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Review in San Francisco Chronicle:

“Cast Out of Eden is a convincing, corrective portrait of a revered but flawed man, and of a movement’s original sins.”

Inside the Mirror

Audiobook review in AudioFile:

“In a masterful performance, Deepti Gupta delivers this story of twin sisters who are torn apart by family mores in 1950s Bombay. She brings the ever-rising stakes for Jaya and Kamlesh to the listener in living color.”

Compliments of Hamilton and Sargent

Review in Lincoln Journal Star:

“Maura Farrelly is a professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. She demonstrates her skill as a persistent researcher and historian since many of the necessary records had been hidden from the prying eyes of future investigators or buried in dusty archives. The stories she pieced together are both convoluted and mesmerizing.”

In Search of the Romanovs

Review in Lincoln Journal Star:

“The book is recommended to any reader with an interest in Russia’s convoluted history who appreciates a satisfactory conclusion to a century-old cold case.”

Continental Reckoning

Review in California History:

“There is nothing funny about these grim reckonings, but West’s history of the American West in the age of expansion is filled with passages that made me laugh. Sometimes, employing a comic’s eye for quotes that kill, West mines humor from his primary sources.”

Richard Nixon

Review in The US Review of Books:

“When one thinks of President Richard Nixon, the Watergate scandal is usually the first thing that comes to mind. However, in this biography, award-winning author Paul Carter works relentlessly to bring the true essence of Richard Nixon to the forefront, a feat which he performs masterfully and with grace and simplicity.”

Saying No to Hate

Review from Jewish Book Council:

“Saying No to Hate offers readers an accessible introduction to antisemitism in America. This is particularly important for a generation of Jews who, until recently, were shielded from the overt antisemitism that plagued Jewish Americans of years past.”

The Umpire is Out

Review in The Guy Who Reviews Sports Books:

“This was a book that I started and finished in one sitting, something I rarely do. It is a terrific memoir of not only the life of a successful umpire but also one of the many hurdles a gay person may face until they, as the book’s subtitle says, can live their true self.”

A Different Trek

Review in Los Angeles Review of Books:

“Keen to fill the gaps of my Star Trek education in adulthood, I watched the entirety of DS9 but with the blinders of my preconceived notions, feeling this to be a laborious exercise in simply doing my due diligence as a self-identified Trekkie. [A Different Trek] by David K. Seitz has, however, revolutionized my understanding of what I now see as a widely underappreciated and understudied series.”

Of Love and War

Review in H-Diplo:

“Through an analysis of over 1,655 cross-national wartime marriages and other forms of intimate relationships, Wanhalla unearths obscured stories, providing us with a rare glimpse into the political and social transformations that deeply shaped Māori, Cook Islander, Fijian, Tongan, and Samoan women’s lives on Pacific home fronts.”