by Rebecca Romney
Before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a passionate reader of Jane Austen, drawn to her sharp wit, focus on women’s lives, and hopeful endings. In this fascinating book, Romney uncovers the lives and works of authors like Frances Burney and Ann Radcliffe, revealing how they shaped Austen’s writing, why they vanished from the literary canon, and why they deserve to return.

by Becky Aikman
They were debutantes, crop dusters, and circus fliers. In 1942, 25 American women went to Britain to become the first American women to fly military aircraft. In this thrilling history, Becky Aikman follows nine of these daring aviators as they risked their lives. Drawing on diaries, letters, and interviews, she brings their trailblazing wartime stories vividly to life.

by Nancy MacDonell
Before World War II, American fashion designers worked in the shadows, while the industry looked to Paris for style. But when the Nazis occupied France in 1940, the fashion capital was cut off. This lively true story reveals how a group of visionary American women transformed chaos into opportunity, creating a modern, functional, and elegant style that defined “the American Look”—laying the foundation for today’s $500 billion U.S. fashion industry.

by Elizabeth B. White and Joanna Sliwa
Dr. Josephine Mehlberg was a Jewish doctor in Poland who posed as a Polish aristocrat in order to evade Nazi capture. As “Countess Janina Suchodolska,” Mehlberg worked as a welfare official in Lublin, Poland—home of the infamous Majdanek concentration camp—where she smuggled food and medicine to prisoners, eventually rescuing more than 10,000 imprisoned Poles. Historians White and Sliwa bring her remarkable story to life, drawing on her unpublished memoir and their own research.

by Amy Tan
In his insightful foreword, David Allen Sibley observes that “the birds that inhabit Amy Tan’s backyard seem a lot like the characters in her novels.” Indeed, this charming collection of essays introduce some fascinating avian friends! Renowned author Amy Tan shares her infectious love of birds and nature, both in her enchanting prose and in her exquisitely rendered illustrations. Bird and nature lovers will find this a heart-fluttering read!