Category: NON FICTION

October 6, 2025

When the Sea Came Alive by Garrett M. Graff *** (of 4)

Graft brings to life one day in a very long war. On June 6th, 1944, Allied Forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France and...

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August 20, 2025

Melting Pot by Rachel Cockerell *** (of 4)

Really three distinct books in one cover. Each book covers the biographies of relatives of the author. The first, and longest of the three, describes...

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August 20, 2025

I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong ** (of 4)

Ed Yong has an innate ability to take exceptionally interesting topics and drill into them so deeply and with such enthusiasm and lack of direction...

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July 30, 2025

Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes *** (of 4)

Istanbul, the city, sits at the junction of Europe and Asia, literally and metaphorically. Istanbul, the book, moved my perception of history eastward, away from...

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June 17, 2025

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka *** (of 4)

An expertly crafted introduction to the people that swim laps with the author. Lap swimmers, she makes clear, forego daylight and nature in exchange for...

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June 2, 2025

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (***) of 4

Jamaica Kincaid's second book (1988) expands the vision of a theoretical tourist vacationing in Antigua. The tourist soaks up deliciously sunny skies, gazes at unbelievably...

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June 2, 2025

Red Scare by Clay Risen *** (of 4)

Clay Risen's thorough recounting of the Red Scare, which began well before Joseph McCarthy's rise to infamy, makes clear that right wing opposition to progressive...

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May 1, 2025

An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi *** (of 4)

A much needed, and enthusiastically rendered account of the history of Africa as seen through the eyes of Africans. Badawi, a native of Sudan, and...

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May 1, 2025

Bomb by Steve Sheinkin *** (of 4)

A young adult award winning (Newberry Honor, Sibert Medal) account of the making of the world’s first nuclear bomb and attempts by the Russians to...

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May 1, 2025

The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian *** (of 4)

For hundreds of years, the Swiss have maintained public neutrality. The country did not join the United Nations until 2002. Yet, almost since the end...

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