Books take us to places we may never visit. A few take us into the future, whereas others carry us back into the past. Verifiable wrongdoing fiction books are extraordinary…
Romance is the heart beat of human emotion, and few matters capture it higher than a nicely-written romantic novel. For newbie readers, entering into the world of romantic fiction is…
How To Stay Sustainable With Producing Paper Books? Examining environmentally friendly book printing demonstrates the significant influence the publishing industry has on the environment. Offices consume a lot of paper—more…
MY MOTHER’S HOUSEBy Francesca Momplaisir “My Mother’s House,” Francesca Momplaisir’s debut novel, begins from the point of view of La Kay, a house on fire. The walls talk, scheme and ultimately…
It was, it seemed, the end of the world — and that was before the plague came. In the first decade of the 14th century, the climate was changing, and…
Chapter 1 Where does a mistake begin? Lately I’ve found this simple question difficult. Impossible, actually. A mistake has roots in both time and space—a person’s reasoning and her whereabouts. Somewhere…
“The face of London was now indeed strangely altered,” Daniel Defoe wrote of an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665 that would eventually claim the lives of nearly a quarter…
Image EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL A Memoir With Recipes By Phyllis Grant 256 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $25. Culinary memoirs tend to follow templates — the life-altering bite; the singed forearms at the…
WARHOL By Blake Gopnik Andy Warhol was not just an artist; he was a giant evolving sensibility that angled itself through a great portion of the late 20th century, absorbing everything in…
In 1841, while aboard the whaler Acushnet, Herman Melville met William Chase among another ship’s complement. William lent Melville a book by his father, Owen Chase: “Narrative of the Most…
THE N.R.A. The Unauthorized HistoryBy Frank Smyth Read by the author The long and complicated history of the powerful gun rights organization known as the National Rifle Association merits a serious…
THE YELLOW BIRD SINGSBy Jennifer Rosner304 pp. Flatiron. $25.99. Rosner’s exquisite, heart-rending debut novel is proof that there’s always going to be room for another story about World War II.…
