In telling the story of how Lungu calmed the volatile transfer of power in Zambia, "Against All Odds" is an engaging political biography. "Against All Odds" is an enlightening biography of the president of Zambia, Edgar Lungu. Zambian... Read More

Always enthusiastic, often imperfect, Grier helped develop and sustain an industry, not just for herself, but for so many others. Joanne Passet’s Indomitable: The Life of Barbara Grier presents the life of LGBTQ publishing pioneer... Read More

The world came to Gertrude Weil’s door, and Leonard Rogoff shows in Gertrude Weil: Jewish Progressive in the New South that she, in turn, bridged worlds. Born in 1879, a North Carolina Jew of German descent, Weil was educated at Smith... Read More

"Large Was Their Bounty", a lovingly written story about two parents, is a book that will be coveted by family and close friends. In "Large Was Their Bounty", a heartwarming tribute to the parents of Sue, Paul, David, Rick, Tom, and... Read More

"The Night of the Triangle" offers keenly observed notes about nature and ideas about team dynamics. Lee Bergthold’s "The Night of the Triangle" is the thoughtful and detailed account of a thirty-five-day hike through Death Valley to... Read More

Lopate’s stories of his mother paint a rather bleak portrait of the dark side of the American dream. Phillip Lopate’s A Mother’s Tale reveals the author’s complex relationship with his mother, Frances, through essays that show... Read More

Those interested in nineteenth-century London will undoubtedly come away from No Great Expectations: Part 2 with more understanding. An extensively researched biographical account of one woman’s struggles in the 1800s, Philip Valentine... Read More

This biography sheds light on what life was like on the rough streets of nineteenth-century London. In "Sarah Valentine, No Great Expectations: Part 1", Philip Valentine Coates begins the three-part story of his... Read More