Potomac Books

09/23/2025

"The core of Reese’s book is a fervent, well-informed cry for the nation’s prison system to make a solid commitment to inmate addiction treatment and education services," writes Geitner Simmons for the Omaha World-Herald.

Omaha native Jim Reese's new book takes a look at the failures of the prison system and the ramifications that addiction and childhood trauma have for the incarcerated.

09/18/2025

"N***S AT THE WATERCOOLER [by Terrence Petty Author] has both intellectual and emotional resonance and stands as a meaningful contribution to the expanding body of scholarship on the enduring legacies of the Third Reich," writes Mikkel Dack on H-Diplo. https://bit.ly/47KQ0US

09/16/2025

On this episode of This is the Author, Jim Reese discusses his new book COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU and what it was like to narrate the audio edition.

Listen here: https://bit.ly/4nBBdAK

09/12/2025

"In this edifying family history, Stainton, a descendant of the Scarlett family of Georgia, examines the myths that evolved to mask the cruelty of slavery," writes Publishers Weekly of SCARLETT.

In this edifying family history, Stainton (Staging Ground), a descendant of the Scarlett family of Georgia, examines the myths t...

09/11/2025

Today, we remember the 9/11 attacks in New York City. The tragic loss of life shocked the nation and forever altered domestic global policy.

Below is a selection of books that explore how 9/11 continues to shape American history.

09/09/2025

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about her choices while crafting 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey

09/04/2025

COMING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR YOU by Jim Reese is part memoir and part deeply researched exploration into the impacts of crime and punishment.

👉Read the essay that inspired the book!

Jim Reese is an associate professor of English and director of the Great Plains Writers’ Tour at Mount Marty University in Yankton, South Dakota. He spent fourteen years in residency for the Nation…

09/03/2025

"For those whose interests combine old-time baseball and military history, THE GAS AND FLAME MEN will open a window into a fascinating, often forgotten era," writes the Army Historical Foundation.

"[Leeke's] smooth-flowing narrative touches on various aspects of the World War I era that probably are not generally known either to baseball fans or to casual readers of history."

09/01/2025

"It’s fall and we’re infested. Clouds of fruit flies fill the air. They buzz around my wife Lisa and me at dinner. They chew the chilies hanging in our kitchen, raining a fine red powder on the floor..."

Read an excerpt from CRUSH by Nicholas O'Connell in Seattle Met Magazine.

If you want to make wine, fruit flies are part of the deal.

08/29/2025

"A riveting read, timely and much needed....it’s a deeply-affecting first-person account of the unimaginable horrors through [Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow's] eyes," writes Eli Beverley-Schak in the Sydney Arts Guide. https://bit.ly/45A7bXR

08/27/2025

Nicholas O'Connell joins KING 5 to discuss his book CRUSH and his experience becoming an apprentice winemaker.

Listen to the interview: https://bit.ly/4lUCoKk

08/25/2025

"Jacobs’s 90 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT should be required reading for any incumbent or aspiring political leader," writes Tessa Morris-Suzuki for Inside Story.

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