General Non-Fiction

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER
Amy Chua

What to Expect the 2nd Year by Heidi Murkoff

WHAT TO EXPECT: THE SECOND YEAR
Heidi Murkoff

OVERCONNECTED
William H. Davidow

In Feb 2006, a Danish newspaper printed twelve highly provocative caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. The drawings landed on the internet and quickly circled the globe. As a direct result, riots ensued and at least 139 people died. This is just one example of overconnection.

THE SHADOW OF THE TITANIC
Andrew Wilson

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the ocean floor and the passengers slowly died from hypothermia, a deathly silence settled over the sea. Yet the echoes of that night reverberated through the lives of each of the 705 survivors. Shadow of the Titanic tells the extraordinary stories of some of those who survived.

The Quick and the Dead by Richard van Emden

THE QUICK AND THE DEAD
Richard van Emden

At the end of the First World War more than 192,000 wives had lost their husbands, and nearly 400,000 children had lost their fathers. A further half a million children had lost one or more siblings. Appallingly, one in eight wives died within a year of receiving news of their husband’s death. Few people remained unscathed and the effects of the conflict are still with us. The Quick and the Dead will pay tribute to the families who were left to suffer at home while their husband, fathers and sons went off to fight, and the generations that followed.