The War of the World – Niall Ferguson, 2007 (GA LIB)
Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson’s numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he […]
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Night by Elie Wiesel, 2006 (GA Lib)
Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This […]
The Forever War , Book by Dexter Filkins, 2008
An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive account of America’s conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its […]
This Divided Island, Book by Samanth Subramanian, 2014
n the summer of 2009, the leader of the Tamil Tigers was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in […]
Syria: A History of the Last Hundred Years – John McHugo, 2015
In this timely account, John McHugo seeks to contextualize the headlines, providing broad historical perspective and a richly layered analysis of a country few in […]
My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Revolution – Diana Darke
The ongoing conflict in Syria has made clear just how limited the general knowledge of Syrian society and history is in the West. For those […]
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 […]
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 […]