The Nile River has provided vital resources for millennia, serving as a source of water, food and transportation for numerous peoples. The river's richness allowed for the development and flourishing ...
Read ReviewCandice Millard's River of the Gods recounts the harrowing expeditions of Richard Burton and John Speke, two British explorers sent to find the source of the Nile River. Burton's name was well known ...
Read ArticleGeraldine Brooks creates a powerful backstory for 19th-century thoroughbred racehorse Lexington, weaving a rich tapestry of historical and current-day narratives that aptly reflect how the legacy of ...
Read ReviewBlack Jockeys: The Foundation of American Horse Racing
On its face, the end of the Civil War should have marked a time in which African Americans would be afforded freedom. But the end of slavery did not mean the end of Black oppression. Many white ...
Read ArticleNotes on Your Sudden Disappearance
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance will make you ache for a loss you didn't experience as you relate through the losses you have. With remarkable accuracy, Alison Espach writes about grief through the...
Read ReviewIn Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach, main characters Sally and Billy form an unbreakable bond after they both witness the death of Sally's older sister Kathy, who is Billy's ...
Read ArticleJennifer Haigh's Mercy Street centers around a Boston clinic that provides abortion services. The lives of four people intersect as pro-choice and anti-abortion supporters face off during a ...
Read ReviewAbortions in the U.S.: Who Has Them?
Jennifer Haigh's novel, Mercy Street, centers around a clinic that provides women's health care services, including abortion. As most know, it is already difficult to gain access to legal abortion ...
Read ArticleIt all starts with a chance encounter at a liquor store. When Leah spots McKenna carefully shopping for beer and wine — and later, when she drives by McKenna's house — it's like looking at...
Read ReviewBooks and Movies Inspired by Strangers on a Train
If the premise of Nora Murphy's The Favor — two unconnected strangers conduct revenge by proxy in what should be a perfect crime — sounds familiar, that might be because of its parallels ...
Read ArticleA Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times
The opening story of Meron Hadero's debut collection features a young woman, Saba, 'on her first ever trip to this city of her birth,' Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. When she prepares to return...
Read ReviewIn Meron Hadero's A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, the main character of 'Mekonnen aka Mack aka Huey Freakin' Newton' takes his titular nickname from Huey P. Newton, one of the founders...
Read ArticleDaughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden
by Zhuqing Li
A beautifully woven family memoir that coalesces into a vivid history of two very different Chinas.
Good Husbands
by Cate Ray
Three wives, one letter, and an explosive secret that will change everything.
He said, she said. Who do you believe?
Carolina Moonset
by Matt Goldman
An engrossing novel about family, memories and secrets too dangerous to stay hidden.
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