Short List: New & Noteworthy

New Lives, German author Ingo Schulze's panoramic novel set in 1990 East Germany.

A Country Called Home, a novel by Kim Barnes about the consequences of a young couple's move from upper-crust Connecticut to a hard-scrabble farm in Idaho.

The Vale of Kashmir, John Isaac's photo book of daily life in troubled Kashmir.

The Unpossessed City, a contemporary Moscow thriller by Jon Fasman involving a young American, gulag survivors, Russian agents, and the CIA.

Roads to Quoz, William Least Heat-Moon's engaging and enlightening follow-up to Blue Highways takes him once again to small-town, back-roads America.