Adult Books Reviews
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara “We work in our graves.” ~ Josue, a Congolese artisanal worker “Cobalt is an essential component […]
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No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister “No two persons ever read the same book, or saw the same picture.” –The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1860 I don’t want to provide […]
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A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee The first in the Wyndham & Banerjee series of five books (at present), this gripping historical novel is set in Calcutta, India in 1919, […]
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The Naked Don’t Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins In Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Matthieu Aikins’ riveting and transporting non-fiction book, he narrates how he and Omar, his Afghan driver and […]
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Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller Chip War is an illuminating account of how everything depends on chips: armed drones, data centers, automobiles, […]
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Permanent Record by Edward Snowden “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about […]
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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell “I’d give anything to get my hands on that […]
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Learning America: One Woman’s Fight for Educational Justice for Refugee Children by Luma Mufleh Founding director of the nonprofit Fugees Family, an organization devoted to educational justice for refugee and […]
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The Guide by Peter Heller The sublime depiction of Colorado’s majestic natural beauty and wilderness, a luxury fishing lodge known as Kingfisher Lodge, a gorgeous famous singer, inexplicable curious occurrences, and […]
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The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington “Thousands of people were forced to work in sewing workshops set up in ghettos […]
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