by Jennifer 8 Lee
The adventures in this book span the globe, and consistently return to finding the source of not only the fortune cookie shape, but also the fortunes written inside. It is entertaining and fascinating for those interested in Chinese immigration to the U.S and Chinese culture.
June 12th, 2009
by Mohsin Hamid
An intense young Pakistani, educated at Princeton and employed before 9/11 by an elite Wall Street financial firm, relates his interior tale of failed romance and political and cultural disillusionment, to a mysterious American he meets in a Lahore market.
June 8th, 2009
by John Burnham Schwartz
Based on the life of Empress Michiko of Japan, this is the story of Haruko, the first commoner to marry into the mysterious, hermetic postwar Japanese monarchy. She hopes that her marriage will change Japan for the better, but her independence is stifled by the oppressive life at court.
February 27th, 2009
by Jeff Shaara
While Hitler pushes through western Europe, Allied forces face off against Rommel in the North African desert and prepare for an invasion of Italy.
February 16th, 2009
by Jamie Trecker
A whirlwind tour of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Full of anecdotes, stories and historical context on the “beautiful game.” Sure to please the soccer fan.
February 13th, 2009
by Jon McGregor
Can a story of a single day on a single street in a small English town serve as the subject of a novel that reads like a mystery?
February 13th, 2009
by Kim Stanley Robinson
An alternate take on history in which the world is dominated by Islam and Buddhism following the fall of Europe in the 14th century by the plague.
February 10th, 2009
by Robert Charles Wilson
The story of an out-of-work American software developer living in Thailand who is present for the appearance of the first of many chronoliths–huge structures sent from twenty years into the future to commemorate the military victories of an Asian tyrant.
February 10th, 2009
by Erik Larson
Larson combines historical fact with masterful storytelling. With the Edwardian Age as the backdrop, the author weaves the lives of Guglielmo Marconi in his quest to perfect a wireless device with Scotland Yard’s pursuit of the murderous Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippin.
February 10th, 2009
by Julia Alvarez
Told in alternate chapters, we read the story of Alma, a contemporary writer, and Isabel, a young 19th century Spanish woman who risks her life to bring the smallpox vaccine to the colonies.
February 10th, 2009
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