Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey

Read this at my wife's urging. Olympic level gymnastics is as crazy as you thought.

France: Summer 1940 by John Williams

An account of the fall of France in 1940, part of the Ballantine series.

Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat by John Lukacs

A history of the famous speech Winston Churchill gave on May 13, 1940, when he became Prime Minister of Great Britain.

He Leadeth Me by Fr. Walter J. Ciszek, S.J.

This is a companion book to Ciszek's With God In Russia, an account of his years as a priest in the Soviet Union (much of it spent as a prisoner in the Gulag.) He Leadeth Me is a discussion of the spiritual lessons Fr. Ciszek learned during his years in Russia.  It is a wonderful read, simply and humbly written, with the wisdom that can only come from great suffering enlightened by deep faith.

Liberation's Children by Kay Hymowitz

A collection of her essays.