Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke Goodreads: Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as […]
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If You Tell
If You Tell, Gregg Olsen Goodreads: After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like […]
A Woman in Amber
A Woman in Amber, Agate Nesaule Kirkus Reviews: This feminist, literature-as-therapy memoir offers a disturbing and timely commentary on the fate of women in war. […]
Permanent Record
Permanent Record, Edward Snowden Goodreads: In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the […]
The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens
The Lost Boys of Mr Dickens, Steve Harris Goodreads: As engrossing as a novel, this story of the death of childhood in the cradle of […]
Walking Free
Walking Free, Munjed Al Muderis Goodreads: In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of Military Police […]
White Butterflies
White Butterflies, Colin McPhedran Goodreads: This autobiography describes one of the worst but least documented refugee tragedies of World War II. Tens of thousands of […]
Educated
Educated, Tara Westover Goodreads: Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, […]
People I Want to Punch in the Throat
People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Jen Mann Goodreads: Jen Mann doesn’t have a filter, which sometimes gets her in trouble with her […]
Against All Odds
Against All Odds, Craig Challen and Richard Harris Goodreads: “I just want to warn you. You’re going to dive to the end of the cave. […]
Before I Forget: An Early Memoir
Before I Forget: An Early Memoir, Geoffrey Blainey Goodreads: Now in his late-eighties, and listed by the National Trust as a ‘Living Treasure’, in Before […]
The Ravenmaster
The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London, Christopher Skaife Goodreads: For centuries, the Tower of London has been home to […]
How to Change Your Mind
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, Michael Pollan Goodreads: When LSD […]
Principles
Principles, Ray Dalio Goodreads: In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years […]
Step by Step: The Life in My Journeys
Step by Step: The Life in My Journeys, Simon Reeve Goodreads: TV documentary maker Simon Reeve has dodged bullets on frontlines, hunted with the Bushmen […]
Late Bloomers
Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement, Rich Karlgaard Amazon: We live in a society where kids and parents […]
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn, Simon Reeve Amazon: Spanning 23,000 miles, the Tropic of Capricorn marks the southernmost border of the tropics and is a place […]
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari Amazon: From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution. A number […]
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories, NOFX with Jeff Alulis Amazon: NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from […]
Do No Harm
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, Henry Marsh Goodreads: What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it […]