September 29, 2026
Archeologist Sally Crum ’s book, her third updated edition since 1996, revisits the 13,000-year-old history of Indigenous Americans who came to occupy Colorado and the adjacent Four Corners region. Given recent archeological discoveries from carbon dating, tribal issues, and an effort to keep visitor guides current, Crum presents a detailed chronology and ethnographic portrait of […]
September 29, 2026
In her compelling compilation, Genie Milgrom shares testimony from 36 Cubans who were among the 250,000 who fled to the U.S. during the period between the fall of the Batista regime and the rise of Fidel Castro.
Milgrom was five when she left Cuba in 1960. The Cubans who offer these first-person accounts were also […]
September 15, 2026
Filmmakers Dave Merlino and Dustin Sweet follow their acclaimed 2023 documentary Apache Blues: Welcome Home, about U.S. soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War, with this release of the100-plus hours of interviews they conducted, mostly with GIs who served in the Apache troop, a reconnaissance platoon also involved in aircraft rescue and quick reaction support.
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September 8, 2026
With his Introduction to Black History, Robert L. Bradley proffers an ambitious compendium of black history beginning with human origins in Africa.
Bradley is a historian and cartographer. His book is loosely organized by timeline, topic and the countries or colonies involved.
The author discusses African tribes and political entities and shows how they were […]
August 18, 2026
Leo Nette’s Beechworth’s Telegraph documents the evolution of telegraph communications in Australia during the second half of the 19th century, with particular focus on the town of Beechworth.
The book’s brief first section discusses the invention of Morse Code. The narrative then shifts to Australia. Readers learn that a man named Samuel McGowan arrived in […]
August 18, 2026
Kin by Nam Nguyen chronicles the evolution of our approach to raising children and our perspective on children’s roles both inside the family and in society at large.
The narrative begins in prehistoric times when bringing up a child was “a relentless struggle against death” as well as a shared tribal responsibility. From there, we’re […]
August 6, 2026
In Martin F. Swirko’s account of being a 50-year-old reservist in the Iraq War for nearly a year, he displays uncommon leadership, while confessing fear, professional insecurities, love for the Iraqi people, and occasional anger at U.S. military “incompetence.”
In 2005, Swirko was a New Hampshire police officer and long-time National Guard member who trained […]
August 5, 2026
An uncensored Civil War portrait of flawed leadership and fierce loyalty, Dave Tabler’s book aims to correct the historical record on the composure, competence, and bravery of the First Delaware Cavalry and direct the spotlight where it belongs: on the shameful actions and inactions of its commanding officer.
Three sergeants from that division— Harrison Vandegrift, […]
July 1, 2026
With Voices on the Wind, Helena P. Schrader offers another exciting work of World War II historical fiction.
Schrader’s novel is the first installment of a two-part series that examines the German siege of Malta in the first half of 1942. The author follows multiple characters as the British struggle to hold the island, a […]
June 30, 2026
Author Joseph Sturiale aims to set the historical record straight about the “very long and troubled history of Sicily” and restore its rich cultural legacy in this retelling of Sicily’s crucial role in the emergence of Western civilization.
Three-thousand years of conquests and a “revolving door of foreign overlords,” writes Sturiale, has resulted in “vulgar […]