Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches From Kiev

Author: Andrey Kurkov Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a series of diaries written by Andrey Kurkov, a Russian-Ukrainian writer (ethnically Russian but identifying as Ukrainian). The time it covers spans the end of 2013 through the beginning of 2014, around the time Russia annexed Crimea and pro-European protesters started to gather in the Maidan in Kiev.... Continue Reading →

The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold

Author: Tim Tate Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If it’s not obvious from my rating, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. And if you read the book, you’ll understand why I constructed that first sentence the way I did. That being said, this book reads like a novel, but it’s a true story about a Polish secret service officer,... Continue Reading →

Why the Germans Do It Better

Author: John Kampfner Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book primarily acts as a comparison between Germany and the United Kingdom, and its goal is to illustrate, as the title declares: Why the Germans Do it Better. The wording of the title is important. It’s why and not how, and this makes the difference as the book leans... Continue Reading →

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