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Book of the Week for November 17, 2024

The Last Grand Adventure by Rebecca Behren

An elderly woman imagines a reunion with her sister, Amelia Earhart.

Book of the Week for November 10, 2024

Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe

Teen idol and troublemaker; Founder of the Brat Pack, and well-regarded actor.

Book of the Week for November 04, 2024

Ethel: The Story Of Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy by Lester David

An early biography about the wife of Robert F. Kennedy.

November 2024 Newsletter

Honor. Dishonor. A Pass

November 2024 Book Recommendations

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

Movie of the Month for November 2024

Golda

A Russian born girl, raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, becomes the first—and only—female prime minister of Israel.

What to Watch for November 2024

Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story

The story of two brothers who killed their parents on Aug. 20, 1989, and the events surrounding the brutal slayings.

Book of the Week for October 28, 2024

Inventing Elsa Maxwell HOW AN IRREPRESSIBLE NOBODY CONQUERED HIGH SOCIETY, HOLLYWOOD, THE PRESS, AND THE WORLD

by Sam Staggs

Always re-inventing herself, the socialite/hostess/songwriter/writer ascended from San Francisco’s middle class to the pinnacle of society in London, Paris, Venice,...

Book of the Week for October 21, 2024

Searching For Mercy Street MY JOURNEY BACK TO MY MOTHER, ANNE SEXTON

by Linda Gray Sexton

Love; repair; despair, and death.

Book of the Week for October 14, 2024

We Own The Sky by Rodman Philbrick

Two orphaned siblings are taken in by a famous aviatrix during the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

Stuart H. Brody’s Humphrey And Me Wins The 2024 Grateful American Book Prize

"The Double V Campaign" by Lea Lyon; Lindsey Fitzharris's and Adrian Teal's "Plague-Busters!” to get Honorable Mentions

Book of the Week for October 07, 2024

Not Under Forty by Willa Cather

Essays that reflect the author's concern about Western civilization, written after World War I.