Dubus, Zakaria, Kross, Meyer & Brysac

Kingmakers by Karl E. Meyer & Shareen Blair Brysac
What's the difference between a Saudi Prince and an Afghan warlord? One is sitting on oil. This is the story of the invention of the modern Middle East and the tinkering and tampering since then. Hardback. 200 EEK.

The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International. This book charts the demise of the American era and the rise of China and other less obvious suspects. Hardback. 200 EEK. Sold.

The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III
Dubus' newest novel. Hardback. 250 EEK. Brand spankin' new.
The Czar's Madman by Jaan Kross
Now that Kross is dead, he can't win the Nobel Prize (he was always short-listed). Who does that leave Estonia? Perhaps Andrus Kivirähk, though he's a bit young to be a contender yet. The Czar's Madman is a fine read, and any foreign resident of Estonia should have read it as part of his intel briefing. I've got it here if you skipped that day at spy school. 125 EEK.