March is Women’s History Month, and today we celebrate their powerful voices with these fierce reads: PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser DIVIDED WE STAND: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics by Marjorie Spruill A WARRIOR OF THE PEOPLE: How Susan La Flesche […]
Tag: Gloria Steinem
Nonfiction Round-Up (2/13/19)
Race in America, a legendary film, and an outspoken Feminist are the varied topics covered in today’s Nonfiction Round-up. GOOD KIDS, BAD CITY: A Story of Race and Wrongful Conviction in America by Kyle Swenson “Cinematically written, this powerful tragedy of racial injustice and urban dysfunction will make readers question the idea that America can […]
Happy Valentine’s #BookBday
Let one of these new books be your Valentine today: THE DARK FLOOD RISES by Margaret Drabble Three starred reviews for this novel about a highly regarded expert on housing for the elderly who is herself getting on in age. “For women of a certain age, it is a pure pleasure to grow older alongside […]
PW Spring 2017 Announcements
Publishers Weekly looked into their crystal ball and predicted that these 98(!) Macmillan adult books will stand out in the first half of 2017: Art, Architecture & Photography (full list) THE SAGRADA FAMILIA: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece by Gijs van Hensbergen Out: July 25 This book chronicles the story of architect Antoni […]