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She Spied on the Nazis and Saved a Civilization’s Soul

The Art Spy subtitled The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland is the result of four years of dedicated, immersive research by award-winning journalist, author, photographer, Columbia University Adjunct Professor of Architecture and frequent contributor to televised documentaries Michelle Young. There is nothing superficial about this extraordinary…

Linda HitchcockJuly 25, 2025

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

Two Immigrants Unveil an Unjust Justice System in Heartbreaking Nonfiction Story

“Remember! Justice Crucified August 23, 1927” was printed with black ink onto blood red felt armbands. These were handed out and worn by many of the over 7,000 mourners marching in the funeral cortege following the hearses bearing the bodies of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The men, considered to…

Linda HitchcockFebruary 23, 2023

Fiction Listicles

AudioFile’s 2022 Best Biography & History Audiobooks

AudioFile’s 2022 Best Biography & History Audiobooks feature insightful perspectives on major historical events and compelling stories of our present, all with outstanding narrations.

AudioFileDecember 14, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Treasure Hunters Seek WWII Art Looted by Nazis

The Colonel’s Lost Vault explodes with international intrigue and action from the first page as modern-day adventurer Sophie Lions searches for an immense treasure, hidden for decades in a secret Nazi vault. Author TS Wieland delivers the punch of Mission Impossible along with the historic interest and sophistication of The…

Michael FerryJuly 28, 2022

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An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

Racism and desegregation. Catholicism and Vatican II. The Civil Rights movement. The limited lives of women. My high school’s tracking curricula. Sex and boys. You can’t say Anne Dimock dodges the issues in her debut novel Against the Grain. If anything, she addresses them head-on. “These were honestly issues that…

BookTribNovember 28, 2022

Miscellany Nonfiction

“50 State Odyssey from Sea to Shining Sea” Takes You on a Photographic Trip To Every State

“From the redwood forest to the gulf stream waters…” Osprey Nest, Florida Everglades circumstances, a collection of images from majestic places would spur readers to pack their backs and set out on a journey. With discretionary travel largely curtailed until safer times emerge, people can find joy and harmony in…

Jim AlkonApril 15, 2021

Miscellany Nonfiction Potpourri - Featured

A New Perspective and Books to Ponder This Presidents’ Day

Presidents’ Day. As soon as you hear it mentioned, an image of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln flashes before your eyes. This makes perfect sense. We officially celebrated this federal holiday as Washington’s Birthday from 1879 until the early 1970s (we have the Uniform Monday Holiday Act to thank for…

Abby StrehleFebruary 21, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Meet a Pillar of the Vegas Gambling Community in “Paul S. Endy Jr.: Las Vegas Gaming Legend”

Author Eric Endy had a front-row seat to much of that history and documents it vividly and thoroughly through the story of his father in Paul S. Endy Jr., Las Vegas Casino Gaming Legend. Paul Endy, a 1997 inductee into the Nevada Gaming Hall of Fame, made a name for…

Jim AlkonMay 18, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Presidential Funny Business: Old Abe Had Plenty of Both Wisdom and Wit

It was in the heat of one of the famous Lincoln – Douglas debates in 1858 for the Illinois Senate seat that the Democrat incumbent Stephen Douglas accused Abraham Lincoln of waffling on his position on slavery, the most contentious topic of the times. At one point, he called Lincoln…

Jim AlkonFebruary 16, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“To Poison a Nation” is an Eye-Opening New Historical Offering

Written history that starts with a seemingly insignificant incident is often more enlightening than a sweeping narrative. Such is the case with To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America (The New Press), a stunning new book by Andrew Baker,…

Claudia KeenanJune 15, 2021

Nonfiction

A Detailed Character Study and American Heroism in “Midway Bravery”

So this was war, writes author Dennis Gaub, describing the feelings of U.S. Army Pilot Jim Muri, whose isolated impact on the battle of Midway helped turn fortunes in the Pacific during World War II. Gaub details the battle of Midway and Muri’s unique role in Midway Bravery: The Story…

Jim AlkonJuly 17, 2020

Nonfiction

Sorting Out the Truth Behind the Man Who Built London’s Japanese Village

Who was Tannaker Buhicrosan? That simple question from his granddaughter Annette Gibbs set off what her husband Brian calls a “long, hard and incredible journey.” An initial internet search generated three hits. Enter first-rate researcher Paul Budden, who years later has given us Paper Butterflies: Unraveling the Mystery of Tannaker…

Jim AlkonMarch 24, 2020

Nonfiction

Lessons on “The Art of Resistance” from a Legendary Freedom Fighter

When he was fifteen years old, Justus Rosenberg snuck into a Wagner music festival. The next year, as Nazis descended upon his town of Danzig, he stole away again to Paris. When the Nazis took that city from him as well, Justus went underground, and so began a daring chapter…

Jeff DaughertyJanuary 29, 2020

Nonfiction

Sex, drugs, desires, and razzle dazzle: exclusive interview with FOSSE author Sam Wasson

The flick of the wrist. The throw of the hip. Bowler hats, bowed legs, pigeon-toes and slumped shoulders. It’s the undeniable styling of the legendary director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Now, more than 25 years after his death, and almost four years in the making, Sam Wasson, author of the New York…

BookTribDecember 30, 2013

Fiction

Greek Deities Become Star-Crossed Lovers in This Retelling of Classic Mythology

Greek mythology meets Romeo and Juliet in L.E. Stardust’s The Secret Love of Hades and Persephone. Persephone, the soon-to-be goddess of spring, is finally at the age where she can be initiated into Olympus and take her place among the other Greek gods. Along with coming into her power as…

Nicole MaherOctober 22, 2021

Thirty Years of CIA History Revealed in New Tell-All

AudioFile’s 2022 Best Biography & History Audiobooks

Treasure Hunters Seek WWII Art Looted by Nazis

An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

“50 State Odyssey from Sea to Shining Sea” Takes You on a Photographic Trip To Every State

A New Perspective and Books to Ponder This Presidents’ Day

Meet a Pillar of the Vegas Gambling Community in “Paul S. Endy Jr.: Las Vegas Gaming Legend”

Presidential Funny Business: Old Abe Had Plenty of Both Wisdom and Wit

“To Poison a Nation” is an Eye-Opening New Historical Offering

A Detailed Character Study and American Heroism in “Midway Bravery”

Sorting Out the Truth Behind the Man Who Built London’s Japanese Village

Lessons on “The Art of Resistance” from a Legendary Freedom Fighter

Sex, drugs, desires, and razzle dazzle: exclusive interview with FOSSE author Sam Wasson

Greek Deities Become Star-Crossed Lovers in This Retelling of Classic Mythology

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