Book Recommendations

January 2019 Book Recommendations

Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier’s ONE SPECIAL SUMMER; the sisters’ 1951 trip to Europe, with their illustrations. Peggy Anderson’s NURSE; what...

Holiday Reading For Kids

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterley THE DRUM OF DESTINY by Chris Stevenson...

December 2018 Book Recommendations

Betty White’s BETTY & FRIENDS; the actress’s stories about her animal pals. William Styron’s DARKNESS VISIBLE: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS;...

November 2018 Book Recommendations

A curated list of books and literary classics for your reading pleasure by David Bruce Smith Publications

October 2018 Book Recommendations

George Eliot’s MIDDLEMARCH; the secrets and quirky inhabitants of a 19th century provincial town. Irving Stone’s THE PASSIONS OF THE...

September 2018 Book Recommendations

Charles Osgood’s DEFENDING BALTIMORE AGAINST ENEMY ATTACK: A BOYHOOD YEAR DURING WORLD WAR II; thoughts about combat from a boy’s...

Book of the Week for August 17, 2018

Ruffles And Flourishes by Liz Carpenter

Inside the Johnson White House, according to Lady Bird’s press secretary.

August 2018 Book Recommendations

A. Scott Berg’s KATE REMEMBERED; a biography compiled from hours of interviews with Hepburn. Barbara Feldon’s LIVING ALONE & LOVING...

July 2018 Book Recommendations

Eli Wallach’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND ME: IN MY ANECDOTAGE; a memoir by the versatile actor of Broadway, screen–and...

June 2018 Book Recommendations

Bette Davis’s THIS ‘N THAT; the actress takes on her mastectomy, stroke, and daughter’s kiss-and-tell book. Gene Tierney’s and Mickey...

May 2018 Book Recommendations

David Niven’s, THE MOON’S A BALLOON; Hollywood in its heyday; volume one of the actor’s memoirs. Anthony Quinn’s and Daniel...

April 2018 Book Recommendations

Jim Bishop’s THE DAY LINCOLN WAS SHOT; a tense hour-by-hour account of the assassination and its aftermath. Rebecca Stead’s WHEN...