This week, we feature the gripping sports history of a U.S. team in the Berlin Olympics and a potent analysis of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) threat to our country. Geopolitics ‘The China Threat: How the People’s Republic Targets America’ By Bill Gertz The People’s Republic of China has grown in power―economically and militarily―at an…

This week, we feature a useful guide for educators, a witty reference to hefty words, and a vivid history of a pivotal U.S. political convention. History ‘The Lincoln Miracle: Inside the Republican Convention That Changed History’ By Edward Achorn Aficionados of the political process will find a riveting read in this vivid account of the…

This week, we feature an important biography of an undervalued president and a lucid argument for putting children’s welfare before adult desires. Biography ‘A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland’ By Troy Senik Grover Cleveland is the quintessential topic of political trivia: the only president to serve two separate…

This week, we feature a concise military history tracing battles from ancient Greece to Desert Storm and a joyful guide on how to age gracefully. Lifestyle ‘The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly: Life Wisdom from Someone Who Will (Probably) Die Before You’ By Margareta Magnusson In her earlier work, Swedish author Margareta Magnusson introduced the…

This week, we feature a dive into the science behind Sherlock Holmes’s methods and a lovely work of fiction about Teddy Roosevelt’s first love. Historical Fiction ‘If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love’ By Mary Calvi This novel takes us to Boston in the late 1870s, when Harvard…

This week, we feature an accessible biography of an important Supreme Court justice and a riveting look at the wide, wonderful world of animals. Biology ‘An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us’ By Ed Yong How much of our world do we know? Ed Yong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science…

This week, we feature Mike Pompeo’s riveting memoir and an absorbing history that establishes a post-Revolutionary War sailor as an American hero. History ‘The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War’ By Des Ekin Des Ekin has uncovered a special piece of American history…

This week, we feature a vivid history of the world just before the Great War and an insightful commentary from a North Korean defector on the United States today. History ‘1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War’ By Charles Emmerson No one today has a direct, adult memory of 1913, yet it…

This week, we feature a collection of Tolstoy’s most famous stories and an inspiring memoir about one man’s mission to save a friend from the Taliban. Memoir ‘Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands From the Taliban’ By Chad Robichaux The exit from Afghanistan is one of the…