Setsuko’s Secret is an intense, personal chronicle of the unconscionable internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Soon after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized Executive Order 9066,... Read More

As a thought experiment, ask yourself how close the USA might be, exactly, to becoming another quasi-, tin-pot democracy led by an authoritarian figure, along the lines of Putin’s Russia and Erdogan’s Turkey? What types of damaging... Read More

Larger-than-life writer at large Ernest Hemingway always made it his practice to seek out the world’s centers of attention, whether they were war zones, Parisian literary salons, prerevolutionary Cuba, or idyllic Key West and Idaho. In... Read More

Storytelling is the purpose of writing. And while crafting more polished sentences and paragraphs can be practiced and improved upon, creating an affecting story calls upon other talents, some of which are better honed at late night... Read More

"The Hardhat Riot" moves, moment by tense moment, through May 8, 1970, a day known as Bloody Friday, which led to the fracturing of the Democratic Party and an opportunity for Richard Nixon. Starting with a glimpse of the fateful hour... Read More

Christopher Wanjek’s "Spacefarers" charts the way to an intriguing, not-too-distant future. Humans could be living in space within ten years. In some ways, that sounds far-fetched, and yet fifty years after humans first set foot on the... Read More

"The Rule of Five" is a character-driven thriller about how climate change came to the fore of US politics and legal action. Richard J. Lazarus’s book is no novel, however, but a suspenseful real-life account of an inspired activist... Read More

"The Stringbags" is a rousing historical graphic novel focused on World War II Royal Navy underdogs. During the war, Great Britain was desperate for any plane that could fight. The Fairey Swordfish biplane torpedo bomber, nicknamed... Read More