The Splendid and the Vile
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson Given the enormous number of Churchill biographies, especially of the war years, one might wonder about the necessity of yet another. Eric […]
Operation Mincemeat
Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre The English have always appreciated, even treasured, eccentricity, and nowhere was this more evident than in the staffing of the British Secret Service during WW […]
Churchill’s Citadel
Churchill’s Citadel, Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm by Katherine Carter Do we really need another Winston Churchill book? Probably not, but author Katherine Carter, curator at Chartwell, takes […]
A VoyageAround the Queen
A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown Craig Brown’s unconventional biography of Queen Elizabeth II was a disappointment. By all accounts, QEII never said (publicly at least) anything interesting, […]
The Siege
The Siege by Ben Macintyre On the morning of April 30, 1980, six heavily armed young Arab men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and captured the twenty-six people on […]
The Paris Novel
The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl If you are a foodie and a Francophile, this novel will make you swoon! There is no one better at mouthwatering food writing than […]
The Palace Papers
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor—the Truth and the Turmoil by Tina Brown The Palace Papers by Tina Brown is the latest in a long line of royal […]
The Nine
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin I know what you are thinking– the Supreme Court– yawnsville. Wrong. This fast paced narrative covers the […]
The Man Who Ate Too Much
The Man Who Ate Too Much by John Birdsall In 1938, thirty-five-year-old James Beard, college dropout and struggling actor, returned to New York City from his home in Oregon to […]
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot When Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951, she left behind five young children and the most famous cells in the […]
The House at Sugar Beach
The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper The House at Sugar Beach by journalist Helene Cooper is the story of her privileged childhood in Liberia, her twenty-three-year exile, and […]
The Girls of Atomic City
The Girls of Atomic City, The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan What are the odds today of the Federal government funding, […]
The Georgetown Set
The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington by Gregg Herken “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny […]
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter What a ghastly title! Only for you dear readers would I […]
The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis Michael Lewis has made a career of turning arcane subjects such as baseball statistics (Moneyball), collateralized debt obligations (The Big Short), and football strategy […]