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...
The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
May 15, 2026Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...
My Father Il Duce: A Memoir by Mussolini’s Son – by Romano Mussolini
May 14, 2026Benito Mussolini had more than one mistress but only one wife, whom he legally married five...
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – by Barack Obama
May 14, 2026Senator Barack Obama, it seems, has far to go. As this is written, he is continuing...




