The Missionaries
by Norman Lewis | 
Voices of the Old Sea
by Norman Lewis | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson | 
Six Frigates
by Ian W. Toll | 
102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer | 
The History of Jihad
by Robert Spencer | 
Five Days at Memorial
by Sheri Fink |
The Oregon Trail
by Rinker Buck | 
The History of Surfing
by Matt Warshaw | 
Washington's Immortals
by Patrick K. O'Donnell |
Seven Fallen Feathers
by Tanya Talaga | 
American Gun
by Chris Kyle | 
Mythos
by Stephen Fry | 
No Way Out
by Mitch Weiss | 
Swords and Swordsmen
by Mike Loades |
Dress in Anglo-Saxon England
by Gale R. Owen-Crocker | 
Easy riders, raging bulls
by Peter Biskind | 
Season of the Witch
by David Talbot |
A dissection of the Mafia, past and present, combining history, sociology, suspense, horror, and superb travel writing. Originally published in 1964, Lewis describes how, after Mussolini came close to destroying the Mafia, the U.S. Army returned them to power in 1944. Henceforth, they infiltrated every aspect of Sicilian life, corrupting landowners, the police, the judiciary, and even the church. In one of the most astonishing chapters, Lewis tells the story of how an eighty-year old priest led his monks on escapades of murder and extortion, frequently using the confessional box for transmitting threats. Lewis exposes its origins, its code of honor, its secrecy, and its brutality. The Honoured Society is the perfect companion for any traveler to Sicily, and a gripping armchair read.