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In 2019, More Americans Went To The Library Than To The Movies. Yes, Really.

According to a recent Gallup poll, visiting the local library remains by far the most common cultural activity Americans engage...

Book of the Week for January 24, 2020

Ben-gurion: Builder Of Israel by Robert St. John

A young adult biography about the "Father of Israel", written by a reporter who traveled to nearly every continent.

Book of the Week for January 17, 2020

My Stroke Of Luck by Kirk Douglas

The actor’s serious 2003 stroke unexpectedly improves his life.

Book of the Week for January 10, 2020

A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler

A young man with a criminal past tries to make amends.

Book of the Week for January 05, 2020

The Education Of Harriet Hatfield by May Sarton

A sixty-year-old bookshop owner is threatened for being a lesbian.

Book of the Week for December 26, 2019

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarity

A tranquil 10-day spa visit turns into terror.

Book of the Week for December 22, 2019

Nearing 90 And Other Comedies Of Late Life by Judith Viorst

A poet's sobering look at mortality.

Author David Bruce Smith And Julie Silverbrook Of Consource Discuss Abigail & John

Abigail & John is the inaugural book in the Grateful American Book Series, which focuses on presidential and historical marriages...

Book of the Week for December 15, 2019

Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty by Diane Keaton

How the actress got to a comfortable self-image.

“abigail & John” American History Profoundly Portrayed In A Children’s Book

ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff joins David Bruce Smith, co-founder of the Grateful American Book Prize, and Martha Meehan Cohen of the...

Book of the Week for December 06, 2019

Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines A Life by Ann Beattie

The elusive first lady, and how she might have lived.

Book of the Week for December 01, 2019

The Making Of A Navy Seal by Brandon Webb

From adolescent diver to SEAL sniper.