What It Takes to Get to Vegas

“In What It Takes to Get to Vegas the contrapuntal viewpoints–defiant and self-doubting, calculating and fuzzy-headed–are combined into a single stream of consciousness. Frenetic, bittersweet, and often hilarious, Rita’s voice…

Vanilla

“While the scientific information is plentiful, detailed and readable, as the title suggests it is a story of the author’s travels, his love affair with the exotic islands in the…

Vietnam Plays Vol 1 [Basic Training]

We Own This Game

“In tackling. . . complex topics, and providing context for the intense competition, Powell elevates We Own This Game well above the average sports book to a significant sociological study.”…

Elvis Presley Boulevard

Elvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we’ve all taken — or wanted to take — into the country that confounds its admirers and delights even its critics….

The Pyramids

“This comprehensive volume details everything you ever wanted to know about pyramids–and the cultural and technological world from which they arose.” –Boston Herald…

Grove at Home: May 23-29

…Best Picture at that year’s Oscars, and remains a beloved classic today. Here’s a scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZhDHdlk3w   Wednesday, May 26 Announcing… Roxane Gay Books Publishing reporter Elizabeth A. Harris broke…

Grove at Home: February 7-13

…of Abraham Lincoln, America’s sixteenth president, and, in the opinion of many, its best. To celebrate, we recommend checking out some of the materials we’ve shared over the months from…

Grove at Home: January 10-16

…who would himself be executed within the year — announced that the charges against the doctors had been dropped. The Doctors’ Plot is one of a number of riveting stories…

Charles Kaiser on Aretha Franklin

…the best he’d heard since Billie Holiday. In 1960 he signed her up for Columbia Records, where Goddard Lieberson had hired him earlier that year. Unhappy at Columbia, Aretha moved…