Building High-Trust CommUNITY argues that America's conflicts result from a distrust in society and politics. It begins by examining people and trust in a historical context covering the period from Abraham Lincoln to the COVID pandemic. The book reviews trust at an individual level and...

I was wrong about my first thoughts of The Appomattox Generals: The Parallel Lives of Joshua L. Chamberlain, USA, and John B. Gordon, CSA, Commanders at the Surrender Ceremony of April 12, 1865, by John W. Primomo. I thought this book would compare and contrast...

Witness For My Father: A World War II Story Of Loss, Hope, and Discovery by Barbara Bergren tells the true story of her father’s harrowing and historic experience as a survivor of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz during WWII. The author opens the story with...

Life hasn’t changed that much. Politics remains partisan and often volatile. But what of life? Ronald Gruner explores this theme in We The Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century. We still have a world full of differing opinions on everything from climate change...

Tom McAuliffe knows how to pack a page with information. Nuts! The Life & Times of General Tony McAuliffe is short in length but long in story. General McAuliffe is an outstanding general who served in World Wars I and II and in the Korean...

As a tribute to Sifu Wong Shun Leung, Gong Sau Wong: A Tribute by Eric Lilleør reveals various interviews with people who were directly influenced by his unparalleled mastery of martial arts and his simple philosophy of life. Readers get to see how Sifu Wong...

The Lioness Never Cries by Kamal Malaker is an autobiography that chronicles the life of a doctor who qualified in Calcutta, India, and made his way to Sierra Leone to work as a physician during the 1960s. The era and setting portray the way of...

The Wonder of Jazz by Sammy Stein begins with the history of jazz in New Orleans, mentioning Ragtime, Dixieland, and the complex influences of international music. The author then attempts to define jazz according to structure, improvisation, and relationship to other genres, while also discussing...

In his historical study, History As I See It and Others, Hafiz Sheriff examines various major historical events and shares his perspective on them. He also includes his viewpoints on political, family, and religious matters. The work covers Jewish history before and after the...

As a fifteen-year-old boy in Germany, Rolf Harms decided to leave school and travel the world by sea to satisfy his burning desire to visit foreign lands and support his single mother financially. He went on to fulfill his dream of traveling to many different...