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To the Moon and Timbuktu
To the Moon and Timbuktu: A Trek through the Heart of Africa
by Nina Sovich
An adventure in remote West Africa (6/15/2013)
Nina Sovich has written a book about her wanderlust that anyone who loves to travel will recognize. While she, at 34, takes it to the height of adventure, traveling to West Africa, she writes in a style that keeps the reader engaged and on the edge of their seat to discover …more
The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife
by Melanie Benjamin
Stunning portrait of the Lindberghs (12/21/2012)
Melanie Benjamin has written a fictional first person account of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's life. Born in a strong privileged family, meeting the most famous person on earth, a hero of huge magnitude, she marries him and starts the rocky road to find a real person behing the …more
The Headmaster's Wager
The Headmaster's Wager: A Novel
by Vincent Lam
Reality in Vietnam (8/13/2012)
Perceval Chen has a story to tell of being Chinese in Vietnam. He arrives there to find his father and life takes him along a path of being headmaster in a school teaching English to students who then become translators for the Americans in Vietnam.

The book is well written …more
Solomon's Oak
Solomon's Oak: A Novel
by Jo-Ann Mapson
Against all odds a family restored (10/8/2010)
I loved this book, it was hard to come to the end of it. A book about three people, a young widow, neglected teenager, and a retired policeman in a lot of back pain, weaves a story of family that is true to life. Jo-Ann Mapson writes with truth and grace. Her characters are …more
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter: A Novel
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Conflict of Eastern and Western World (1/22/2010)
A story of two cultures, one daughter, and two marriages that shows the clashes that develop and the realities of their worlds. A very readable novel. I found the characters to be stereotyped and the flow of conversations and thoughts not fully developed. I wanted to read …more
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant
by Kate Grenville
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville (9/23/2009)
This book is a great read. Kate Grenville writes with a prose of words that become a visual and mental picture. The historical background adds a new dimension to a story you may think you know. Questions of culture and morality left me thinking about this book long after I …more
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