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 […]