Book: Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life By: Caroline Moorehead Review by: Bruce Allen, honorary consul of Liechtenstein in Georgia I have read hundreds of biographies, but I am hard-pressed to remember even […]
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Books 2016: A Boy’s ‘Impossible Mission’ to Find His Family in India
Book: A Long Way Home Author: Saroo Brierley Review by: Martin Richenhagen, Chairman, President & CEO, AGCO Corporation What makes A Long Way Home such a remarkable book is that […]
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Books 2016: A Georgia Girl’s Grief, Romance and New Beginning in Cuba
Book: La Americana – A Memoir Author: Melanie Bowden Simón Review by: Leslie Gordon, director, Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University In La Americana, Melanie Bowden Simón describes […]
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Books 2016: A Quest Through Britain’s — and the Author’s — Historical Center
Book: The Marches Author: Rory Stewart Reviewed by: Shelby Grubbs, executive director, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation Historian, geographer, linguist, diplomat — these are just a few of […]
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Books 2016: A Burmese Love Story That Crosses Decades
Book: The Art of Hearing Heartbeats By: Jan-Philipp Sendker Reviewed by: Caroline Reber, author of the novel Life Happens, Google Ireland account strategist and former Global Atlanta marketing manager I don’t […]
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Books 2016: The Blessings of Moscow’s Aristocratic ‘Prison’
Book: A Gentleman in Moscow Author: Amor Towles Reviewed by: Alexandra Holland, associate in the Atlanta law office of Fragomen Worldwide I love historical fiction, especially those stories which transport […]
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Books 2016: An Appalachian Memoir That Helps Explain Endemic Poverty, Trump’s Rise
Book: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Author: J.D. Vance Review by: Mark P. Becker, president, Georgia State University Following the recent presidential election, Hillbilly […]
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Books 2016: The Devil (and His Cat) Went Down to Moscow in Bulgakov’s Classic Novel
Book: The Master and Margarita Author: Mikhail Bulgakov Reviewed by: Miriam Bruns, executive director, Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta The Devil and his henchmen, including a gigantic cat, come to Moscow one hot […]
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Books 2016: An Intimate but Objective Account of Life in a Concentration Camp
Book: That Was Dachau, 1933–1945 Author: Stanislav Zamecnik Reviewed by: Jim Whitcomb, global finance executive It was a dark, rainy day in July 2015 when I visited the site of the first […]
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Books 2016: A Century Later, the Great War’s Memory Resonates
Book: Harvest of War Author: Jan Smolders Reviewed by: William de Baets, consul general of Belgium in Atlanta This year I read Jan Smolders’ Harvest of War. Written by a compatriot living in Florida, […]