HNR Issue 60 (May 2012)
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
A fascinating book! While not an expert in the field, the late Mr. Kriwaczek was a superb writer with a…
The Liberation of Celia Kahn
Glasgow, 1915. Celia Kahn behaves more like a mother than a daughter to her Jewish family, caring for her gambling…
Equal of the Sun
Amirrezvani’s novel of 16th-century Iranian court politics centers on Princess Pari Khan Khanoom, favored daughter of the Shah, and her…
Almodis, The Peaceweaver
11th-century Occitania is a collection of counties and walled cities ruled by families continually fighting and marrying among themselves to…
Heart’s Safe Passage
Seeking God’s guidance is a strong theme in this second installment of The Midwives series, and sailing through dangerous waters…
The Shoemaker’s Wife
This sprawling history begins in the Italian Alps in the early 20th century. It takes a while for teenaged Ciro…
A Voice for Kanzas
This young adult novel speaks to the heart of writers everywhere, young and old, throughout time. When Lucy, the young…
A Breath of Eyre
A Breath of Eyre, a young adult novel, opens with a sad sweet-sixteen party showing us Emma Townsend’s lack of…
The First Crusade
Pope Urban’s 1095 clarion call to Western Christendom to re-take Jerusalem from the Turks is the background for many historical…
Glory Be
Gloriana Hemphill lives in the Mississippi Delta with her preacher father and teenage sister Jesslyn, supervised by their African-American maid…
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