Author: Harlan Coben Title: Shelter, part one of the Mickey Bolitar series for young adults Overview After losing his father in a car accident and his addict mother to rehab, fifteen-year old Mickey Bolitar arrives at a new high school. Within weeks Mickey’s new girl interest, Ashley, disappears. While he befriends a couple high school …
Book Title: Every Man Dies Alone Author: Hans Fallada, born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen Overview Hans Fallada’s Every Man Dies Alone deals with the lives of several Berliner citizens during Germany’s Third Reich. After Otto and Anna Quangel’s only son dies at the front, the couple becomes disillusioned about the government. Rations grow leaner and the …
What is it about the middle ages that fascinates us? Many books have been written and movies made. Whether it is about King Arthur or George Martin’s Game of Thrones, we don’t seem to get tired of reading and seeing stories of knights and maidens, ladies and squires battle life and each other in drafty …
