Stories of piracy and sea warfare never fail to excite people's imaginations and have been the subjects of countless works of fiction and non-fiction, but we often underestimate the impact of pirates and their connections to significant historical events. In particular, the transatlantic slave trade...

Palestine or Israel: 1460 Years—Conversion, Enslavement, Genocide by Patrick J. Roelle is an in-depth exploration of one of the most complex and long-standing conflicts in modern history. Roelle’s approach is historical and analytical, tracing the conflict's roots back to the early medieval period and following...

Every day we seem to be moving a step closer to the possibility of a war breaking out. Tensions keep rising within and outside international borders. Minority communities all over the world keep making an outcry against oppression. World superpowers continue to flex their nuclear...

Set apart from a host of contemporary political critiques, Psychosocial Political Dysfunction Disorder of the Republican Party employs a mode of analysis through the lens of widespread neuropathology. Daniel Brubaker’s approach is more persuasive than many texts grounded in political history, which detail institutionalized corruption...

As a woman who spent most of her childhood eating breakfast while being stared at by a black and white autographed and framed photo of J. Edgar Hoover, compliments of my late grandfather who worked under him, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Painting...

Patients in Peril: The Demise of Primary Care in America by Gregg Coodley M.D. is a non-fiction medical book that details the history of general practice and primary healthcare in the United States. He describes how the decline in primary care is detrimental to doctors,...

Politics in America: A Guide to the Two-Party System is a primer about the political system in the United States. Author Frank P. Daversa divided his book into six chapters: 1) a delineation of the constituency of both major parties, 2) party history, 3) party...

Past, Present, Future: Stories That Haunt by the award-winning and influential Ian Prattis is one of the best books on the environment and future survival that I've ever read. I think it's because this author seems to be writing from the heart and the head....

Personality Wins: Who Will Take the White House and How We Know by Merrick Rosenberg is a riveting and eye-opening book that explores how presidents - since the age of modern media at least - have been chosen and will continue to be chosen on...

Pine Gap: Close to God’s Ear: NSA Eavesdropping Memoirs by David Rosenberg is the non-fiction memoir and compilation of experiences from his time as an insider within the titular organization. To emphasize the significance of Rosenberg's tell-all, the book begins with a disclaimer from the...