Not Without a Fight: The Story of a Polish Jew’s Resistance is the true story of a boy who was eight years old when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Casimir Bieberstein was part of a rich, powerful, but kindly family. But because he was Jewish,...

What a novel idea! A male has written a book on feminism! That is just what Alvin Plexico did when he authored the book Feminism: One Man’s View. Alvin is not some whacko who rants and raves about feminism. He presents a fair and balanced...

A Determined Spirit is the story of a high school dropout who struggled with financial issues and loss at a young age and went on to build a successful life. Gary F Heuer's early years included experiencing the death of his brother and father (who...

The almost forgotten war in South East Asia, which ended some fifty years ago, deeply affected the lives of many of those who were involved. The participants included youngsters from America sent to fight a cunning and ruthless enemy for an increasingly unpopular cause. Stephen...

Broken Alliances: Inside the Rise and Fall of a Global Automotive Empire by Carlos Ghosn and Philippe Riès is a fascinating insider’s look at one of the greatest business scandals of the new millennium. Like many others, when I read of Ghosn’s arrest in Japan,...

Have you ever wondered what the price of our progress was? What civilization really means? What makes us and even prominent scientists reject or deny logic, facts, and clear evidence in favor of what we prefer to believe? But most importantly, why do we still...

The 19th-century women's movement had many prominent figures, but not all of them now have the recognition they deserve. Matilda Joslyn Gage is one of these heroines, born in 1826 and died in 1898, well before women had the right to vote. She was a...

A Short History of (Nearly) Everything Paranormal: Our Secret Powers: Telepathy, Clairvoyance, and Precognition by Terje G. Simonsen is an extensive, thought-provoking, and engaging assortment of the paranormal that includes lore, parapsychological evidence, and a variety of sources that feature scientists, archaeologists, and physicists. Simonsen...

Some books broaden the horizons of those who read them, introducing them to subjects they had previously ignored. This happened to me with Battle Carried: Imperial Japanese Tiger Art Good Luck Flags of World War Two by Michael A. Bortner. Battle Carried is the second...

Many of us are fond of specific novels from the 18th and 19th centuries: Jane Austen’s Emma, Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and many others. We delve into the plot, the setting, and the era with ease, expecting to...