The Fountains of Silenceby Ruta Sepetys“Every nation has scars and hidden history. When stories of historical conflict are read and discussed, we have an opportunity to be united in study […]

The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts An extraordinary book, this is NOT just about Roberts’ search for lost, pre-revolutionary cultural treasures hidden during wars and exported for prisoners […]

And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee What a staggering and moving account! The authors spent hundreds of […]

Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin Standing in Another Man’s Grave, the eighteenth mystery in the “Inspector Rebus” series of twenty-three, is the first of the series I’ve […]

Without There is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim Journalist and author Suki Kim was born in South Korea and immigrated to the […]

Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to its Dissident Problem by Ethan Gutmann “Organ harvesting: the surgical removal, often without anesthetics, of healthy organs without the consent […]

Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s by Joshua Yaffa Yaffa’s immersing book is a fascinating look at how  Russian citizens manage to live within their totalitarian  government […]

A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Francoise Frenkel “It is the duty of those who have survived to bear witness […]