A Killing in Zion
: An Art Oveson Mystery
by Andrew Hunt
Hardcover: Sep 2015
A deeply researched mystery, A Killing in Zion portrays a city and a religion struggling to grow and shake off a notorious history that has not yet become a thing of the past.
A Kim Jong-Il Production
: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
by Paul Fischer
Hardcover: Feb 2015
Paperback: Nov 2015
A rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today.
A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expectations, familial strife, and the struggle for survival.
K Blows Top
: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
by Peter Carlson
Hardcover: Jun 2009
Paperback: Jul 2010
This hilarious account of Khrushchev's 1959 U.S. tour is also a supremely entertaining evocation of the history and atmosphere of Cold War America
Kabul Beauty School
: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
by Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson
Hardcover: Apr 2007
Paperback: Dec 2007
Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good ...
Kafka on The Shore
by Haruki Murakami
Hardcover: Jan 2005
Paperback: Jan 2006
A tour de force of metaphysical reality, powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy who runs away from home to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy, and an aging simpleton.
Keeper
: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's
by Andrea Gillies
Hardcover: Aug 2010
Paperback: Oct 2011
Keeper is a fiercely honest "glimpse into the dementia abyss" - an endlessly engrossing meditation on memory and the mind, on family, and on a society that is largely indifferent to the far-reaching ravages of this baffling disease.
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.