Wings of Destiny: Ziaur Rahman Ansari - A Life is a biographical work written by author Fasihur Rahman around the life of its title character, Indian union minister Ziaur Rahman Ansari. A man who rose to become part of the council for both Indira Gandhi...

When I was a kid, World War II movies, books, and TV shows were everywhere. I learned about the war through entertainment media before I was old enough to study it in school. A few years ago, Tom Brokaw wrote a bestseller called The Greatest...

Anneros Valensi's Where is Home? How a Childhood in East Germany during World War II Shaped My Adult Life - 2nd Edition is a poignant memoir about a little girl growing up amidst the turmoil of the Second World War. The place is Falkenau in...

We Were Soldiers Too: The Second Korean War is the third of five books currently available in author Bob Kern's on-going series detailing different theaters of the Cold War. This book is perhaps the most pertinent to our times, as it retells the story...

Karen Emilson makes a powerful and succinct note to clarify the raison d’être of When Memories Remain: Sequel to Where Children Run, a statement that gives the reader perspective with regard to the story. Readers are introduced to twins David and Dennis Pischke, who having...

Walt Disney's Melody Makers: A Biography of the Sherman Brothers is written by Kathryn M. Price. Bob and Dick Sherman came from a musical family, and they would prove to be no exception to the family’s gifts. While they were youngsters, they created musical...

I enjoyed reading Whisper My Secret: A Memoir by JB Rowley. This story is about Rowley’s mother, Myrtle. Myrtle lived a hard life. Rowley only discovered how hard a life Myrtle had after she died. She also discovered that Myrtle had three other children that...

In Welcome to Confusion, Barbara M. Russo asks us to question what we believe, what we have been taught, for only in disorientation and questioning will we find A Surprising Doorway to God. Russo begins this succinct and well-written little book with a chapter on...

It all started with a small, shiny nugget of gold and the history of the North changed forever. Whoever was the first to discover that original nugget is likely to remain forever legend. Wealth Woman: Kate Carmack and the Klondike Race for Gold tells -...

As a black man, Paul Thornton had broken barriers and disproved some stereotypes of the time to attain a life many did not think possible for someone like him. In his book titled White Man's Disease, Paul narrates his amazing life journey, from his earliest...