Most readers are familiar with the European Theater of Operations in World War II, including the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, and...

“The Safekeep” by Yael Van Der Wouden, is a fictional novel, a story of desires; the desire to belong, to be loved, the desire for sex,...

Charles Lamosway, the main character in “Fire Exit,” by Morgan Talty, has never felt like he belonged anywhere. Now, nearing middle age,...

“The Wide Wide Sea,” by Hampton Sides, takes us on a trip through Captain Cook’s final journey of exploration where he was killed in the...

With a pleasant blend of autobiography and self-help guidance, Jen Psaki draws on her 20 years of public service to give readers a...

As soon as I started “The God of the Woods,” I was mystified and held captive. Author Liz Moore was immediately in control of my psyche,...

“That Night in the Library,” by Eva Jurczyk, is a contemporary mystery thriller set on a college campus in Vermont at the William E....

Twenty-something sisters Elena and Sam live with their ailing mother on San Juan Island in the “The Bear,” by Julia Phillips, a novel...

Calvin, the 6-year-old enfant terrible of Bill Watterson’s comic strip from the 80s and 90s, had this to say about the natural world;...

Barbara Jill Walters was a trailblazer in television journalism. She was not the first woman television journalist. She was the one who...

In 1993, Valentina, a director, and Cleo, a screenwriter, gathered a small group of college acquaintances to shoot a low-budget horror...

I finished “All the Colors of the Dark” with a sigh knowing I’d been immersed in an upcoming classic, a novel that would be one of my...

"Swiped," by L.M. Chilton, is the perfect mixture of comedy and suspense. This novel will have you both laughing and flying through the...

Tiya Miles chronicles and contextualizes Tubman's passion for leading enslaved people to freedom in the North, highlighting her...

Domestic bliss is something Julia Ames doesn’t have in “Same as it Ever Was,” a thought-provoking novel about love, marriage, parenthood...

After seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time, Theodore Roosevelt said, “Let this great wonder of nature remain as it now is. Do...

Lisa Wingate has written another novel based on true events, this one told with alternating narrators. It’s the story of two females—a...

The Bretton Woods Conference, held in New Hampshire in July 1944, was a meeting of the top economists of all 44 Allied nations then...

Clover is one lucky bee. On her flyovers, this ardent observer frequently sees families and friends gathering to mark wonderous...

“When We Were Silent” is an addictive novel by Fiona McPhillips about a subject that’s all too common, appearing in headlines we discuss...