By telling the stories of courageous, successful women who work in high tech, Pratima Rao Gluckman validates the essential role of the woman in Silicon Valley in a memorable and very relevant way. Pratima Rao Gluckman’s "Nevertheless,... Read More

Genius is as genius does. With fortuitous circumstances, genius can do more. Take Leonardo: The illegitimate son of a notary in the 1450s, he was blessed with paper and ink for playthings, and it became the material he used to express... Read More

The story of songwriter and composer Irving Berlin’s humble beginnings and rise to Broadway and Grammy fame takes shape in an engaging biography that highlights the compassion, generosity, and patriotism that characterized his life.... Read More

This carefully researched, absorbing biography documents the remarkable environmental legacy of Stewart Udall. The Washington DC headquarters of the Department of the Interior is named after Stewart Lee Udall. This excellent book by... Read More

If Babe Ruth had not captured the public imagination when he did, odds are baseball would never have become the national pastime and the multibillion dollar industry it is today. However, as Edmund F. Wehrle thoroughly details in... Read More

Chaim Linder’s remarkable memoir reaches into widely interesting territory. "Angels Always Come on Time" is a memoir that reaches into the realm of epics and odysseys as well as being a religious and cultural history. In its present... Read More

The book’s tone is unbiased, formal, and scholarly, focused on an unlikely success story as well as on the cracks beneath. Patricia Anne Jenyns’s biography, Sarah Ann Jenyns, is an inspirational and historical account of an esteemed... Read More

For historians, World War II buffs, and veterans’ families, this book offers a unique take on world events at the micro level. "That Lucky Old Son" is not to be missed. Mark Cote’s moving and richly detailed biography "That Lucky Old... Read More