In "William Still", William Kashatus relates the story of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society (PASS) clerk who risked his life to help nearly a thousand escaped slaves reach freedom during the tumultuous years leading up to the... Read More

Recovering from pneumonia, Nellie Bly accepts an intrepid journalism student’s requests to meet and discuss her career in Luciana Cimino’s graphic biography "The Incredible Nellie Bly". In 1921, to celebrate the Columbia University... Read More

Michelle Duff’s "Jacinda Ardern" follows the political trajectory of the world’s youngest woman leader, whose commitment to “relentless positivity” has changed the course of New Zealand’s politics. Ardern’s 2017 election... Read More

Thomas Aiello’s "The Life and Times of Louis Lomax" is an incisive, engaging study of the out-of-the-box life and outspoken journalism of a man whose character and precedent-setting work mirrored the turbulence and dramatic change of... Read More

"Caught!" is the inspiring biography of a fisheries overseer who faced barriers to his conservationist efforts. "Caught!" is Joel B. Kerr’s illuminating biography of Canadian fisheries overseer John W. Kerr. John W. Kerr was born in... Read More

"Prohibition Wine" is a sincere biographical tribute to a grandmother’s sacrifices that’s set during a colorful time in American history. "Prohibition Wine" is Marian Leah Knapp’s compact, elegant biography of her grandmother, an... Read More

"On Freedom and Revolt" is a heartfelt, motivational, and intellectual comparison of the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Albert Camus. Carl E. Moyler’s satisfying comparative literature book "On Freedom and Revolt" concerns the... Read More

The story of how the Jesuits began usually focuses on Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, but Jon Sweeney’s fascinating biography adds a third name: Peter Faber. Faber was born in 1506 and grew up in a French hamlet as the child of... Read More