All Book Reviews
'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.
鈥楥lay Water Brick鈥� explores the spirit of entrepreneurshipKiva founder Jessica Jackley鈥檚 memoir is an inspiring tale of one woman's drive to help others succeed.
'The Bront毛 Cabinet' sets the three fabled sisters in contextBiographer Deborah Lutz builds connections between cultural history, fiction, and the actual lives of the Bront毛s.
'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鈥檚 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 鈥� the sons of a Protestant minister 鈥� 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 Novi膰'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.
'The Ever After of Ashwin Rao' explores grief that lingers long after the bombing of an airlinerAlmost two decades after his sister and her two children die in a terrorist attack, an academic goes looking for answers.
'Under the Same Sky' vividly describes a North Korean's incredible journey to the USJoseph Kim found his way from hunger and chaos in North Korea to life as a college student in New York City.
'Finders Keepers': Stephen King strikes again with great suspenseStephen King's latest revisits the mysterious story of the obsessive relationship between reader and writer.
'The Wrath & the Dawn' scores with a highly engaging retelling of 'One Thousand and One Nights'Can 'One Thousand and One Nights' really be made over into a love story? Ren茅e Ahdieh has a good time trying.
'The Fishermen' is an arresting tale of a Nigerian family's struggle for sanityChigozie Obioma's powerful family story of prophecy, tragedy, and madness is also an homage to a Nigerian masterwork.
'Stalin's Daughter' is a poignant look at the struggles of a dictator's offspringWhat if your father were one of the world's bloodiest dictators? Svetlana Alliluyeva (nee Stalina) wrestled with this fate throughout her life.
'The Fellowship' follows C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and friends through their defense of fantasyThis valuable group biography tells the story of the Inklings, the mid-20th century group of Oxford fantasists, scholars, and poets fascinated by religion, poetry, mythology, and magic.
