From Publishers Weekly

In this insider’s account of the sometimes-lethal strains that military life puts on families, Biank, an award-winning journalist and the daughter of a career army officer, finds much to admire in military spouses. She follows the lives of four women at Fort Bragg, N.C., home of the 82nd Airborne Division: the wife of a high-ranking officer who adds luster to her husband’s career with her own polish; a senior noncommissioned officer’s wife who ambivalently wat (more…)

Review”"General William E. DePuy had an interesting and significant career spanning from combat in the World War II through the rebuilding of the Army after the Vietnam War. Henry Gole’s excellent biography is an important contribution to American military history.” Edward M. Coffman, author of The Regulars: The American Army, 1898-1941″ — Edward M. Coffman”"General William E. DePuy: Preparing the Army for Modern War is a superb contribution to our knowledge of our army’s transformat (more…)

From Publishers Weekly

Sharp shares the story of his astonishing rise out of the Toronto ghettos to founder, chairman and CEO of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the largest group of five-star hotels in the world. Born to Polish-Jewish immigrants, Sharp began his career building apartment buildings and entered the hotel-building business in 1961. With his wife, Rosalie, the interior designer for the hotels, he decided to differentiate his brand by focusing on midsize and luxury (more…)

From Library Journal

Eales, an editor/writer with the National Archives and Records Administration, has written a history of what life was like for army officers’ wives on the western frontier from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Spanish-American War. She focuses on officers’ wives, because they wrote about their experiences in letters, journals, and memoirs. Most of the women came from middle- or upper-class families and were trained to be proper Victorian ladies. (more…)

• Musician Profile For Mark O'Connor Mark O' Connor was born and brought up in Seattle, Washington. There, while he was growing up and progressing through his teenage years, he entered into and won several national championships on a number of instruments, including but not limited to the fiddle. From 1983, O'Connor moved to Nashville, having......
• McChrystal Pressured by Administration to Revise Assessment According to CBS News, General Stanley McChrystal originally wanted to request 50,000 more troops, but was "persuaded" to lower the request to 40,000. (McChrystal's revised assessment here.) Gen. Stanley McChrystal wanted to ask President Obama for 50,000 more troops for Afghanistan on top of the 68,000 already stationed there, but......
• Not Your Mother’s Civil War Romance… by Susan Macatee, guest blogger Thanks Keira and Love Romance Passion for having me (and the rest of the Victorians) here today! Why did I join this anthology? I guess you could say, since I already write Civil War romance and love the period, I couldn't resist an invite to be......
• On This Date in Baseball History-October 20 On October 20, 2004, the Red Sox complete an improbable and historic comeback by defeating New York in Yankee Stadium, 10-3 in Game Seven of the ALCS. The Red Sox win the final four games of the series to become the first team to ever rebound from a 3-0......
• Review: Rogue Stallion by Diana Palmer I wanted to read another Western story when I selected Rogue Stallion. It’s set in Montana and is part of the Montana Mavericks series in the Silhouette line. I like the yellow and brown cover it reads and feels very Western. The book itself is kind of average. I......