'Red Fire: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution' by Wei Yang Chao is an eloquent account of how China's Cultural Revolution impacted individuals, families and the country.

'The Radium Girls' by Kate Moore, is a fascinating story of young women's fight for justice from radiation poisoning which gets lost in names and details.

'The Show That Never Ends' by David Weigel traces the rise and fall of Progressive Rock.

In 'True Crime Addict' James Renner investigates the disappearance of a UMass student and his own addiction to true crime.

In 'The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow the classic German silent film becomes vehicle to pit the power of art against the lust for war.

In 'The Trouble with Reality' media analyst Brooke Gladstone examines what she calls an "epic existential battle" over reality

The Case study approach of Michael Rubinstein's 'Beyond Bedlam's Door' provides a worthy look at psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, and the human condition.

'Buddhism for Busy People' by David Michie explores the tenets and practices of Buddhism and how they can be used to deal with the "grinding dissatisfaction" may encounter in modern life

'One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime Collided' by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro while a reflective and entertaining read will disappoint those looking for a sharply focused analysis of the evolution of baseball during the time.

Biographer tells the story of an iconic pro-military song and its effect on the soldier who wrote it and took it to the top single in the nation