Book Reviews Episodes

The Summer of Love 1967 was a special moment in the counter culture history of the 1960s. A young millennial woman longs to travel back in time to that era to re-set her modern day life. Richly described scenes evoke the promise and energy of that time.

How four young French women who were in the Resistance made a huge impact on the all female concentration camp in Germany.

Jim teams up with Huckleberry Finn to raft down the Mississippi to freedom: the runaway slave and irreverent scamp are an unlikely duo. But 140 years after thepublication of Twain’s greatest novel, Jim continues to be misunderstood.

Two months after the October 7th attack by Hamas on a Music Festival and Kibbutz in Israel, Mark Patinkin, a veteran journalist for the Providence Journal, went to Israel to cover firsthand the attack and Gaza War. Unlike major networks or newspapers, Mark’s resources were his experience, persisten…

Auburn Correctional Facility, a Max Security Prison, was originally founded in 1816 as a for profit prison. To this day, it still manufactures all the license plates for New York State.

A math textbook for math phobes. A Civics wrapper with math inside.

A collection of short stories that illustrate the differences in the African American and White life experience.

When our hunter gatherer ancestors settled in communities they were at their creative, innovative and productive best. Chelsea Follett features 40 cities where human development began.

Over the last 40 years political movements have appropriated the Legitimacy of the Civil Right Movement for their own ends. What effect does it have on our collective memory ?

When Russia privatized the 45,000 state owned corporations when Communism and the USR collapsed, every man, woman and child received a privatization voucher. The book recounts the story of a young American investment manager who participated in the process.

A sweeping review of history, culture and politics of the Muslim people on the Indian Subcontinent.

Ursula Parrott a famous author from 1929 to the late 1940s and a member of the Lost Generation was largely forgotten but Marsha Gordon is bringing Parrott’s works back to readers.

1970s San Francisco whodunit full of colorful characters with an homage to 18th century poet William Blake.

An intervention how we think about war. War from the civilian perspective. Conscious ways non combatants participate in war.

The disparate treatment of black versus white youth in the juvenile Justice system is highlighted.

Bob Smith relates his experience with the Washington Bureau of The New York Times during the Nixon Administration including Watergate.

Irene Tsu has over 80 credits to her name and has been active in the entertainment world since the 1960s.

The 76 million Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964 are retiring and putting pressure on Social Security and housing values. But the Millennials an equally large generation born between 1981 and 1996, have other social, ec...

The 1917 to 1921 period was a time of suppression of rights, lynchings, pandemic and WWI. A stricken President and a failed peace treaty.

W.E.B Du Bois and the African American Experience in the First World War.

Prince Harry’s memoir.Attacks the Royal Family.

Both a modern history of US poverty programs and a four point prescription to tackle the root causes of poverty.

Black athletes using their influence to force social change.

New York Times bestselling author William D. Cohan discusses his latest book Power Failure. Bill interviewed three of the last four CEOs of General Electric, among many other insiders, to get a first hand account about the d...