An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.

In 1942, a 13-year-old Jewish girl & her family fled their home & went into hiding. For two years, they were cut off from the outside world, facing hunger, boredom, the cruelties of living in confined quarters, & the ever-present threat of discovery & death.

The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, & hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, & well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. In short, it is the pursuit of everyday happiness.

An evocative reimagining of nineteen tales from the classic story about young queen Shahrazad's efforts to save her life from a brutal husband focuses on female characters at the heart of each tale in a woven sequence that incorporates humor and sensuality.

A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
 

An account of the extended struggle that raged between Athens & Sparta for the better part of twenty years. Written 400 AD, Thucydides precise and thorough account of the ill-fated conflict is one of the first surviving scholarly works of history.

Ship of Fate tells the emotionally gripping story of a Vietnamese military officer who evacuated from Saigon in 1975 but made the dramatic decision to return to Vietnam for his wife and children, rather than resettle in the United States without them. 

The epic story of the passionate Trueba family begins at the turn of the century in South America.


 

Before the nightmares, Yeong-hye & her husband lived an ordinary life. But the dreams torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind & renounce eating meat. It's a small act, but it interrupts her marriage setting into motion a grotesque chain of events at home.