Thomas WisemanApril 1945 — the last act of the war…The Allied stranglehold on Berlin is tightening by the day, as the escape corridor to the Bavarian Alps and the Swiss...

Barbara W TuchmanBarbara W. Tuchman won the Pulitzer Prize for Stilwell & the American Experience in China, 1911-45 in '72. She uses the life of Joseph Stilwell, the military attache...

Nina ShandlerWomen need estrogen, but estrogen levels diminish with age. In the short term, estrogen's departure leaves most women in a frequently overheated, uncomfortable state. In the long term, its...

John SimpsonThe Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs contains over 1,000 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world, and includes quotations that provide a fascinating history of each proverb....

James D WatsonThe first edition of Jim Watson's classic textbook Molecular Biology of the Gene appeared in 1965. This new edition, written with five new authors, has been brought fully...

Liz SmithAbstract: Mothers and their children are the subject of this trivia collection. Included are 30 chapters of anecdotes, facts, fallacies, jokes, poems, literature, songs and curiosities about mothers. The...

A Dial Report on the Deteriorating Quality of the American EnvironmentRobert Reinow and Leona Train Rienow

Fischer SpasskyRemember the world championship chess match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer? Seems like so long ago! From the early 1970s, this match featured an American becoming champion. This...

Robert B ParkerShe was a model wife and mother, bludgeoned with a hammer on the streets of Beacon Hill. Spenser's searching for a motive and a murderer--and finding more secrets...

Claire WelchFrom its landscapes, industry and wildlife to its towns and cities, Ontario is rich in history, diverse in its peoples and has much to offer anyone living in, or...

Staughton LyndNonviolence in America is a comprehensive compilation of first-hand sources that document the history of nonviolence in the United States from colonial times to the present. Editors Staughton and...

Henry Fielding   Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels. It is certainly the funniest.Tom Jones, the hero of the book, is...