Tonya Bolden’s "Speak Up, Speak Out!" is a biography for young readers that showcases the inspiring life and accomplishments of Shirley Chisholm. Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States... Read More

Anneliese Abbott’s "Malabar Farm" chronicles the significant history of what was once a small private farm, and is now a state park, recreation area, working farm, and living history site. In the uncertain period before World War II,... Read More

"Insufficient Funds" is a unique biographical account of American architectural legend Frank Lloyd Wright. Bankruptcy lawyer Peter C. Alexander’s engaging biography of Frank Lloyd Wright, "Insufficient Funds", focuses on the... Read More

The origins of the conspiracy theories that permeate modern American politics are revealed in Edward H. Miller’s biography of Robert Welch, "A Conspiratorial Life". Born into a family of North Carolina farmers who fought in the... Read More

Don and Petie Kladstrup’s "Champagne Charlie" is the enjoyable biography of Charles Heidsieck, a dazzling, daring, and adroit French champagne merchant who risked his life and limbs to sell his esteemed bubbly to Americans in the... Read More

A. K. Brackob’s detailed biography chronicles the little-known life of Vlad Dracul—the father of Vlad the Impaler. The literary vampire Dracula has captured the imagination of generations of horror readers. Brackob reveals that Bram... Read More

"Why They Stay" includes entertaining fodder for better understanding what bargains highly successful women make in order to endure in scandal-plagued marriages. Knowing that is hard to understand why so many strong, smart, accomplished... Read More

"American Tapestry" mines family stories for an informative, down-to-earth trek through America’s past. Pat Speth Sherman explores two centuries of American history through the eyes of her ancestors in her generational biography... Read More