Books
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PublishedMay 23, 2021
Ruth Moore’s classic island novel ‘Spoonhandle’ is as relevant as ever
Islandport has reissued the book, giving a new generation of readers the chance to feel the magic.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
In the 19th century, an unlikely man ignited a movement to protect animals from mistreatment
'Traitor to His Species" tells the story of Henry Bergh, who believed that when we abuse animals, we also harm ourselves. He was accused of 'benevolent balderdash,' but his ideas live on.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
When the sun never set on the British Empire and London never slept
Simon Heffer's encyclopedic book about Victorian and Edwardian England offers a fascinating perspective on the present.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
Bedside table: The classic novel, and its author, reimagined
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PublishedMay 9, 2021
In helping her daughter bloom, a mother changed perceptions of autism
Clara Park successfully challenged the idea that "refrigerator" moms caused the condition.
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PublishedMay 9, 2021
Bedside Table: New friendships in the Scottish countryside, depicted with gentleness and warmth
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PublishedMay 9, 2021
In ‘Margreete’s Harbor,’ midcentury America’s social upheavals reach coastal Maine
Major social and political movements of the 1950s and ’60s steer Eleanor Morse’s minutely observed multigenerational family saga.
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PublishedMay 2, 2021
Bedside Table: A 100-plus-year-old book proves illuminating
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PublishedMay 2, 2021
A grandmother, mother and daughter are trapped in a cabin by a violent sociopath
In Jen Waite's first novel, the scary setup allows many family secrets to be revealed. And the tension ratchets up and up.
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PublishedMay 2, 2021
Wrestling with the strategy – and morality – of the firebombing of Japan
A single raid on Tokyo on a March 1945 night, led to a fire that killed 100,000 people.
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