Happy Birthday to David Douglas Duncan! Celebrating his 100th birthday, still going strong, living in Castellaras, France, and enjoying worldwide recognition. He was with us until 7 June 2018 The accumulated vision of a matchless eye…from iconic wartime photos to intensely personal at-home images of Picasso at play and at work…much of Duncan’s prolific body…

“The photographic career of Alvin Langdon Coburn appears before our eyes like a brief time exposure through a fast lens.” He was an amazing modern photographer working a century ahead of his time, inventing cutting edge techniques along the way…all in the first 24 years of his life. Then enjoy a full report of what came…

She had been glamorous. She had been sexy and compelling. She had dreams of ruling the world. Sometimes she was known as the Dragon Lady, in another life she was known as Soong Mei-ling, one of the three beautiful, rich and powerful Soong Sisters. She was Madame Chiang Kai-shek. .. Admirable…or notorious…moral or amoral…calculating and…

A mini course in Russian history, amber history, Monuments Men, and the continuing mystery of what actually happened to the original Amber Room in the throes of World War II. All news to the casual observer. The Mystery unfolds… While traveling with the Met along the Baltic’s Amber Coast en route to St. Petersburg aboard…

David Douglas Duncan, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Robert Edsel, The Search for Forever Amber. What we need are male candidates for the next mini books. Anyone for T S Eliot? Contact Us

Clara Barton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Madame Chiang kai-shek, Madame Curie, Joan Didion, Louise Thaden, Margaret’s Garden, Nora Ephron, Margaret Queen of Scotland, Isabella Stewart Gardener and Her Museum

We didn’t plan it this way, but just by osmosis our published library has surfaced with a definite slant to powerful, brilliant, accomplished women. This important section is a work in progress. Please bear with us while it is under construction

Everyone loves Nora Ephron, right? Especially her divine recipes. Especially her clever movies. Especially her joie de vivre. This quick and easy to read paper is a sweeping mini-bio of Nora that slides gracefully into her last six years on this earth, when no one knew what was in store for her.  As Frank Rich…

For all the precious Margarets in your family… This compelling story about the incredible Medieval Queen Margaret is just in time for wonderful spring, summer, fall or winter reading.What better than to meet this modern feminist living in the11th century. Margaret makes her debut – moving into the 21st century – as fresh and enchanting as…