In 1879 the WNIA was formed in Philadelphia with the goal of helping Native American women. The altruism was sincere, but sometimes came with strings attached; the Women’s National Indian Association was an evangelical Christian group,... Read More

“Inside the white lines that mark off the [baseball] diamond, a lie cannot live and it cannot prosper,” writes Gerald Duff in his compelling and thoughtful novel Dirty Rice. Steeped in the history of baseball, this tale proves to be... Read More

Murder, betrayal, war, and passion are the obvious aspects of Sylvia Montgomery Shaw’s lyrical debut novel, "Paradise Misplaced". The first in a trilogy about the once-fabulously wealthy Nyman family starts with the murder of Mexican... Read More

“To know the dog,” writes Clarice Rutherford, “you must first know the wolf.” Dogs, who have evolved to live with humans, can make wonderful companions if their humans understand them and teach them good manners for living in... Read More

Eclipse was the greatest racing thoroughbred of eighteenth-century England, having never been defeated in any of his races and raising the bar for the horseracing industry. The horse enjoyed a second career as a much-sought-after stud.... Read More

Any well-informed person who is absolutely convinced that neither they nor any member of their family, nor anyone close to them, will ever have need of a doctor, hospital, or prescription drugs during the next hundred years can ignore... Read More

"June Fourth Elegies" is the first book of poetry translated into English by Chinese political dissident Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. A leading activist during the Tiananmen Square protests and author of the human... Read More

In his humorous new book about his life with six felines, Tarte writes, “By then I had long since recovered from my early misconception that cats were either devious creatures or as mellow as stuffed toys. They were both, and much... Read More