WW2
Whitethorn
Editors' choice
Do not be misled by the blurb on the back cover of Bryce Courtenay’s new novel. The Second World War…
The Medium
The Medium begins in 1937, as Helen Schneider is nearing the end of her childhood and entering adolescence. It is…
Winter in Madrid
A bestseller in the United Kingdom, C.J. Sansom’s thriller is now available in the U.S. Readers may recognize Sansom for…
Something Wicked
This is the ninth book in the Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne Golden Age of Detection murder mystery series.…
Color of the Sea
This is a novel everyone should read, not just because it’s a nicely-layered book with depth and meaning, beautifully written…
On Wings of the Morning
Georgia Carter and Morgan Glennon have something in common: both grew up as out-of-wedlock children. They have another thing in…
The Angel of History
Walter Benjamin leaves Berlin to escape Nazi persecution and begins a new life in Paris. Ignoring the impending signs of…
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose, Paul Gallico’s bittersweet story of loneliness and redemption, spans a decade, from 1930 to May 1940, when…
The Winter War
Solid young adult author (most reviews give the age ranges for his books as upper elementary through middle school) William…
Dawn of Fear
Susan Cooper always writes well, and this is one of her deceptively simple books. On the face of it, the…
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