The benchmark triumphs of mankind evoke images of snapping flags atop devastating pinnacles, world records falling before stunning, unrelenting challengers, and technologies remolding once impossible feats into merely deadly endeavors.... Read More

Hot lights and dozens of cameras point at a Supreme Court nominee seated behind a long table. Sharp questions crackle from Senators on the Judiciary Committee and the candidates bob and weave like prize fighters. According to Eisgruber,... Read More

What would increase the chances to become a successful writer? Perhaps a friend who knows what editors want? Kyle, Gregg and McAlary have prepared a behind the scenes guide to the publishing business. All three are successful writers and... Read More

Because speaking before an audience is only slightly less painful for most people than death, there is always room for a book that provides sensible guidance for the public speaking-challenged. Persuading Aristotle goes back, way back,... Read More

Alzheimer’s: The Uncertain Journey is a thorough, compassionate guide for caretakers who are navigating the contours of Alzheimer’s disease. Health journalist Renée Despres, orthopedic surgeon Guy Slowik, senior housing specialist... Read More

Imagine a US president abandoning decorum during an Army-Navy football game, fleeing his security detail, and charging down to the sidelines to fire up both teams. Or using a thunderstorm as an excuse for an impromptu jog through the... Read More

Even as climate change causes the perilous decline of Arctic ice, an international race is taking place to determine which nation will control the area’s vast natural resources. Arctic expert Martin Breum offers an eyewitness account... Read More

Post–World War II British youth coming of age during the 1960s and ‘70s had to navigate their journeys to adulthood through a society rocked by massive change. Celia Hughes’s "Young Lives on the Left", based on interviews with... Read More