Book Stew

Author of IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, Amy Hatvany shares the life-altering experience that was the inspiration for her novel.

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of notorious libertine Lord Byron, is widely credited as the first computer programmer and one of the earliest and influential pioneers of the digital era. To learn more, read Walter Isaacson's, THE INNOVATORS.

In New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger's latest standalone novel of psychological suspense, THE RED HUNTER, two wronged women on very different paths find themselves in the same dark place…

A new, exciting psychological thriller book from Sara Foster.

Sally Mott Freeman brings us THE JERSEY BROTHERS, an extraordinary, real-life adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning points of World War II and their mad race to change history—and save one of their own.

World-renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients whose brains were previously thought vegetative or non-responsive but turn out—in up to 20 percent of cases—to be vibrantly alive, existing in the “Gray Zone.” Following Owen’s journey of exciting medical discovery, INTO THE GRAY ZONE asks some tough and terrifying questions, such as: What is life like for these patients? What can their families and friends do to help them? What are the ethical implications for religious organizations, politicians, the Right to Die movement, and even insurers? And perhaps most intriguing of all: what defines a satisfying life?

On May 2, 2011, U.S. forces located and killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11 attacks.

The Daily Worth founder, Amanda Steinberg outlines the essential financial information women need—and everything the institutions and advisors don’t spell out in her new book WORTH IT.

Brian Buffini, an Irish immigrant who went from rags to riches, shares his strategies for anyone who wants to achieve the American dream in his new book, THE EMIGRANT EDGE.

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, leader of the Confederacy, surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.