope Family Built Civilization in New York City, saved Italy from Communism, and Made the Mob Sound Respectable.” In this biography, which reads like a... Read More

The world as we know it is ending: Terrorist attacks are on the rise, our natural resources are nearly depleted, and the financial institutions protecting our money have been revealed as little better than incompetent. But according to... Read More

In 1990 author Dodie Cross put her life into storage and moved to Thailand with her new husband. Dick had been offered a construction job in the town of Pattaya and Cross experienced at living abroad was excited for the opportunity. In... Read More

By the end of "A Matter of Honor", its young hero Richard Cutler has acquired an amazing curriculum vitae—perhaps too amazing for some readers. He first appears in 1777 as a Massachusetts teenager, scion of a well-to-do family of... Read More

A colorful embroidery upon the true story of three early-eighteenth-century buccaneers, this swashbuckling novel boasts an irresistible historical background-a dandified pirate captain and two cross-dressing women who joined him for two... Read More

Unquestionably, the best method of improving your cooking skills is to work side by side a master chef. Short of that, cookbooks are a wonderful tool provided you know how to find the book you need when you need it. "Mastering the Grill"... Read More

With subtitles like the above, book reviewing might become obsolete. Be that as it may, this overwhelmingly successful book is a worthy recipient of all the positive press it serves to generate. Once again, Weinstein and Scarbrough, the... Read More

A crazed old man spends his life tunneling under the vast reaches of Moscow. Caked in grime and sewage, he pronounces himself “Lord of the Underground.” Despite his regal title, he labors in near-total obscurity. Then theres the... Read More