The Ukazoo Books Blog
Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 30th, 2010
From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasures they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. In Hitler’s Holy Relics, bestselling author Sidney Kirkpatrick tells the riveting and never-before-told true story of how an American [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, New Release Books on Jul 5th, 2010
Concentration. It just declines during these few hot months. It’s perfectly natural and cannot be helped. Dank humidity and specious outdoorsy activity hamper our typically more ambitious natures, and what begins as motions toward self-improvement and deep, recharging relaxation fizzle into mosquito bites, sunburn and profound afternoon napping. Summer reading, too, becomes dominated by read-it-once [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 1st, 2010
One cold January day the police are called to a sleepy little hamlet in the north of Sweden where they find the victim of a savage murder lying in the snow. As they begin their investigation they notice that the village seems eerily quiet and deserted. Going from house to house, looking for witnesses, they [...]