A writer reflects on how her experiences doing fieldwork with her husband impacted their marriage, her career, and the way she views the “other.” “I need a project of my own,” declares Gail Pool, a Harvard-educated... Read More

This history of presidential fame and how it has shaped American progress is relevant to the digital age and is a fascinating examination of the power of popularity. Highlighting an increasing trend toward American leaders with a media... Read More

Woe is Earth. Drilled silly, dumped on, farmed out, fished out, and cloaked in a burka of carbon—who does the planet have to thank for this dire state of affairs? Only its most highly evolved species, of course. But woe is for whiners.... Read More

This freight train has been rounding the bend for, oh, several thousand years or so. Finally, neuroscience is building an indisputable body of data on the benefits of meditation, and those of you who always seek a doctor’s permission... Read More

Blanchard shares a legacy of technical and literary pioneers in alpine climbing in this extraordinarily well-written mountaineering memoir. The title page of The Calling: A Life Rocked by Mountains reads, “Patagonia publishes titles... Read More

Detailed research puts the reader inside the cockpit, shoulder to shoulder with the pilot and crew. Steve Snyder’s masterful book, "Shot Down", does justice to the adventures of his father, pilot Howard Snyder, and the crew of the B-17... Read More

Riggenbach is nothing short of brilliant in telling the story of American individualism through the central character of Joan Kennedy Taylor. Author, editor, journalist, and libertarian Jeff Riggenbach is probably the most likely person... Read More

In this investment book, a physician/investor urges readers to die broke. Physician and commercial real estate investor Stanley Arthur Riggs realized he wanted a plan to be “in voluntarily and strategically planned, diminished... Read More