The Electric Life of Michael Faraday by Alan Hirshfeld
May 24, 2026He was a discoverer and an inventor, a physicist and a chemist, intensely focused on his...
Empire of the Stars by Arthur I. Miller
May 23, 2026So why did Eddington savage his young colleague nine years later? Jealousy? Racism? A threat to...
Walking It Off – by Doug Peacock
May 22, 2026Doug Peacock’s reputation frequently precedes him as does that of his late, larger-than-life friend and father...
I, Wabenzi: A Souvenir – by Rafi Zabor
May 20, 2026Although this is a sly, sidelong-glance kind of book that repeatedly takes you to a different...
Recovering the Past: A Historian’s Memoir by Forrest McDonald
May 17, 2026McDonald’s memoir is very good because Professor McDonald writes for those of us who delight in...
Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa: From Vermont to Italy in the Footsteps of George Perkins Marsh – by John Elder
May 15, 2026This is a beautiful book. The author is a professor of English at Middlebury College whose...
Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English
May 15, 2026The genius of the Irish who emigrated to the United States in the 19th and early...




