Noir novel of an actor navigating Paris rekindles the humor and intellect of the genre. This curiously dry, reasonably entertaining novel is clearly an attempt to replicate or comment on noir-ish hardboiled fiction. It is narrated by an... Read More

Tale following three generations of one family in Appalachia offers hope for life’s struggles. There’s often a restlessness in the human heart, a longing for meaning, purpose, and a place in the world. Yet perhaps the strongest... Read More

A man who helped transform Reagan from actor to governor tells a compelling tale nobody else alive can tell. Some dismissed him as “merely an actor playing a part,” but a few saw something more in Ronald Reagan. They saw a man of... Read More

The personal reflections of Turkish novelist Nazim Hikmet reach poetic heights in this memoir of a political agitator and his exile. If history has any great benefit to human activity, it’s the ability to revive interest in things of... Read More

Historical China odyssey may be a bit dramatic, but the author puts you in an exciting, believable time and place. In Virginia Pye’s "River of Dust", a tale of odyssey and human relationships in post-Boxer Rebellion China, the author... Read More

This book of books contains all you need to know about baseball, including controversies, category by category. Ron Kaplan has created the ultimate baseball literature encyclopedia with his new book, "501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read... Read More

Don’t be brainwashed by beauty industry, says cosmetics CEO, in book that gives advice as time-honored as motherhood. According to the cliché, beauty is only skin deep. If so, then Americans who worship at the Fountain of Youth should... Read More

Diverse, approachable book outlines creative solutions to improving the quality of land and food. Could it really be this easy? Improve soil fertility, preserve biodiversity, reduce obesity, and halt climate change by having more cows... Read More