• "The book is still the greatest manmade machine of all - not the car, not the TV, not the smartphone."

     Ken Burns, 2016

  • In our Book Report series, we'd like to introduce ourselves via our bookshelf and share the books that most shape our diplomacy.

Polar Embassy Book Reports

Book Report XVII: The Intersectional Environmentalist

Book Report XVII: The Intersectional Environmen...

Leah Thomas writes a manifesto for an inclusive climate justice movement for an equitable, just, and healthy future for the earth and the humans who live on it.

Book Report XVII: The Intersectional Environmen...

Leah Thomas writes a manifesto for an inclusive climate justice movement for an equitable, just, and healthy future for the earth and the humans who live on it.

Book Report XVI: Around the World in 80 Games

Book Report XVI: Around the World in 80 Games

A deep dive into the mathematics, history, and social contexts of games from around the world, and the philosophy of games and their meaning.

Book Report XVI: Around the World in 80 Games

A deep dive into the mathematics, history, and social contexts of games from around the world, and the philosophy of games and their meaning.

Hand holding Scwharz. Deutsch. Weiblich. book by Natasha Kelly in front of Odradek Bookstore in Berlin Schöneberg

Book Report XV: Schwarz. Deutsch. Weiblich.

Why feminism must call for more than gender equality: Natasha Kelly explains intersectionality in Germany's context and introduces the Black women who have been a part of German history for hundreds of...

Book Report XV: Schwarz. Deutsch. Weiblich.

Why feminism must call for more than gender equality: Natasha Kelly explains intersectionality in Germany's context and introduces the Black women who have been a part of German history for hundreds of...

The book "Sex in Echt" on a dark wood table. The cover shows fun and playful cartoons around two legs.

Book Report XIV: Sex in Echt

The sex education book we wish we'd had in high school!

Book Report XIV: Sex in Echt

The sex education book we wish we'd had in high school!

A hand with red and blue nail polish holds a white book with the title "Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal" against a wooden floor background.

Book Report XIII: Climate Crisis & the Green Ne...

A dialogue between Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin, laying out their vision for the “Green New Deal.”

Book Report XIII: Climate Crisis & the Green Ne...

A dialogue between Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin, laying out their vision for the “Green New Deal.”

Book Report XII: The Biggest Bluff

Book Report XII: The Biggest Bluff

A psychologist and poker rookie commits herself to the world poker championship and brings us along for the ride, sharing her professional insights into how humans navigate chance, risk, confidence,...

Book Report XII: The Biggest Bluff

A psychologist and poker rookie commits herself to the world poker championship and brings us along for the ride, sharing her professional insights into how humans navigate chance, risk, confidence,...