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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.

Book of the Week for November 22, 2019

The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters

A re-interpretation of Hamlet that incorporates the power of the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Oregon.

Book of the Week for November 17, 2019

Carrie And Me by Carol Burnett

The actress's daughter triumphs over drug addiction, emerges into a reputable performer/playwright, and–then–dies of lung cancer at 38.

Abigail & John Artfully Tells Engaging True Life Story Of Historical Couple

Author David Bruce Smith, and world-renowned artist, Clarice Smith, have collaborated on a compelling, historical biography of Abigail and John...

Book of the Week for November 08, 2019

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

In 1906, a Southern widower of three weeks elopes with a woman half his age, and rattles the town.

Abigail & John, The Inaugural Book Of The Grateful American Book Series, Is Now Available

A new children’s picture book, written by David Bruce Smith and illustrated by Clarice Smith, tells the story of America’s...

Book of the Week for November 03, 2019

Poor Richard’s Almanack by Benjamin Franklin

Wit and wisdom from America’s Leonardo; first published in 1732.

Book of the Week for October 25, 2019

Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks and Jim Haskins

Detroit and Montgomery; busing and boycotts; Mother of a Movement.

Book of the Week for October 18, 2019

Author And Agent by Michael Kreyling

Thirty-three years of business matters, career shaping, friendship–and affection.