Book Recommendations

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 Book Recommendations

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

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.

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.

October 2024 Book Recommendations

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

Book of the Week for September 30, 2024

Possessing The Secret Of Joy by Alice Walker

A tribal woman allows herself to be genitally mutilated.

Book of the Week for September 23, 2024

Getting Smarter: A Memoir by Barbara Feldon

Television’s “99” divulges the details about her marriage to a shady/sophisticated guy.

Book of the Week for September 16, 2024

Your Public Best by Lillian Brown

How to look, feel, and exude confidence in front of any audience.

Book of the Week for September 09, 2024

Arlene Francis: A Memoir by Arlene Francis and Florence Rome

Once the most popular woman in America, Francis appeared on “What’s My Line” for a quarter of a century.

Book of the Week for September 02, 2024

The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

A prosecutor investigates a suicide that looks more like a murder.