"A Tale of Two Brothers" offers a fresh perspective on a fascinating historical duo. A Tale of Two Brothers: The Story of the Wright Brothers by Judith A. Dempsey humanizes the celebrated pioneers of aviation. In thirty-four chapters,... Read More

This volume concludes the story of a family that becomes alive once again through their descendant’s hard work and determination to tell their tale. The Harwoods of Darwen: Volume 2, Part II is a study in how one man’s determination... Read More

This is an amazingly well-researched account of a large, interesting family in the 1800s. Exhaustive research and a keen interest in where he came from led to Michael Harwood’s extensively detailed family history, which continues in... Read More

This family biography is a pleasure to read throughout: illuminating, deliberate, and lovely. Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt’s "A Tangled Tree" is an aching, beatific trip through a family’s cellular memory, showing how intricately our futures... Read More

These evocative poems are a detailed but disciplined examination of a daughter’s understanding of her father. Laura Foley’s WTF is a collection of poems that reflect on and process the author’s relationship with her father, who... Read More

Davis ensures that Calomiris will not slip quietly into obscurity, instead preserving her uncomfortable part in the Red Scare. "Undercover Girl" is the biography of Angela Calomiris, a Greenwich Village lesbian who worked with the FBI... Read More

"Last Man Standing" is a thoughtful and exhaustive account of the life of Mort Sahl. With Last Man Standing, James Curtis offers a comprehensive and generally admiring biography of Mort Sahl, a stand-up comedian who brought the... Read More

Little’s is, above all, a human story about a man who fought for justice and fair treatment for workers. Both a work of history and biography, Jane Little Botkin’s "Frank Little and the IWW" views the early days of the US labor... Read More