An intelligent, fact-paced historical novel moves up the formation of Israel by ten years and reimagines Jewish-Nazi diplomacy during WWII. Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner and journalist Matt Rees join forces in a gripping political... Read More

What brand of privileged namby-pambiness will we get out of the twenty-something-year-old Theodore Roosevelt’s diary, he of Harvard and Columbia and the just-another-night-at-the-ball trappings of great family wealth? Here’s a taste... Read More

In 1847, Taos, New Mexico, in the parched hinterland of the nation’s newest territory, was about as remote as it got in America. It was not, however, an unlikely location for a revolt against America’s heavy-handed takeover of what... Read More

This history of the Church of Latter-day Saints in Germany during Hitler’s murderous reign should be taken as yet another warning of how basic goodness—in this case religious faith—can be cruelly bent when it accommodates itself to... Read More

This talented author’s literary approach brings out the period atmosphere and a near tangible sense of place. Danger thrusts two vulnerable adolescents into the mire and mayhem of 1851 San Francisco in this coming-of-age novel. "A Veil... Read More

Bowens’s research and interviews with farmers of color offer hope for the future of American farms and families. If you’re interested in local, farm-to-table food systems, you’ve probably read some of Michael Pollan’s or Joel... Read More

Personal stories, hard facts, and illuminative illustrations each contribute to this engaging examination of our microbial overlords. Our oldest ancestors are not hominids, fish with legs, or even cockroaches. No, all terrestrial life... Read More

Jarman’s prose circles ideas, revisiting them, adding flesh and depth to what seemed to be a fleeting character or encounter. Divorced and abandoned by the love he thought would replace his marriage, the narrator of this collection of... Read More