The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
by Michael Chabon
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In an alternate history where the US created a ‘Pale of Settlement’ for Jews after World War II in a desolate corner of Alaska, Yiddish is spoken, ultra-Orthodox gangsters control the islands and a lonely detective tries to solve the murder of a neighbor he barely knew. No ordinary crime novel, Chabon’s language is extraordinarily rich and the setting imaginative and evocative.
Reviewed by Faith
Tagged: Fiction, Mystery
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
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The author traces the Big Bang through the rise of civilization, documenting his work with a host of the world’s most advanced scientists and mathematicians to explain why things are the way they are. The author provides witty, interesting and, most importantly, understandable commentary on the many subjects the book addresses.
Reviewed by Faith
Tagged: History, Non-fiction, Science
