Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden is a biography of one of the few political prisoners to ever escape from North Korea’s camps. Harden sheds light on a dark and secretive country.
Just Send Me Word: Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes reads like a novel but is the true story, based on letters and KGB archives, of a love that endured tragedy.
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails by Anthony Swofford is a memoir by the author of Jarhead. The Gulf War Marine raises questions about masculinity, love, and father-son relationships in recounting his post-combat days of drugs, fast cars, and the wrong women.
Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf is a cutting-edge scientific and cultural history that informs an understanding of both biology and consciousness.
Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari’a Law by Sadakat Kadri. A London-based barrister travels throughout the Islamic world to document the incredibly wide-ranging ways that “God’s law” is interpreted. Kadri illuminates how human attempts to mete out divine justice, creates a living hell.
Just Send Me Word: Love and Survival in the Gulag by Orlando Figes reads like a novel but is the true story, based on letters and KGB archives, of a love that endured tragedy.
Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails by Anthony Swofford is a memoir by the author of Jarhead. The Gulf War Marine raises questions about masculinity, love, and father-son relationships in recounting his post-combat days of drugs, fast cars, and the wrong women.
Vagina: A New Biography by Naomi Wolf is a cutting-edge scientific and cultural history that informs an understanding of both biology and consciousness.
Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari’a Law by Sadakat Kadri. A London-based barrister travels throughout the Islamic world to document the incredibly wide-ranging ways that “God’s law” is interpreted. Kadri illuminates how human attempts to mete out divine justice, creates a living hell.
