Peter Lerman

The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump is a collection of 32 essays by 22 writers that make the case that the pathway back to a healthy American democracy is for citizens to understand demagogues and defend...

Upton Sinclair - the author of The Jungle and Pulitzer Prize Winning novelist - was a man in search of truth, in search of knowledge, in search of a good story, and forever in search of good health.Sinclair had many chronic ailments during his life...

The Metamorphosis is a novella by German author Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. It is one of Kafka's greatest works, both dark and accessible at the same time.The protagonist, Gregor Samsa, wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a...

In 1914, the Great War was raging all around the globe. It was by far the largest and bloodiest conflagration the world had ever seen. The balance of vast imperial powers the world over was shifting in tectonic, unpredictable ways.During this...

When a detective second-guesses his gut, he'll have to get creative to catch the killer.Luca worries cancer and divorce have dulled his razor-sharp instincts. So the detective is relieved when his next murder case seems like a no-brainer.When the...