Nadine Mathu
Because fiction is my default genre, I really liked all these nonfiction books that have all the attributes of good stories. Add your suggestions!
Frankly, this book had me at the cover. The mystery surrounding the final days of the Russian Imperial Romanov family is tinged with lies, deceit and intrigue. The cover, as well as the contents, divulges the human side of the demise. It is the story of a family.
HeLa cells have been used in research labs worldwide and have even journeyed to the moon. Henrietta Lacks' virile cancer cells were a boon for scientists who needed hardy cells to culture and use. However, Henrietta, a young African American woman, never gave permission for her cells to be used in this way. What is more, neither she nor her family got any financial benefit from the use of her cells.
This book details the hair-raising story of how a group of Israeli super-spies track the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The narrative of their painstaking plan to bring him to justice reads like the best espionage novel you can imagine--except that it's true,
