As a firebrand attorney and political agitator, James Otis Jr. helped to shape colonial resistanc...

A synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper cold-cocks a hawk, and an or...

"e;A vivid and painstakingly researched account of Emerson's late-in-life, seven-week trek ac...

William Hardin Burnley (1780-1850) was the largest slave owner in Trinidad during the nineteenth ...

“Using the tropes of crime fiction, psychological thrillers, and chick lit [this novel]...

"e;A fascinating study"e; of the nineteenth-century roots of beach books and summer reads...

From a nurse who sees a rattlesnake in the pediatric ICU to an animal control officer convinced s...

The Maine Woods, vast and largely unsettled, are often described as unchanged since Henry David T...

"e;Thorough, engaging, and full of insight . . . a must-read for anyone wanting to understand...

"e;An example of how two men could-precariously and passionately-live together and love each ...

"e;A novel that vividly examines the struggle of enslaved people to find their freedom, digni...