December 29, 2011
The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
Autobiography of how one Jewish woman survived the Holocaust.
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December 29, 2011
The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak
NPR Book Summary Follows young Jozef Vinich as he struggles to survive the brutal conditions on the Southern Front of World War I. Nominated for...
Read More about The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak November 22, 2011
The Big Necessity by Rose George **** (of 4)
Summary: Everybody poops. Nobody talks about it. It’s a big problem everywhere. In the First World disposing of sewage consumes too much water and generates...
Read More about The Big Necessity by Rose George **** (of 4) November 20, 2011
Tinkers by Paul Harding ** (of 4)
An old man lies in his bed surrounded by family and his memories as his life winds down like the clocks he used to fix. ...
Read More about Tinkers by Paul Harding ** (of 4) November 7, 2011
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ** (of 4)
A book about and probably for young adults, and not a very good one at that, about a high school farm boy accepted at a...
Read More about The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach ** (of 4) October 24, 2011
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett **** (of 4)
The Queen of England, nearing the age of 80, and bored with the routine of the Royal Wave, Royal Art opening, and Royal Ship inauguration...
Read More about The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett **** (of 4) October 16, 2011
The Free World by David Bezmozgis *** (of 4)
A paean to the Russian virtue to endure. This set of Russians are Jewish emigres, among the first to be granted permission to escape the...
Read More about The Free World by David Bezmozgis *** (of 4) September 30, 2011
The Tiger: A true story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vailiant *** (of 4)
One of those intriguing books about an animal I knew surprisingly little of and a part of the world, eastern Siberia, about which I was...
Read More about The Tiger: A true story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vailiant *** (of 4) September 18, 2011
The Case of the Man who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall *** (of 4)
The second in the series of Tarquin Hall mysteries taking place in contemporary New Delhi. In this one our food-loving detective, Vish Puri, whose assistants...
Read More about The Case of the Man who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall *** (of 4) August 26, 2011
Matterhorn by Carl Marlantes **** (of 4)
On the face of it this is the retelling of the life and senseless destruction of a group of marines in the Vietnam War, but,...
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