All Book Reviews
'Skyfaring' is a journey with a pilotPart memoir, part diary, Mark Vanhoenacker shares his story as a pilot.
'The Seven Good Years' collects quirky, touching family stories by Israeli writer Etgar KeretEtgar Keret presents his memoir: a series of raw and witty stories that document seven years of a father-son relationship.
'The Little Paris Bookshop' is a summer read rich in easy pleasuresNina George's international bestseller features good food, talk of love, and picturesque scenes of rural France.
'Vendetta' details the white-hot feud between Bobby Kennedy and Jimmy HoffaJames Neff analyzes the clash of two American giants bent on destroying each other.
'A Full Life': Jimmy Carter writes againAt 90, Carter looks back on a remarkable life.
'Uprooted' is the rare book that makes magic feel magicalDragons, enchanted woods, brave young women, and a twisty plot make it impossible to put this book down.
'The House Tells the Story' offers a personal tour of 15 presidential homes'The House Tells the Story' is a beautifully illustrated coffee table book that takes us into the personal spaces of former US presidents.
'Terrorists at the Table' urges the US to negotiate with its enemiesFormer Chief of Staff for Tony Blair Jonathan Powell says we must talk and negotiate with our enemies. Bloviating politicians to the contrary, says Powell, we have repeatedly done so throughout history and will continue to do so.
'Six and a Half Deadly Sins': an evocative return to the Laos of Siri PaibounThe latest installment of Colin Cotterill's 'Siri Paiboun' mystery series includes a beguiling trip north.
'In the Country' tells tales from the Filipino diasporaMia Alvar's debut short story collection portrays nine different lives, connected through memories of their home country.
‘Clay Water Brick’ explores the spirit of entrepreneurshipKiva founder Jessica Jackley’s memoir is an inspiring tale of one woman's drive to help others succeed.
'The Brontë Cabinet' sets the three fabled sisters in contextBiographer Deborah Lutz builds connections between cultural history, fiction, and the actual lives of the Brontës.
'Pirate Hunters' tells a compellingly true tale of a lost pirate shipOff the coast of the Dominican Republic lies the 'Golden Fleece,' a legendary pirate ship. Two men launch a dangerous journey to find it.
'The China Mirage' explores the delusions behind US foreign policy in East AsiaJames Bradley traces the history of America’s perception of Asia and the gap between that perception and reality.
'The Rocks' is a layered story of dark secrets on a sunny islandPeter Nichols takes us to the small Spanish village of Cala Marsopa, where he untangles a 60-year old love story.
'The Boys Who Challenged Hitler' is a rousing YA story taken straight from historyTwo Danish teens – the sons of a Protestant minister – took extraordinary risks to stand up to Nazi occupation of their country.
'In A Dark Wood' takes a professor of Italian from inferno to paradisoWith the help of Dante and his redoubtable Italian-American mother, a widower and brand new father finds his way back to the light.
'The Cost of Courage' profiles a heroic family of French Resistance fightersCharles Kaiser relies on an old family friendship to unearth stirring stories of the brave French who risked their all to oppose the Nazis.
'Girl at War' unravels a heart-rending story on war and identitySara Nović's highly personalized story of one girl's grappling with her traumatic past and comprehension of war in the Balkans and the U.S.
'Ruby on the Outside' takes a sensitive look at a child dealing with her mother's incarcerationThis lovely story about a girl coping with her mother's prison sentence will speak to anyone who's ever felt on the outside looking in.
