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The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power by Sean McMeekin, Belknap Press, 2021.

Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town  by Barbara Demick, Random House, 2020.  Summary The main topics in this book: Mei Kingdom Succession of the Panchen Lama, who died in 1989 Self-immolations of Tibetan monk as a protest against Chinese Han rule Tibetan Exiles in Kathmandu in Nepal and Dharamsala in India China and Tibet First some background. Tibetans live not only in Tibet, but also parts of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan. In 1950 the PLA invaded Tibet and de

Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream, by Gregg Jones), NAL Hardcover, First Edition, Hardcover, 2012.

The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China by Samuel Hawley, Conquistador Press, 2014. Incredible Detail of a War From Four Centuries Ago The Koreans kept meticulous records of an invasion of their country by Japan that occurred four centuries ago. This enabled the author to go into great detail about all the battles. Even though the book is long, the author prevents it from becoming boring. The war was started by the leader who f

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Co., 2011

Cut: FGM in Britain Today by Hibo Wardere, Simon & Schuster UK, 2016.

Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean, Grove Press, 2013.

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Patterns, Proteins and Peace: A Life in Science by Georgina Ferry, Bloomsbury Reader, 2014.

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox, Harper Perennial, 2013.

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin, Vintage, 2006.

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, 2016.

The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road by Finn Murphy, W. W. Norton & Company, 2018.

A Trucker's Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road by Ed Miller, Apollo Publishers, 2023.

King of the Road: True Tales from a Legendary Ice Road Trucker by Alex Debogorski, Trade Paper Press, 2011.

Out of Egypt: A Memoir by André Aciman, Picador, 2007.

House of Sticks: A Memoir by Ly Tran, Scribner, 2022.

Days of Grace: A Memoir by Arthur Ashe, Ballantine Books, 1994.

Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi, Vintage, 2010.

The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown by Michael Patrick F. Smith, Penguin Books, 2022.

Don't Tell Mom I Work On The Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter, Grand Central Publishing, 2007.