Pacific War in WW2, Triology

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942,The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944, Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945. A goo complient to Atkinson's European triology. The sweeping story of the Pacific war.

Agent Sonya

Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy, by Ben Macintyre. Amazing story of a Soviet spy that spans the decades from the 1930s to the 70s, and somewhat beyond. China, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and the UK are all part of this story, of WW2 and cold war esionage.

WW2 Literature

Recently read: With Wings Like Eagles- Michael Korda. The story of the battle of Britain. D-Day by Stephen Ambrose, and D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 by Rick Atkinson. 1944 by Jay Wink. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, fiction about young people in France and Germany before and during the war. Madame Fourcade's Secret War by Lynne Olson, the underground movement in France. Last Boat our of Shanghai by Helen Zia. The Japanese occupation of Shanghai. Travels With Myself and Another, by Martha Gellhorn, the journalists autobiography. His Final Battle by Joseph Levyveld, Roosevelt's final year. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

Garlic and Sapphires

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl. This memoir rounds her life by filling in the space when she was the food critic for the New York Times. Her easy writing style and great sense of humor make her memoirs entertaining and informative. This book ends with her about to be the editor of Gourmet magazine, the story that is told in Save Me The Plums.