Books | Chapter & Verse

Michael Beschloss, author of 'Presidents of War,' discusses how presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon B. Johnson bore the burden of leading America during a time of warfare.

L'Amour never published his first novel, 'No Traveller Returns,' which draws upon on his early life at port and at sea. Now the novel is being released for the first time with the help of his son, Beau L'Amour, as part of a series of 'Lost Treasures.'

A new book looks at four men who are largely responsible for the genre of science fiction as we know it today. 

Author Ovidia Yu uses her new lead sleuth – Chen Su Lin, a young Chinese woman who's a second-class citizen in her own country – to explore social injustice in pre-war colonial Singapore.

Like his role model, Teddy Roosevelt, McCain drew on books as a source of intellectual and spiritual sustenance.

Yale University historian and author Joanne B. Freeman talks about the stunning extent to which US Congressmen treated each other with violence in the years before the Civil War.

A complex man himself, Naipaul had a gift for revealing in his writing dimensions other observers might have missed.

In heart of the crisis, author Beth Macy finds perseverance amid tragedy.

Advertising copywriter Richard Ratay says his own fond memories inspired him to research the history of the family road trip.

Lal explores the powerful Indian empress who was much more than a romantic icon.