Book Review
I Remember Fallujah
A grieving son reconstructs his dying father’s painful life story in Feurat Alani’s historical novel "I Remember Fallujah". Rami has always been a secretive father, spending long hours working and refusing to indulge the curiosity of...
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What I Know About You
Forbidden love tears apart an Egyptian Levantine family in Éric Chacour’s novel "What I Know About You". Tarek always followed the path laid out by his family: he became a doctor to please his strict father, and he married the woman...
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Not from Here
Gathering the stories of a bevy of American immigrants, the social science survey "Not from Here" reflects on the promises and shortcomings of the American dream. Immigrants and refugees from around the world share stories of desperation...
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Go Far, Give Back, Live Greek
"Go Far, Give Back, Live Greek" is a captivating immigrant’s memoir that celebrates community, honesty, and generosity. George E. Danis draws important lessons from his personal story in his memoir "Go Far, Give Back, Live Greek"....
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Quantum Drama
Jim Baggott and John L. Heilbron explore the combative history of quantum mechanics in their science book "Quantum Drama". Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr are among the most famous men in physics, yet they employed very different...
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No Funeral for Nazia
A woman’s death brings grief, anger, and eventual peace to her loved ones in Taha Kehar’s novel "No Funeral for Nazia". In life, Nazia always insisted on going her own way. In death, she continues that tradition, leaving scandalous...
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The Night of Baba Yaga
An indefinable connection grows between a reluctant bodyguard and a yakuza’s daughter in Akira Otani’s novel "The Night of Baba Yaga". Shindo’s life is far from perfect, but when she is pressed into service as a chauffeur and...
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Fog & Car
In Eugene Lim’s novel Fog & Car, a divorced couple learns to live without one another. After their seven-year marriage ends, Fog and Car retreat to different parts of the country to lick their wounds. Adrift and unsure of what to...