Matterhorn : a Novel of the Vietnam War
The New York Times Book Review – Sebastian Junger:Chapter after chapter, battle after battle, Marlantes pushes you through what may be one of the most profound and devastating novels ever to come out of Vietnam?or any war. It's not a book so much as a deployment, and you will not return unaltered?Matterhorn is a raw, […]
Tree Barking : a Memoir
Presented by Phyllis Armstrong in memory of Eugene McGregor. Library Journal: Rovina, who grew up in South Africa but moved to a kibbutz in Israel and married a fellow kibbutznik (also from South Africa), was only 26 when her young husband was killed in the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Realizing then that "life is […]
Bone Rattler
Library Journal Review Starred Review. Pattison has won numerous awards for his Inspector Shan series (e.g., the Edgar Award-winning The Skull Mantra), set in Tibet. Here, he breaks new ground on the American frontier in 1758. It is a time of high stakes for the French and English monarchs, with warring on every continent. And […]