20th Century
Sandhills Boy
Rather than being an historical novel, this is a book by and about an historical novelist. Moreover, this memoir deals…
Tokyo Year Zero
Tokyo, August 1946: one year after Japan’s surrender and the extensive bombings of its capital. The murdered bodies of two…
Loving Frank
This debut novel explores the little-known romance between the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the wife of one of his…
The Last Summer Of The World
Editors' choice
Rarely does a book present the delicate balance of the relationship between a man and a woman as well as…
A Texas Legacy Christmas
The formerly incorrigible Zach Kahler is all grown up in this sequel to Lightning and Lace. It’s 1911, and Zach…
The Island
As London-born Alexis Fielding, a modern-day college graduate, explores her past, she is drawn to visit a former Greek leper…
A Man Of No Moon
In McPhee’s entrancing tale of post-war Italy, Dante Omero Sabato is a famous poet, novelist, and translator with two obsessions:…
Enduring Passions
Set just before and during the Second World War, Enduring Passions is the tale of two lovers, Tom and Fay,…
Storm Over Burracombe
This well-crafted, heart warming, page-turning story is a light rustic romance, set in the Devon of 1952. Interwoven sub-plots of…
Sing For Your Supper
Tudor Morgan refuses to go down the mine; his ambition is to make a name as a singer. When he…
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