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The Americans wanted to throw him a parade. The French wanted to hang him. Welcome to the world of the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution and lightning-rod pariah in his homeland. In her insightful new biographical portrait, Laura Auricchio gives us a panoramic view of a man who could be both a young hothead and a far-ranging thinker.
Whether your little ghoul is still in diapers or too cool to trick-or-treat with Mom and Dad anymore, there’s a terrific new Halloween title out there for her! Here are five to try.
October 24th is National Food Day! If you’d like to read — rather than eat — your way through it, dive into one of these fantastic cookbooks. Each is good enough not to cook from!
Recalling a brilliant, trailblazing iconoclast.
Consider one of these for your next group read! They’re among Barnes & Noble’s top 20 best sellers this fall.
How Billie Holiday sang me out of a slump.
Robert Jackson Bennett's latest novel views the real-world issues of colonialism, xenophobia, and racism through the lens of “new weird” fantasy.
Meet Maryland-based indie bookstore Mystery Loves Company
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