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Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year
As our country struggles to define its future and conquer rising debt, we turn hopeful eyes to Abraham Lincoln. Against…
The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
John Kelly’s account of the Irish potato famine is a thoroughly researched and smoothly written story of the events that…
A Possible Life
Editors' choice
How do the choices we make radically change our lives, in terms of our overall trajectory, our relationships, our beliefs?…
Vengeance
Benjamin Black, pseudonym for Irish writer John Banville, has written number five in a series of crime noir novels featuring…
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
In this absorbing biography, Harriet Reisen examines the intriguing life of Louisa May Alcott. Written in an engaging narrative that…
An Incomplete Revenge
Wandering gypsies and East Enders from London converge in 1931 for the traditional September hops-picking by migrant workers, in the…
The House The Rockefellers Built: A Tale of Money, Taste and Power in Twentieth-Century America
Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller Sr. became rich through hard work, simple living and vigorous acquisition of failing companies…
The Year of Jubilo
Howard Bahr’s Civil War fiction has already earned praise from critics, casual readers, and the ever-growing number of Americans who…
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