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Thrilling True Account of Spy vs. Spy and Family Caught in the Middle

During World War II, aviation engineer Larry Haas met Andrei Schevchenko, a Soviet purchasing agent at Bell Aircraft in Niagara Falls, New York. A “legal agent” there on business to purchase Bell’s warplanes for the Soviet Union’s fight against Germany, Schevchenko’s aims were far more duplicitous and would enmesh Haas…

Peggy KurkowskiMay 22, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Thirty Years of CIA History Revealed in New Tell-All

Lack of trust between government and the people has been a defining phenomenon of the last decade. Starting with the Patriot Act post 9/11 and followed by Snowden and perhaps most recently the documents leaked by the young national guardsmen, what the government is doing to us and others behind…

Wyatt SemenukMay 19, 2023

Nonfiction

Linda A. Broenniman

Linda grew up in Buffalo, New York. She is the middle child of seven, born to Hungarian physicians who survived World War II and started their new life in the US in 1949. Linda graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in psychology and from the Tepper School of Business…

Megan BeauregardMay 9, 2023

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Striking a Chord: Brendan Slocumb on Music, Representation and Unraveling “The Symphony of Secrets”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribApril 19, 2023

Nonfiction

Randall Howlett

Randall is a 69-year-old retired and divorced American who has been living in Bangkok for the last ten years enjoying the life as an expat. Prior to that, he worked in middle management for a major insurance company for about 20 years after doing a stint as a Captain in…

Cameron KimballApril 7, 2023

Nonfiction Pop Culture

Dazzling Exploration of Drag’s History from RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner

The charismatic Sasha Velour, crowned winner of the 2017 RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9, continues to captivate worldwide audiences with an acclaimed magazine, drag and theater shows, and now book The Big Reveal (Harper). Its descriptive tagline makes the bold but accurate statement, An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag; a unique…

Linda HitchcockApril 6, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Call as Response: An All-Consuming Christian Anthropology

“It is time to change the course of history, starting with the past.” -The Dawn of Everything Daofeng He’s The Human Calling is a sweeping and powerful account of the philosophical foundations of Eastern and Western Civilization, a bold and unapologetic Christian anthropology, a jeremiad against empty materialism and unbridled…

John FlowerApril 5, 2023

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Unearthing a Literary Gem: The Life, Work & Legacy of Willa Cather

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribApril 5, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Multidimensional Look Inside Liberia’s Famous Footballer President

People want heroes to look up to. For many Liberians, George Weah represents such a hero. From the slums of Monrovia to international football stadiums to political office, Weah’s life story has inspired a nation. Liberian newspaper editor and award-winning investigative journalist Rodney D. Sieh captures this story in his…

Katie BloomerApril 3, 2023

Nonfiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering the Untold History of the First Kentucky Derby

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribMarch 15, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Treasure Trove of Photographs Recounts Delaware’s Rich History

Fresh out of college, Dave Tabler provided the photography for a book entitled The Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics, which taught him how to work with museum curators, collectors and white cotton gloves. He moved to Delaware in 2010 and became love-struck with the state’s rich past. His…

Jim AlkonMarch 15, 2023

Listicles

Eight Voices of the Civil War

Civil War-era novels never seem to fall out of favor. The American public is fascinated by stories from that time period, the details of bloody battles and cruelties of slavery drawing people’s attention. But why? Is it just because we’re intrigued by the violent and grotesque? Does it make us…

BookTribFebruary 17, 2023

Nonfiction Recommended

Murder, Mayhem & Sex Cults in 19th Century True Crime Odyssey

Even if you’re no expert on American history, you will have your finger on its pulse while reading An Assassin in Utopia: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President’s Murder (Pegasus Crime). The third book by journalist Susan Wels, whose bestseller on the Titanic appeared in…

Claudia KeenanFebruary 6, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction

You’ve heard the old expression that the clown is smiling on the outside but crying on the inside? Step right up and enter a world of illusion and grandeur, where the lines between reality and fiction blur. In his debut novel Circus Home: A Novel of Life, Love and New…

Katie BloomerJanuary 26, 2023

Fiction Listicles

Spring 2023 Novels Centering Brave Women, Veiled Pasts and the Periphery of History

Many readers asked me why I chose to write historical fiction at the events I attended last year. I didn’t have enough time to elaborate, but if I could, I would trace back to my childhood in China, where I first encountered the genre. Growing up there, I perceived the…

Weina Dai RandelJanuary 5, 2023

Fiction Thrillers

Odd Twin Sisters’ Coming of Age in Dark Psycho Thriller

Things that appear too simple never are — at least as far as top-notch thrillers go. While zipping through the pages of Janet Porter’s intriguing and intricate debut psychological thriller Free Rider (TKO Rogue), the clues into a series of gruesome murders were heading in a certain direction. There had…

Jim AlkonJanuary 4, 2023

Thrilling True Account of Spy vs. Spy and Family Caught in the Middle

Thirty Years of CIA History Revealed in New Tell-All

Linda A. Broenniman

Books & Looks Podcast: Striking a Chord: Brendan Slocumb on Music, Representation and Unraveling “The Symphony of Secrets”

Randall Howlett

Call as Response: An All-Consuming Christian Anthropology

Books & Looks Podcast: Unearthing a Literary Gem: The Life, Work & Legacy of Willa Cather

Multidimensional Look Inside Liberia’s Famous Footballer President

Books & Looks Podcast: Uncovering the Untold History of the First Kentucky Derby

Treasure Trove of Photographs Recounts Delaware’s Rich History

Eight Voices of the Civil War

Murder, Mayhem & Sex Cults in 19th Century True Crime Odyssey

Diverse Lives of Circus Performers Blur the Lines of Reality & Fiction

Spring 2023 Novels Centering Brave Women, Veiled Pasts and the Periphery of History

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