Carlos Fuentes was a novelist and essayist from Mexico. Mr. Fuentes was an influential force in Latin literature, garnering many awards and much praise

Saul Bellow was an award-winning American writer. Among his many distinctions are a Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, and the National Book Award for Fiction 3 times

Albert Einstein Speaking by R. J. Gadney is a part biography / part historical fiction about the most famous scientist of our time. A strange, but charming book

The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775 – 1777 by Rick Atkinson describes the first 21 months of the Revolutionary War.

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson is a biography of the famed scientist. Einstein lived a tremendous life full of science, math, politics, religion and love; I admire Mr. Isaacson’s courage in tackling such a project.

After traveling the country with his mother, Amory attends St. Regis prep school, even though lazy, manages somehow to have his pick of Ivy Leagues