By Gerry House I read the book, Country Music Broke My Brain, in the hope it would be better than the title. Unfortunately, it wasn’t. The author is Gerry House, who hosted a syndicated radio show for 25 years, penned songs such as Reba McEntire’s “Little Rock,” and wrote comedic scripts for numerous TV awards […]
By Roman Krznaric How Should We Live? Great Ideas from the Past for Everyday Life was first published in 2011 and is being reissued in 2014. “I believe the future of the art of living can be found by gazing into the past,” writes author Roman Krznaric in the preface. “If we explore how people […]
By William Seidman and Richard Grbavac Organizations usually have a few star performers who are more motivated and dedicated and deliver better results than the others. What if it were possible for every person in your company to be a star performer? The Star Factor: Discover What Your Top Performers Do Differently–and Inspire a New […]
By Eve Haas The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman’s Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret is a nonfiction mystery, with history and aspects of a love story, all wrapped up with a satisfying conclusion. Eve Haas spent thirty years searching for an explanation as to why her great-great-grandfather’s family had apparently disappeared from […]
With Randy Poe Buck ‘Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens is more about his music than his life. During the late 1990s, Owens recorded almost one hundred hours on cassette tapes, telling his story the way he wanted to be remembered. His last tape was recorded in September 2000, and his failing health prevented him […]
By Ann Dinsdale Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights are two of the most enduring classics of English literature. The softcover release of Ann Dinsdale’s The Brontes at Haworth, originally published in 2006, carries on a 160-year tradition of discussing and preserving the Bronte legacy. Dinsdale is the librarian at the Bronte […]
By Bob Kealing Calling Me Home: Gram Parsons and the Roots of Country Rock is not a typical biography. It’s the story of author Bob Kealing’s search, four decades after the singer’s death, for information and interviews. Thus, this book includes primary source material not available in the five previous biographies on Parsons: how Gram […]
By William H. Chafe Bill Clinton learned from his mother to look on the bright side and deny negative realities, to present a cheerful front and believe people were more good than bad. Hillary Rodham learned from her mother that the highest priority was keeping the family together, showing strength in the face of personal […]
By Tim Harford We must be willing to risk failure, or we will never truly succeed. That is the theme of Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford, who believes the process of trial and error is essential in our complex, changeable world. Harford, a senior columnist for the Financial Times in […]
By Charles Bracelen Flood Grant’s Final Victory: Ulysses S. Grant’s Heroic Last Year, by Charles Bracelen Flood, is the story of the final year of General Grant’s life. Following his Civil War victory and two terms as President of the United States, Grant and his wife, Julia, purchased a home near Central Park in New […]