The Yellow Birds – Kevin Powers, 2012
An unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a […]
Month: June 2017
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne, 2006
Nine-year- old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the ‘Fury’? Why did he make them leave their nice home in […]
The English Patient, Novel by Michael Ondaatje, 1992
With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje’s Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end […]
The Book Thief, Novel by Markus Zusak, 2005
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak’s unforgettable story is about the ability of books to […]
Atonement, Novel by Ian McEwan, 2001
On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year- old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the […]
Private Peaceful – Michael Morpurgo, 2003
A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers. Told in the […]
The Nightingale, Novel by Kristin Hannah, 2015
The Nightingale is a historical fiction novel, written by Kristin Hannah and published in 2015. It tells the story of two sisters, just coming of […]
Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear – Tomi Ungerer, 1999
This is an autobiographical tale of a teddy bear named Otto. Otto is a German-born teddy bear. His first memories are of being stitched together […]
The Waste Land – T. S. Eliot
The Waste Land, written by legendary author T.S. Eliot is widely considered to be one of the greatest books of all time. This great classic […]
On Killing – Dave Grossman,1995
The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian […]