An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln
By Lois Romano
The famously volatile figure is cast in a sympathetic light.
It All Felt Impossible
By Tom McAllister
A man takes annual stock of his life in this unique collection.
One of the funniest novelists out there talks about his latest, Secondhand Souls.
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
By Paul Theroux
The characteristically observant traveler pokes holes in the myth of Dixie.
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope
By Jonathan M. Bryant
An eye-opening account of a little-known (yet horrifying) episode in American history.
A monthly feature that looks at books of and about poetry.
The Patriarch: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel
By Martin Walker
This latest in the detective series is as pleasant as a nice brunch.
The Exchange of Princesses: A Novel
By Chantal Thomas; translated by John Cullen
Two child-marriages are arranged in order to consolidate kingdoms, but at what cost to the pawn-like youngsters involved?
The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger
By Greg Steinmetz
The subject may have been a towering financial figure, but this book makes him out to be a bit taller than he really was.
The professor/author discusses a little-known Brit’s quest to save some of antiquity’s seminal treasures.
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