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Dr. Brinkley’s Tower
The tower of the title is for radio broadcast, erected just over the Mexican border from Texas in 1931. The lives…
Miss Fuller
Annie, the narrator of Miss Fuller, a fictitious adopted sister of Henry David Thoreau, explains, “All other destinations were known…
Among the Wonderful
This beautifully written literary novel takes us inside the strange, claustrophobic world of P.T. Barnum’s Museum of Wonders – that…
“They Have Killed Papa Dead!”: The Road to Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the noted actor John Wilkes Booth served as an appropriately murderous conclusion to the…
Dizzy City
Benedict Cramb is a young Londoner born into poverty who learned to use his cunning and wits to claw his…
Voices from a Time
With Voices from a Time, winner of the Zerilli-Marimo Prize in Italy, Silvia Bonucci weaves a spellbinding psychological tale…
The Law of Dreams
Editors' choice
Life burns hot in The Law of Dreams, an exceptional novel about a young man’s struggle for survival during the…
The Librarians of Alexandria : A Tale of Two Sisters
This is the saga of the Canterno family. The story takes place in Italy and Egypt from 1870 to…
The Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters
This is the saga of the Canterno family. The story takes place in Italy and Egypt from 1870 to…
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