What happens if someone actually tries to combat climate change?For decades, as climate change has wreaked havoc ever more visibly, scientists and engineers have advanced a plethora of technological…4h ago4h ago
Four men who led World War II special forcesThe subtitle of Shannon Monaghan’s book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War…5d ago5d ago
A refreshingly original thriller set in GreenlandGreenland is the setting for one of the most original novels of suspense I’ve come across in many years. As you may be aware, it’s anything…6d ago6d ago
Something new and strange may be on a path from the stars to EarthOn October 17, 2017, Canadian astronomer and physicist Robert Weryk at Haleakalā Observatory in Hawaii discovered a comet he named…Mar 3Mar 3
War with Pakistan looms in post-Independence IndiaFour times in the less than 80 years of their joint history, India and Pakistan have gone to war. The first erupted when the ink was barely…Feb 27Feb 27
Pope Francis’ battle against corruption in the VaticanIt’s well known that the history of the Catholic Church is rife with tales of corruption and murder — and that internal conflicts roiling…Feb 26Feb 26
Life and death in the seamy underside of HollywoodHere’s a story about power and the violence that sustains it. Violence erupts on the page in Jordan Harper’s thriller, Everybody Knows…Feb 25Feb 25
A dramatic hostage crisis in London that Americans overlookedSix months after fanatical Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran, holding 52 Americans hostage, another group invaded the…Feb 19Feb 19
The assassination of a US Senator sets off a hunt for a CIA traitorAfter 17 years as an officer in the CIA’s Clandestine Service, Amanda Cole chafes under diplomatic cover in Rome as the economic attaché…Feb 13Feb 13
They fought for change in the 1950sWe look upon the 1950s as a decade of conformity when little of consequence happened in the United States. But sweeping generalizations…Feb 12Feb 12
