I was working a shift at the Library a few weeks ago and this book caught my eye as one student was checking it out. I saw the title and was instantly attracted to it: The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur. Prior to this book I have not seen any …
Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts was recommended to me — strongly recommended — by Prof. Levine. I tremendously enjoyed reading the book, and now I’ll pass his recommendation on to you. In the Garden of Beasts tells the story of William E. Dodd, a somewhat disillusioned history professor at the University of Chicago, …