Having Read That with Brian Vakulskas

Author: Joshua Zeitz Book: LINCOLN’S GOD: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation Publishing: Viking (May 16, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Lincoln’s spiritual journey from spiritual skeptic to America’s first evangelical Christian presidentbeliever—a conversion that changed both the Civil War and the practice of religion itself. Abraham Lincoln, unlike most of his political […]

Author: Erich Schwartzel Book: RED CARPET: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy Publishing: ‎ Penguin Press (February 8, 2022) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “This is a fascinating book. It will educate you. Schwartzel has done some extraordinary reporting.”  — The New York Times Book Review “In this highly entertaining but deeply disturbing […]

Author: Jack Kavanagh Book: ALWAYS IRELAND: An Insider’s Tour of the Emerald Isle Publishing: National Geographic (February 7, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): This alluring travel guide from National Geographic, covering every county of the Emerald Isle, offers the ultimate insider’s tour of Ireland’s most iconic places, from the literary pubs of Dublin to the […]

Author: Julia Argy Book: THE ONE: A Novel Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (April 18, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A razor-sharp and seductively hypnotic debut novel about the very fantasy of falling in love. Emily didn’t join the cast of The One for fame or for a relationship. She simply didn’t have anything better to […]

Author: Timothy Egan Book: A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Publishing: A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them Synopsis (from the Publisher): AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER […]

Author: Alex Mar Book: SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN: A True Story of Murder and Mercy Publishing: Penguin Press (March 28, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “Alex Mar’s bold yet sensitive account of one of America’s youngest death row inmates—and the people whose lives she forever changed—is intimately reported, deeply moving, and unforgettable.” —Robert Kolker, New York […]

Author: Rory Carroll Book: THERE WILL BE FIRE: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Change History Publishing: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (April 4, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed. A bomb planted by […]

Author: Jane Healey Book: GOOD NIGHT FROM PARIS: A Novel Publishing: Lake Union Publishing (March 7, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): In Nazi-occupied France, an American film star takes on the most dangerous role of her life in a gripping novel about loyalty and resistance, inspired by a true story, from the Washington Post and […]

Author: Myra Alley Kingsbury Book: MAWZY’S HOPE CHEST Publishing: Book-Broker (2021) Writer from Ponca, Nebraska Order the book here Synopsis: Grace Louise Walker, affectionately known as Mawzy, was born near the turn of the 20th century in the hills of West Virginia’s coal-mining country.Her granddaughter, Myra, writes of how Mawzy grew to be the matriarch […]

Author: Cheryl A. Head Book: TIME’S UNDOING: A Novel Publishing: Dutton (February 28, 2023) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago—inspired by the author’s own family history Birmingham, 1929: Robert Lee Harrington, […]