Thomas Cromwell : the Rise and Fall of Henry VIII's Most Notorious Minister

Library Journal The reign of Henry VIII (1509?47) changed England forever. His unrelenting pursuit of a divorce from a wife whose sin was to fail to bear him a son led to the creation of an English church, no longer subject to the papacy. Administrative changes strengthened and modernized government. In both arenas these changes […]

Half the Sky : Turning Oppression Into Opportunity For Women Worldwide

The Washington Post – Carolyn See: Half the Sky is a call to arms, a call for help, a call for contributions, but also a call for volunteers. It asks us to open our eyes to this enormous humanitarian issue. It does so with exquisitely crafted prose and sensationally interesting material. It provides us with […]

The Virgin Warrior

Library Journal The virtues of this biography are many: the sources are allowed to speak for themselves, Taylor's prose is succinct and engaging, she respects her subject, and her account deflates the myriad myths that have grown up around the short, eventful life of the Maid of Orleans (1412?31). Joan emerges as a forceful, self-directed […]

Dawn Light : Dancing With Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day

Kirkus Reviews: Ackerman (An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain, 2004, etc.) luxuriates in the break of day. The author experiences dawn as a powerful borderland that accommodates both dreaminess and awareness. She celebrates the sighting of a crane flying overhead and meditates on the use of the bird in Oriental […]