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All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship by Kathryn Miles

On March 19, 2013, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, by Editor

All Standing The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship recounts the journeys of this famous ship, her heroic crew, and the immigrants who were ferried between Ireland and North America. Spurred by a complex web of motivations—shame, familial obligation, and sometimes even greed—more than a million people attempted to flee the Irish famine.

The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John Kelly

On October 13, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Editor

A magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed author of The Great Mortality. Based on extensive research and written with novelistic flair, The Graves Are Walking draws a portrait that is both intimate and panoramic, that captures the drama of individual lives caught up in an unimaginable tragedy, while imparting a new understanding of the famine’s causes and consequences.

The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten the West? by Doug Saunders

On September 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, Social Studies, by Editor

From the author of prize-winning Arrival City, a controversial and long-overdue rejoinder to the excessive fears of an Islamic threat that have spread throughout America and Europe and threaten our basic values. Rather than responding to our new religious-minority neighbours with fear and resentment, this book shows us how we can make this change work to our advantage.

Rights at Risk: The Limits of Liberty in Modern America by David K. Shipler

On August 25, 2012, in Book Reviews, Law, Nonfiction, Political, Social Studies, by Editor

An enlightening, intensely researched examination of violations of the constitutional principles that preserve individual rights and civil liberties from courtrooms to classrooms. Often shocking, yet ultimately idealistic, Rights at Risk shows us the shadows of America where the civil liberties we rightly take for granted have been eroded—and summons us to reclaim them.

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Novelist Reyna Grande

On August 17, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Editor

The Distance Between Us captures one girl’s passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. A funny, heartbreaking, lyrical story, it reminds us that the joys and sorrows of childhood are always with us, invisible to the eye but imprinted on the heart, forever calling out to us of those places we first called home.

Three Strong Women: The Complicated Relationship Between France and Senegal by Marie NDiaye

On August 11, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

With lyrical intensity, Marie NDiaye masterfully evokes the relentless denial of dignity, to say nothing of happiness, in these lives caught between Africa and Europe. We see with stunning emotional exactitude how ordinary women discover unimagined reserves of strength, even as their humanity is chipped away. Three Strong Women admits us to an immigrant experience rarely if ever examined in fiction, but even more into the depths of the suffering heart.

Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness by Loung Ung

On May 29, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Editor

When readers first met Loung Ung in her critically acclaimed memoir First They Killed My Father, she was a young, innocent child in Cambodia. But forced by the Khmer Rouge into the life of a child soldier, she soon found herself locked in a desperate struggle for survival in Cambodia’s notorious killing fields. In Lucky Child, her life took a turn. As a refugee in Vermont, she grappled with post-traumatic stress, cultural assimilation roadblocks, and the abandonment of her sister in Cambodia.

The Shoemaker’s Wife: A Saga of Italian Life by Adriana Trigiani

On May 13, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

This riveting historical epic of love and family, war and loss, risk and destiny is the novel Adriana Trigiani was born to write, one inspired by her own family history and the love of tradition that has propelled her body of bestselling novels to international acclaim. Like Lucia, Lucia, The Shoemaker’s Wife defines an era with clarity and splendor, with operatic scope and a vivid cast of characters who will live on in the imaginations of readers for years to come.

The New Geography of Jobs: The Debate on Education and Employment by Enrico Moretti

On May 8, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Editor

An unprecedented redistribution of jobs, population, and wealth is under way in America, and it is likely to accelerate in the years to come. America’s new economic map shows growing differences, not just between people but especially between communities. In this important and persuasive book, U.C. Berkeley economist Enrico Moretti provides a fresh perspective on the tectonic shifts that are reshaping America’s labor market—from globalization and income inequality to immigration and technological progress—and how these shifts are affecting our communities.

A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America by Tom Zoellner

On January 1, 2012, in Book Reviews, History, Nonfiction, Political, by Editor

Zoellner offers a revealing portrait of the Southwestern state at a critical moment in history- and as a symbol of the nation’s discontents and uncertainties. Ultimately, it is his rallying cry for a saner, more civil way of life.

All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship by Kathryn Miles

Three Strong Women: The Complicated Relationship Between France and Senegal by Marie NDiaye

Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness by Loung Ung

The Shoemaker’s Wife: A Saga of Italian Life by Adriana Trigiani

A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America by Tom Zoellner

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