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Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You (September 9, 2025)

Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You (September 9, 2025)

All book descriptions provided by the publisher. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution By Jill Lepore Liveright Available in Hardcover The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of

Mother

Mother

My mother passed away on Tuesday, but she is not gone. After eighty-seven years on this Earth, she has moved on to whatever is next and the cliche is true that I am happy she no longer suffers the pain of this life. I am sorry for those of you

Book Excerpt — Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Book Excerpt — Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail By Cheryl Strayed Vintage Books Paperback The trees were tall, but I was taller, standing above them on a steep mountain slope in northern California. Moments before, I’d removed my hiking boots and the left one had fallen into

Red Sapphire Now Available in Paperback

Red Sapphire Now Available in Paperback

Yesterday marked the paperback release of Julia Bricklin’s Red Sapphire: The Woman Who Beat the Blacklist. I read this book when it first came out in hardcover, and it floored me. Hannah Weinstein’s story is the kind that sneaks up on you; you think you’re cracking open

Walter Becker

Walter Becker

Walter Carl Becker | Feb. 20, 1950 – Sept. 3, 2017 Eight years gone, and I still don’t have the words. I was, am, and forever will be indebted to the music and the man. I’ve told parts of this story before. Someday, I hope to tell it in full.

Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You (September 2, 2025)

Coming Soon To A Bookstore Near You (September 2, 2025)

All book descriptions provided by the publisher. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds By John Fugelsang Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Available in Hardcover, ebook, unabridged audio download For more than two centuries, the

RIP Graham Greene

RIP Graham Greene

Graham Greene has walked on. The Oneida First Nations actor, who was good in every role he inhabited, died this week at the age of 73. For more than four decades, Greene gave voice and weight to characters who might otherwise have been forgotten. He was nominated for an Academy