What really happens inside a large, urban hospital.

The sisters’ 1951 trip to Europe, with their illustrations.

Carter, Taft, Coolidge, Grant, Harding–and five more.

A 1942 biography of the great baseball player, by the author of The Poseidon Adventure.

1920s China before the mid-century social upheavals, and the first work by a woman to win the Nobel Prize for...

From hopeless to hopeful; the novelist’s terrifying tale about his depression.

The actress’s stories about her animal pals.

A voluptuous flirt refuses to consummate her marriage to an older man.

Doris Grumbach’s CHAMBER MUSIC; a ninety-year-old widow reflects on her marriage to a famous composer.

A gothic novel based–in part–on the 17th century Witch Trials.

A couple’s life changes when 12 penguins turn their household upside down.

The author’s life and works–poems, journals, novels, and non-fiction–are examined.