Stalin terror

Montefiore, Simon. (2008). Sashenka. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Kirkus: deft fiction debut: Inspired by a true story, historian Montefiore turns novelist to profile a young revolutionary who leads an exemplary Marxist life until a romantic misadventure puts her in Stalin's sights.Sashenka, teenage daughter of a Jewish oil magnate, is exiting an exclusive prep school for daughters of the Russian nobility in 1916 when, instead of being picked up by her father's chauffeur, she's arrested by the Tsarist police, who have gotten wind of her subversive activities as "Comrade Snowfox."

Naming nature

Gay lawyer

Another romantic comedy from the always clever Lipman: Kirkus.

Jack and Jill

Witness to History

In notes of "Traitor to his class"

The bad and the beautiful

Biting drama that tells the story of a ruthless, manipulative movie producer who lets nothing and nobody stand in his way. Now he's broke and needs the help of the very people he used and betrayed on his climb to the top.

 Perhaps I came across it by looking for other films that Barry Sullivan was in, after seeing Man in the middle. (And I think I have already seen it.)

Deadly obsession

Countdwon to extinction

Moonwalking with Einstein

Hisham Matar

His new book,‘Anatomy of a Disappearance’, was reviewed in the book section of the Sunday Times.His first book was In the country of men.

Dignity

Dignity: in honor of the rights of indigenous peoples: photographs. by Dana Glickstein ; foreword by Desmond Tutu ; introduction by Oren R. Lyons. New York: PowerHouse, 2010.


Stunning photography.

Amost Archers

Kirkus: She's a welcome new member to the short list of authors with the power to fully inhabit her characters (think Bobbie Ann Mason or Jane Smiley), leaving the chick-lit purveyors in the dust.A richly crafted tale of redemption and reinvention that stands out from the crowd.

Book-a-day calendar: Like George Cukor's film Rich and Famous, this novel succeeds brilliantly as fun and also on a deeper level as an exploration of identity and family.

Lost in China

Our kind of people

Found it after reading The Help, and our book discussion upstate: Alice talked about jack and Jill clubs.

Boston police strike 1919

Library Journal Reviews Shamus Award winner Lehane's first historical novel is a clear winner, displaying all the virtues the author (Mystic River ) has shown in his exceptional series of crime novels: narrative verve, sensitivity to setting, the interweaving of complicated story lines, an apt and emotionally satisfying denouement—and, above all, the author's abiding love for his characters and the human condition

Bible salesman

Kirkus: The Lord works in humorously mysterious ways in this Southern picaresque teaming a jaded car thief and a young, impressionable Bible salesman.