Neal Hutcheson’s "The Moonshiner Popcorn Sutton" is the definitive biography of a famous Appalachian moonshiner known for his homemade “likker.” Hutcheson, who first told the late moonshiner’s story on film, expands on his... Read More

Peter Hiller’s illuminating biography "The Life and Times of Jo Mora" tours the works of one of the most productive, multitalented artists of twentieth-century America. Containing two hundred photographs of Mora’s work and excerpts... Read More

In "The Invention of Oscar Wilde", Nicholas Frankel examines Wilde’s life from a new perspective. Oscar Wilde is an icon to both writers and the LGBTQ+ community. He assumed many roles throughout his life: poet, art critic, dandy,... Read More

The life of seventeenth-century Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi is recounted in the graphic novel "Artemisia". Raised by her father, an accomplished artist himself, Artemisia took to painting from a young age. At eighteen,... Read More

Jonathan Ned Katz’s "The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams" is the biography of a queer Jewish woman whose life sheds light on the times. The short, fascinating story of Eve Adams, born Chava Zloczewer, is presented in full,... Read More

"The Man" is a robust biography that pays tribute to Alfred M. Best, the founder of a credit rating business. Put together by the company he founded, Alfred M. Best’s biography "The Man" reveals him in the context of his family and... Read More

"Blooming in Winter" is the biography of a fascinating woman who managed to live her long life to the fullest. "Blooming in Winter", Pam Valois’s biography of her vivacious nonagenarian friend, Jacomena “Jackie” Maybeck, celebrates... Read More

"The Believer" is the expansive story of John E. Mack, a preeminent Harvard Medical School professor and psychiatrist whose exploration of alien abduction phenomena nearly destroyed his career and reputation. Born in 1929 to wealthy... Read More