A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.
How to Dodge a Cannonball
By Dennard Dayle
This rollicking bildungsroman unfolds amid the Civil War.
A look at what’s steaming up the shelves this month.
The Assignment
By Liza Wiemer
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Would you emulate a Nazi if the teacher told you to? Would your friends?
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Enjoy this Grateful American™ reading recommendation!
On Seamus Heaney
By R.F. Foster
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An intelligent, worthy addition to the "Writers on Writers" series.
The Boy in the Field: A Novel
By Margot Livesey
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Grace and decency suffuse this quiet mystery, offering balm to the battered reader.
The award-winning historian’s new biography profiles “the James Bond of the Cold War.”
Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires’ Pockets — and What You Can Do About It
By Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers
The scope of corporate grift may be astonishing, say the authors of this informative work, but voters aren’t powerless to combat it.
We came, we read, we gushed. Here’s a recap of the titles that left us especially warm and swoony last month.
How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
By David M. Rubenstein
This compendium of highfalutin advice is well presented, if not terribly compelling.
