J. B West’s and Mary Lynn Kotz’s UPSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE: MY LIFE WITH THE FIRST LADIES; West was the Executive Mansion’s chief usher from 1941 through 1969, from the Franklin Roosevelts through the Richard Nixons.

Kevin Tuerff’s CHANNEL OF PEACE: STRANDED IN GANDER ON 9/11; comfort and compassion from the people of Newfoundland, after a 9/11 jet is stranded.

Willa Cather’s DEATH COMES TO THE ARCHBISHOP; in this 1927 novel, a priest and his friend set up a diocese in the New Mexico Territory.

Jerzy Kosinski’s STEPS; a fragmented autobiography about adolescence, coming of age, and sexuality.