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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Synopsis Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make theirContinue Reading
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Synopsis 2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. KimContinue Reading
The Noise by James Patterson, J.D. Barker
Synopsis If you hear it, it’s too late. In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit trapsContinue Reading
Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung
Synopsis How do you grieve, if your family doesn’t talk about feelings? This is the question the unnamed protagonist of GhostContinue Reading
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
Synposis It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leadingContinue Reading
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post
Synopsis The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after yearContinue Reading
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
Synopsis Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written”, The FederalistContinue Reading
Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il by Michael Malice
Synposis No country is as misunderstood as North Korea, and no modern tyrant has remained more mysterious than the DearContinue Reading
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite by Suki Kim
Synopsis A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea’s ruling class during the last six monthsContinue Reading
My Remembrance of 9/11, Remembering Our Heroes: 20 Years After the Attacks
Tuesday, September 11, 2001 20 years ago this day, I woke up early in the morning, getting ready for schoolContinue Reading
Chocolate Roasted Hazelnut No-Bake Coconut Date Truffles
Chocolatey hazelnut goodness!
The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen, Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Synopsis In the middle of the wood is a little fir tree who thinks of one thing only – growingContinue Reading
