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“Duh!” Will Ensure Your Next Bar Trivia Win is (Half in the) Bag

By Jeff Daugherty|2019-09-13T12:00:17-04:00September 5th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Bar trivia is the best kind of trivia. Where else can you flex your knowledge of Cheers and early twentieth-century [...]

James Walvin Illuminates the End of Slavery

By Garrett Sweitzer|2019-09-10T11:59:02-04:00September 3rd, 2019|Nonfiction|

In Freedom: The Overthrow of the Slave Empires (Pegasus Books), James Walvin traces the rise and fall of [...]

“Guardian:” An Insider’s Gripping Account of CIA Security’s War on Terror

By Garrett Sweitzer|2019-09-05T11:46:06-04:00August 30th, 2019|Nonfiction|

If ever there was an opening sentence to a book that was going to make you read on, [...]

Fisching for Success: Tales from Bob Fisch, the Millennial Baby Boomer

By BookTrib|2019-09-09T13:40:06-04:00August 29th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Let’s talk about oxymorons for a moment. Jumbo shrimp. Bittersweet. Deafening silence. Millennial Baby Boomer? One of these is not [...]

“Everything in its Place:” Inside the Mind and Life of Oliver Sacks

By Jennifer Blankfein|2019-08-26T16:17:05-04:00August 26th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Oliver Sacks swam every day, was severely shy, and suffered from prosopagnosia (was unable to recognize faces). He [...]

“Better Dead Than Divorced:” Okay, Have it Your Way

By Jim Alkon|2019-08-21T11:02:29-04:00August 21st, 2019|Nonfiction|

“I tried to open my eyes, hoping to stir up enough courage to face the frightening commotion just [...]

One Last Interview (and More) with Anthony Bourdain

By BookTrib|2019-08-21T17:00:31-04:00August 16th, 2019|Nonfiction|

“He taught us about food – but more importantly about its ability to bring us together. To make us a [...]

Melissa Isaacson Battles More Than Hoopsters in Landmark Sports Title

By BookTrib|2019-08-21T17:10:48-04:00August 12th, 2019|Nonfiction|

In 1975, freshman Melissa Isaacson – along with a group of other girls who’d spent summers with their noses pressed [...]

“Blue Grit:” An Insider’s Often Harrowing Look at the UN

By Jim Alkon|2019-08-20T15:49:07-04:00August 6th, 2019|Nonfiction|

“I have been shot at, taken hostage, bombed, threatened, and evacuated. I’ve witnessed the evidence of massacres and famines. I’ve [...]

A Mirror and a Prayer and the Wild Road to Success

By Rebecca Proulx|2019-08-05T12:03:31-04:00July 31st, 2019|Nonfiction|

The boldly blonde mohawked Gina Rivera is an amalgamation of what many would label contradictory circumstances. Once a high school [...]

Carnage in America: The Fall of the Republican Party

By Jeff Daugherty|2019-07-29T14:44:37-04:00July 17th, 2019|Nonfiction|

POLITICO’s Tim Alberta, author of American Carnage (Harper), asked a “blissfully retired” John Boehner over lunch whether he believed that [...]

What Could Possibly Happen in 100 Days?

By Garrett Sweitzer|2019-07-09T14:12:44-04:00July 3rd, 2019|Nonfiction|

How did humanity arrive at the point where we could buy diapers from the palm of our hand? When did [...]

“Covert Cows:” Growing the Chick-fil-A Empire

By Garrett Sweitzer|2019-07-08T12:02:00-04:00July 1st, 2019|Nonfiction|

On Dec 31, 2012, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, stood on the 50-yard line of the Georgia Dome, surrounded [...]

Tall Poppy Review: Freelance-a-Lot with Dr. Pryal

By Camille Pagan|2019-06-18T11:53:52-04:00June 13th, 2019|Nonfiction|

Many people eschew the label “freelancer,” believing it projects the image of a low-level worker typing away in their parents’ [...]

Lace Up, Ladies: How to Turn Fitness into a Lifestyle

By BookTrib|2019-07-29T09:19:45-04:00June 11th, 2019|Nonfiction|

As an athlete, the daily challenge of staying motivated can become redundant and lonely. When I wake up I can [...]

CEO Bobby Herrera on Going Off the Beaten Path

By Jennifer Blankfein|2019-06-10T11:28:11-04:00June 10th, 2019|Nonfiction|

CEO of Populus Group, Bobby Herrera has had his struggles. Growing up in a Mexican migrant worker family, he was [...]

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