HNR Issue 37 (August 2006)
The Long Hunter
This story is set in the late 18th century, a trying time for Matt McLaren, who is a survivor…
A Boy No More
In this sequel to A Boy at War, author Harry Mazer picks up the story of young Adam Pelko…
The Divided Ground : Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
Pulitzer Prize winning-author Taylor begins his scholarly yet accessible history with the French and Indian War and concludes with…
The Stratford Boys
It is the 16th century and 15-year-old William Shakespeare, a glover’s son, offers to help out a friend and…
Honor Killing : Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow’s Spectacular Last Case
Don’t let the racy title fool you; this is not a sensational rehash of the 1930s Hawaiian rape trial.…
The World of the Gladiator
From the origins of gladiatorial games in Rome’s early history, to its gruesome flowering, the author meticulously details the…
Rabbit Heart
Nicollette Caron has a problem: every time she makes love with a man, he dies in her arms –…
Grace in Thine Eyes
In her Scottish trilogy, beginning with Thorn in My Heart, Higgs reset the biblical story of Jacob (Jamie McKie)…
Lost Souls
Two brothers, Luke and Jack Macpherson, raised on a sheep station owned by a Scottish father who has no…
In the Thrill of the Night
London, March 1813. As a member of the perfectly respectable Benevolent Widows Fund, Marianne Nesbitt has played the role of…
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