2006
The Truth About Sascha Knisch
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Set in the oppressively hot summer of 1928 Berlin, this is a fascinating, though often obscure novel. The eponymous Sascha is an occasional cross-dresser ...Read Review
The Woman Who Waited
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When Vera’s fiancé left in one of the last call-ups of men for the Soviet Army in 1945, she vowed she would wait ...Read Review
The Night Watch
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I must admit to an instinctive lack of sympathy for this book. First, I am wary of books from an organisation which only ...Read Review
He Will Go Fearless
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Fifteen-year-old Billy needs to go fearless to make it through the adventures that are in store for him—and he does! This young ...Read Review
American Legend: The Real Life Adventures of David Crockett
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This biography of David Crockett provides a very pedestrian view of the adventures of this historical legend. The author highlights the hardships and ...Read Review
The Rose of York: Crown of Destiny
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In this sequel to the gripping The Rose of York: Love and War, Worth does a beautiful, and succinct, job of retelling the ...Read Review
Intoxicated! A Novel of Money, Madness and the Invention of the World’s Favorite Soft Drink
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Yorkshire, 1869. En route from France by train, Isaac Brookes nearly kicks a bunch of smelly rags out the door of his compartment only ...Read Review
The Blaze of Noon
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It is 1878. Dan Mora, a fifty-eight-year-old prospector, and his unlikely comrade, Quanto, a Tarahumara Indian, discover more than gold in the desert of ...Read Review
Gates of Paradise
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In 1800 the poet, William Blake, and his wife, Catherine, move from London to the tiny rural community of Felpham, in Sussex. There they ...Read Review
The Diamond Frontier
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The year is 1880. Simon Fonthill and his sidekick, “352” Jenkins, are preparing to leave India and return to England when they receive a plea ...Read Review