Book Review: The Eighth Life, by Nino Haratischwili
Get immersed in a six-generation saga set against the backdrop of Georgia's tumultuous history, before, during, and post-Soviet Union.
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Tema Frank
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
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Book Review: Red Sky at Noon, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
What happens when a scrawny Jewish intellectual political prisoner is offered an escape from the Stalinist Gulag in exchange for fighting against the Nazis. It's a wild ride!
Book Review: Hotel Cuba
An immigrant story with a twist: they left Russia aiming to get to America but landed in Cuba. I highly recommend this eminently readable story of struggle and hopes for a better life in a new land.
Book Review: The Secrets We Kept
Not all women of the 1950s were willing to settle back into non-career life. Learn the story behind the spies who helped launch Doctor Zhivago to fame.
Fun With History
You get a different sense of history when you read old newspapers instead of just history books.
Book Review: Darkness at Noon
Written in 1940 about Stalinist Russia, Darkness at Noon contains a chilling explanation of the recent trend towards authoritarianism in much of the world. I give it 5 stars.