Russell J. MacMullan Jr.
Russell “Rusty” MacMullan lives in southwest Virginia with his wife and golden retriever. As a former English teacher and head of several independent schools, he has written extensively to school communities about education, developmental issues, and cultural trends that affect children and parents. He spends his free time sculling, sailing, hiking, reading, and writing.
24 entries by Russell J. MacMullan Jr.
My Vietnam, Your Vietnam: A Father Flees. A Daughter Returns.
By Christina Vo and Nghia M. Vo
A family seeks to make sense of its complicated past.
Hammer to Fall
By John Lawton
The third installment in the series is entertaining but gets weighed down with too much backstory.
The Gimmicks
By Chris McCormick
The Armenian genocide serves as a philosophical backdrop for this story of survival, identity, and wrestling.
First Cosmic Velocity
By Zach Powers
This powerful story about the Soviet space program sheds light on the notion of coming home.
Hammer to Fall: A Joe Wilderness Novel
By John Lawton
The third installment in the series is entertaining but gets weighed down with too much backstory.
Holy Lands
By Amanda Sthers
A family separated by an ocean tries to span the distance between them in this epistolary tale.
The Gimmicks: A Novel
By Chris McCormick
The Armenian genocide serves as a philosophical backdrop for this story of survival, identity, and wrestling.
First Cosmic Velocity: A Novel
By Zach Powers
This powerful story about the Soviet space program sheds light on the notion of coming home.
Holy Lands: A Novel
By Amanda Sthers
A family separated by an ocean tries to span the distance between them in this epistolary tale.
The Last Castle
By Denise Kiernan
Edith Vanderbilt shines in this history of North Carolina’s famed Biltmore Estate.
The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
By Denise Kiernan
Edith Vanderbilt shines in this history of North Carolina’s famed Biltmore Estate.
The Day I Died: A Novel
By Lori Rader-Day
This psychological thriller unravels the mystery of a disappearance and the inner-workings of one woman’s mind.
Journey through time and space in search of an unlikely salve for idiosyncratic collectors.
Norte: A Novel
By Edmundo Paz Soldán; translated by Valerie Miles
A somber story of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. struggling with life, death, and a feeling of foreignness.
Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings
By Louis Klarevas
An even-handed assessment of a modern-day scourge.
Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss
By Frances Stroh
The sobering tale of the family behind one of America's best-known brews
The Unfortunate Englishman: A Joe Wilderness Novel
By John Lawton
A taut espionage tale set amid the grittiness and despair of Cold-War Berlin
Grant Park: A Novel
By Leonard Pitts Jr.
Dual narratives drive this ambitious tale of race relations centered on both MLK’s assassination and the election of Barack Obama.
How we lost our middle class and why we need it back.
Orhan’s Inheritance: A Novel
By Aline Ohanesian
A powerful, fictionalized account of a family haunted by the Armenian genocide.
Small Mercies: A Novel
By Eddie Joyce
A sharp portrait of a family’s history and its pain.
The Global War on Morris
By Steve Israel
A satire of post-9/11 national security stirs empathy but not outrage.
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
By William Deresiewicz
A look at the United States' time-honored tradition of lurching ineffectively from one trend to another.
Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire
By Paul Sorrentino
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This comprehensive biography allows readers to rediscover an extraordinary American realist.