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This month, our book is the final work by Philip Kerr: ‘Metropolis,’ set in 1928 Berlin. Published posthumously, this is the last of Kerr’s series… Read More »Book Recommendation: Metropolis, by Philip Kerr

This month, our book is Peter Gay’s ‘Weimar Culture’. It is available online in PDF format, or should be easily attainable in print. German-born historian… Read More »Book Recommendation: Weimar Culture, by Peter Gay

This month, I’d like to recommend Peter Schneider’s ‘The Wall Jumper,’ a short novella which will be our Book Club choice for July 19th. Published… Read More »Book Recommendation: The Wall Jumper, by Peter Schneider

This month, I’d like to recommend ‘Alone in Berlin’. Don’t be intimidated about it being quite a tome – it is a fast read, though… Read More »Book Recommendation: Alone in Berlin, by Hans Fallada

This month, you might be especially interested to read Deborah Feldman’s memoir ‘Unorthodox.’ Feldman left the ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to move… Read More »Book of the month: Unorthodox, by Deborah Feldman