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Greg Seeley’s “Henry’s Pride” Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribApril 16, 2026

Fiction Recommended

A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

BookTribApril 13, 2026

Fiction

Obsession and Loss Intertwine in Yann Martel’s Emotionally Complex “Son of Nobody”

In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.

Philip ZozzaroApril 10, 2026

Nonfiction Recommended

“Fighting Back” Traces One Pilot’s Journey From Bronx Childhood to the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

In Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force, Jeffrey and Craig Weiss follow one young American pilot from a Bronx childhood to WWII combat and then into the cockpits of Israel’s first fighter and bomber squadrons. Drawing on years of research and interviews, the authors…

BookTribJanuary 9, 2026

Nonfiction

Ryan L. Cole Revives the Heroism and Legacy of America’s Beloved Revolutionary

Ryan L. Cole has brought Marquis de Lafayette, the French war hero of the American Revolution, back to full, vivid life reminding readers of the tremendous contribution this nobleman made to the colonists fight for independence from Great Britain. The Last Adieu: Lafayette’s Triumphant Return, the Echoes of Revolution and…

Linda HitchcockDecember 5, 2025

Hidden Gems Nonfiction Recommended

The Untold Story of the Psychologist Who Mapped Human Bonds

C.V. Wooster has written a comprehensive biography about the life and work of Dr. John Bowlby, the noted British psychiatrist who devoted most of his career to studying the links of the emotional bond (or lack thereof) between parent/guardian and their child and how the child’s development was inhibited as…

Philip ZozzaroNovember 4, 2025

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

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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

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

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

Greg Seeley’s “Henry’s Pride” Is Civil War Fiction at Its Most Human

A Tale of Survival and Belief in War-Torn Germany

“Fighting Back” Traces One Pilot’s Journey From Bronx Childhood to the Birth of the Israeli Air Force

Ryan L. Cole Revives the Heroism and Legacy of America’s Beloved Revolutionary

The Untold Story of the Psychologist Who Mapped Human Bonds

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

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