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Beyond HBO’s The Gilded Age: Inside the Mansion Where New York’s Real Elite Lived

HBO’s The Gilded Age immerses viewers in a world of social ambition, industrial fortunes and glittering Fifth Avenue ballrooms. But while the drama plays out on exquisitely designed sets, there is a real mansion that embodies the era’s power and taste. Now, with the upcoming publication of The Frick Collection:…

BookTribOctober 1, 2025

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Belonging After Brokenness: One Woman’s Search for Truth and Healing

Wendy B. Correa’s new memoir My Pretty Baby: Seeking Truth and Finding Healing, details a fascinating life defined by resilience and accomplishment in the face of childhood trauma and a dysfunctional family environment. As Correa deftly shows in this writing debut, life is not so much about what happens to…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 22, 2025

Author Spotlight

“Doing Small Things with Great Love”: You Are the Most Powerful Where You Live

Doing Small Things with Great Love: How Everyday Humanitarians are Changing the World invites us to look closer to home for solutions rooted in shared humanity. In this Q&A, author Sharon Eubank explores what it really means to work for the common good and why the most meaningful change often…

BookTribSeptember 19, 2025

Author Spotlight

Where Pain Becomes Purpose: A Story for the Dreamers and Fighters

Every scar tells a story—but for this author, the scars became the spark for a message of resilience. Raised in hardship, nearly lost to addiction, and tested by fear on and off the football field, he has built a life rooted in grit, clarity, and transformation. In this Q&A, author…

BookTribSeptember 18, 2025

Nonfiction

True History of Monopoly’s Surprising, Crucial Role in WWII Espionage

Philip E. Orbanes is an American Board Game designer, former senior vice president for research and development at Parker Brothers and the world’s foremost authority on the history of the board game Monopoly. His latest book on the game, Monopoly X, is aptly subtitled: How Top Secret World War Two…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 15, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

Moving and music weave twin threads of hope and self-discovery in John Beyer’s poignant and uplifting memoir of addiction and recovery, Live a Little Better. There’s something deeply courageous about laying bare the pain and trauma of your life’s mistakes, and Beyer doesn’t flinch from describing the fissures in his…

BookTribSeptember 11, 2025

Nonfiction

Riveting Hidden History of 20th Century’s Most Influential Fashion Designer

Fashion designer Claire McCardell is receiving some overdue attention and appreciation with the recently published Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free, written by award-winning journalist and author Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson. The New York Historical Museum, located at 170 Central Park West (77th Street) in Manhattan, has an important…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 10, 2025

Nonfiction

Fascinating Look at Science and Psychology Behind Horror and Science Fiction

Horror and science fiction go hand-in-hand under the umbrella of speculative fiction. Often, “what if” can lead down a road to a frightening reality right out of our worst nightmares. Dystopian futures and alternative realities can be just as terrifying as things that go bump in the night; it’s the…

Gevera Bert PiedmontSeptember 8, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

True-Life Page-Turner About Power, Danger and Finding Your Voice

Brenda Coffee’s Maya Blue recounts a fairytale marriage turned nightmare in a memoir that races along like a thriller. From the infamous “Spy House” in Texas to a terrifying jungle abduction, Coffee’s real-life journey of survival and self-discovery will leave readers breathless and inspired.

BookTribAugust 29, 2025

Author Spotlight

“High Flight”: A Life Lived at Altitude, Anchored in Faith

From the roar of an F-15 slicing the sky at supersonic speed to the hushed stillness of a fog-covered runway, few lives have been lived at such altitude and with such depth as the one captured in High Flight In this Q&A, author Richard Hess takes us beyond the cockpit…

BookTribAugust 28, 2025

Nonfiction

Victim Turned Vigilante Hunts Con Artists and Shares Most Common Red Flags

The art of the con is just as much a part of human nature as the need for food, shelter, water and clothing. People have been attempting to get something for nothing, or get by with something, for as long as humans have been contemplating the meaning of life. In…

Matthew McCartyAugust 28, 2025

Nonfiction

The Martians are Coming: A Scientific Melodrama

Of all the planets in our solar system, Mars has long possessed a special allure. Indeed, its reddish hue caught the eye of many an ancient human who stared into the night sky. Starting with Galileo’s telescope in 1610, technology brought the planet into better focus. Until the late nineteenth…

Claudia KeenanAugust 28, 2025

Listicles Nonfiction

Complement Your 75 Hard with These Non-Fic Reads

You’ve committed to the 75 Hard Challenge, or maybe you’re still hovering on the edge of starting. Either way, you know this is more than just a physical transformation. Created by Andy Frisella, 75 Hard is a mental toughness program that pushes you to complete five daily tasks for 75…

Monique SnymanAugust 14, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction

Renovating for Wellness: A Healing Journey Through Interior Design

Annie Guest’s Design for Your Mind is more than a home decor guide – it’s a heartwarming journey of how redesigning a house revitalized her life. Blending personal memoir, practical DIY tips, and psychology insights, this BookTrib-style review explores how Guest transformed each room (and herself) through “Benessent Design,” an…

BookTribAugust 13, 2025

Nonfiction

From “I Love Lucy” Star to TV Industry Legend

Todd S. Purdum has written Desi Arnaz, subtitled The Man Who Invented Television, an enlightening and significant biography about the man who truly did love Lucy. It’s a timely reminder of the vast number of contributions to the entertainment industry this Cuban refugee turned proud American citizen made that may…

Linda HitchcockAugust 11, 2025

Nonfiction

Joy Goddess of Harlem: A’Lelia Walker’s Dazzling Life at the Heart of the Renaissance

Romance eluded her, friends betrayed her, and she lacked her mother’s sharp instincts for business and philanthropy. But the heiress with intense eyes and fabulous style, who loved poetry and parties, turned out to be one of the twentieth century’s intriguing protagonists. She was A’Lelia Walker, the subject of an…

Claudia KeenanAugust 8, 2025

Beyond HBO’s The Gilded Age: Inside the Mansion Where New York’s Real Elite Lived

Belonging After Brokenness: One Woman’s Search for Truth and Healing

Where Pain Becomes Purpose: A Story for the Dreamers and Fighters

One Man’s Extraordinary Journey of Survival, Sobriety and Success

True-Life Page-Turner About Power, Danger and Finding Your Voice

“High Flight”: A Life Lived at Altitude, Anchored in Faith

Complement Your 75 Hard with These Non-Fic Reads

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