We review some terrific nonfiction this week, including journalist Alan Prendergast's Gangbuster, a "stirring" account of public servant Philip Van Cise, who risked his life to break the mob and fight the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Denver; In Search of Amrit Kaur by Livia Manera Sambuy, translated from the Italian by Todd Portnowitz, "a sumptuous literary adventure" featuring an Indian princess who sold her royal jewels to help Jews escape occupied Paris in the 1930s; and Mya-Rose Craig's Birdgirl, the inspiring chronicle of the author's life as a bird watcher--and how it shaped her into a social justice activist by young adulthood. Plus so many more!
And... is it possible to achieve Work-Life Balance? We consider a handful of business books that help frame the question in a variety of ways.