The heel of Italy’s stilettoed boot, Apulia is a peninsular region with ancient roots that plunge deep into both land and sea. "Puglia in cucina" is a heavily visual survey of traditional Apulian cuisine, which features an abundance of... Read More

Veteran sports journalist Jim Moriarty has a talent for getting at the heart of golf. For more than three decades, Jim Moriarty has followed the world’s best golfers around the globe and personally observed—and reported on—some of... Read More

Denim pants have never been so interesting as in Lynn Downey’s new biography of the very man who birthed blue jeans. "Levi Strauss" is a fresh, in-depth, groundbreaking look at an American icon. The first official historian for Levi... Read More

This enlightening history volume shows how the Bible shaped the founders’ consciousness. Daniel L. Dreisbach’s "Reading the Bible with the Founding Fathers" focuses on the Bible’s significant influence on colonial America and its... Read More

This is a balanced review of the known medical effects of and uses for a plant whose legal situation is in flux. Stephen Holt’s timely "The Cannabis Revolution" covers considerable ground when it comes to the medical future of... Read More

Historian Robert M. Dienesch’s latest work is an intriguing and incisive study of the transformational period in American history when the federal government retooled defense spending and foreign policy toward communist containment and... Read More

This significant work clarifies the challenges that black players encountered during the pre-free agent era. Mitchell Nathanson hits a four-bagger with this richly researched biography of baseball legend Dick Allen that reveals the... Read More

This impassioned, authoritative work offers practical solutions for improving American schools and teachers. Former teacher, principal, and school superintendent Richard DuFour, who works as an educational consultant, is uniquely... Read More