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 love military history and Greek Fire and Its Contribution to Byzantine Might by Konstantinos Karatolios is one of the most entertaining and informative books I have read in a long time. I like the idea of a chemical formula developed by the ancients that...

I read Gangs and the Military: Gangsters, Bikers, and Terrorists with Military Training by Carter F. Smith in order to learn more about this phenomenon as research for a work of fiction I have planned. I wanted to learn about the gangs associated with spreading...

The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere in Arthurian Legend by Nicole Evelina explores the origins of one of literature's most legendary queens. Arthur's wife and queen of Camelot has seen several changes which are often interpreted as a result of the time period. Diving into...

If you like historical biographies about seemingly ordinary people who lead extraordinary lives, filled with almost unbelievable daring and adventure, and all to save the lives of others at the risk of their own, you’ll like The Mission of Abbé Glasberg in the French Resistance...

“I have thrown off the shackles that have held me prisoner since I was liberated from the concentration camps in Europe. At last I have complete freedom in body, mind, and soul. Sharing my story has helped me to put life into perspective. I am...

Waiting for Mama by Bozenna Urbanowicz Gilbride is a gritty memoir set against the backdrop of the Holocaust. A Christian Holocaust survivor returns home to Poland and, to her great surprise, home is no longer what it used to be. It is now a Communist...

A Purgatory of Misery: How Victorian Liberals Turned a Crisis into a Disaster by Frank Parker and Patrick Lillis has a comprehensive introduction that places the arrival of William the Conqueror in Britain in 1066, continues through the government of Oliver Cromwell to the restoration...

Jumping Over Shadows is a nonfiction historical memoir written by Annette Gendler. Annette hadn’t really wanted to go to her friend Michael’s birthday party; her father had died unexpectedly just three weeks before that. Michael was insistent, however, and he promised that being among some...

In The Afternoon Sun: My Alexandria by Julie Hill is a memoir that captures the pulse and soul of the city of Alexandria in Egypt, a story that transports readers to a metropolis that was once a melting pot of cultures and civilizations. Her parents...