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Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune, Serving the Emperor 1788-1791
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Christoph Wolff is an eminent scholar, and in this nonfiction work offers new insights into the last four years of Mozart’s life. ...Read Review
Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster
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Lest you think, “Just another Titanic retelling,” Down with the Old Canoe is about us. Stephen Biel combs contemporary accounts to show how ...Read Review
Bride of New France
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In 1656 King Louis XIV declared, “We expressly prohibit and forbid all persons of either sex… able-bodied or invalid, sick or convalescent, curable or ...Read Review
What Dies in Summer
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Wright’s novel can easily be read in a variety of ways. As a Southern Gothic. As a coming-of-age novel. Even as a ...Read Review
Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
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In 1728, twelve-year-old James Annseley, heir to a large fortune, was snatched off the streets of Dublin by his uncle and sent as an ...Read Review
The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began
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There was something serendipitous about reading this book in a week that modern scientists took a step closer to the elusive Higgs boson. ...Read Review
Titanic Tragedy
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April 15, 2012, marks a sad centennial: the sinking of the Titanic. Interest has never waned in this preventable tragedy, and John Maxtone-Graham’s nonfiction ...Read Review
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
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Who would have guessed that the earliest human blood transfusion was in 1667? Or that it transfused a dog’s blood into the patient? ...Read Review
Fortunate Sons
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For readers interested in the human side of Chinese history, Fortunate Sons provides a glimpse into the inner workings of the 19th-century Qing ...Read Review
Touch
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Historical FantasyLiterarySaga
On the eve of World War II, an Anglican priest returns, following a twenty year absence, to his birthplace in Sawgamet, a northwoods ...Read Review