2011
The Lost Wife
Lenka and Josef enjoy a pleasant, easy existence in beautiful, pre-WWII Prague until they are separated by the Nazi occupation.…
The Story of Ireland
In this companion volume to a BBC television series, Hegarty presents a panoramic view of Irish history that sweeps from…
Stones for My Father
South Africa, 1900. Twelve-year-old Corlie Roux lives with her mother and brothers on a farm in the Transvaal. It is…
Blood Cries Afar
An often overlooked event in English history comes to life in this information-packed account of the French Invasion of 1216.…
The History Keepers: The Storm Begins
The first volume of this fantasy series introduces Jake Djones, providing a fresh angle on time-slip novels. When his parents…
Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth
The long title of Katherine Frank’s book harkens back to a 17th-century fashion. The book’s subject is rooted in that…
Khamsin: The Devil Wind of the Nile
Editors' choice
Borg’s exceptional novel Khamsin takes its name from the “devil wind” that ravages ancient Egypt for fifty days during the…
Bitter Passage
Hermann Reinhardt, a successful Prussian linen mill operator in the era of the ’49 California Gold Rush, decides to leave…
Braver Deeds
From Wounded Knee to San Juan Hill, Braver Deeds tells the story of two young men who come to understand…
The Butchered Man
1840, Victoria sits on the throne having married her beloved Albert; The Chimney Sweeps Act ensures nobody under the age…
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