Time Travel: A History by James Gleick
★★★☆☆ No matter their background, at some point just about everyone partakes in heavy philosophical discussion on the nature of time. What is time? How does it work? Is it even real? Einstein’s relativity...
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Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
★★★☆☆ Anuradha Roy’s Sleeping on Jupiter tells the story of Nomi, a young documentary filmmaker who travels back to the seaside town of Jarmuli, India to confront the long-buried secrets of her past. “I...
The Asset by Shane Kuhn
★★☆☆☆ A specter is haunting America – the specter of 9/11. This event, still being unpacked 15 years later, especially haunts Kennedy, an airport security expert who trains TSA agents. Kennedy flies constantly, motivated...
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York’s Chinatown by Scott D. Seligman
★★★☆☆ The underworld fascinates us. Scores of reporters have delved into the seedy midst of those outside the law. Hours and hours of screen-time is dedicated to miscreants, ne’er-do-wells, gangsters and all manner of...
How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball
★★☆☆☆ Written in the style of a diary, Jesse Ball’s How to Set a Fire and Why tells the story of Lucia Stanton, teenage anarchist and aspiring arsonist. She’s halfway through high school, and...
Beyond Words by Carl Safina
★★★★☆ Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel was published to rave reviews in 2015. Now in trade paperback format, it has lost none of its impact and thoughtful examination of what goes through...
A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler
★★★★☆ Born in a small German mountain village, Andreas Egger led a modest life as a local mountaineer, and, according to his birth certificate, lived to be 79 years old. In a powerful and...
Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
★★☆☆☆ Ted, a gay man in Los Angeles, is a cute and quirky, a master of wit. He loves his dog, Lily, an equally witty, aging little dachshund. They spend all their time together,...
The Captain Myth by Richard Gillis
★★★☆☆ This is not a self-help book, nor an examination of how leaders operate in the wider world. The Captain Myth is a sports book for a specific niche: golfers, and more specifically, it...
