John R. Vallely

Eiffel’s Tower

By Jill Jonnes - Published 2009

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Nonfiction

The 1889 Exposition Universelle would be forgotten by all but a few were it not for the centerpiece of the affair—the brand new ...Read Review

An Honorable German

By Charles McCain - Published 2009

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AdventureMilitary

Charles McCain’s maiden voyage as a novelist follows a young German naval officer, Max Brekendorf, through his varied assignments in the Second ...Read Review

A Visible Darkness

By Michael Gregorio - Published 2009

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Mystery/Crime

Magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis continues to grapple with his duties as a Prussian official in a land under the heel of Napoleon’s occupation ...Read Review

1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History

By Charles Bracelen Flood - Published 2009

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MilitaryNonfiction

Students of the American Civil War have been blessed over the years by an astonishing number of truly talented scholarly and popular writers ...Read Review

Red Orchestra: The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler

By Anne Nelson - Published 2009

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Nonfiction

While book shops and libraries remain choked with works on the Nazis and the military aspects of the Second World War, a surprisingly ...Read Review

“They Have Killed Papa Dead!”: The Road to Ford’s Theatre, Abraham Lincoln’s Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance

By Anthony S. Pitch - Published 2008

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Nonfiction

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by the noted actor John Wilkes Booth served as an appropriately murderous conclusion to the most savage and ...Read Review

Shannon

By Frank Delaney - Published 2009

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Saga

Father Robert Shannon of Boston is a young priest suffering from severe periodic mental instability caused by memories of his service as a ...Read Review

From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West

By Bill Neal - Published 2008

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Nonfiction

Lost in the Western frontier tales of steely-eyed gunfighters, crafty cattle thieves, and daring bank robbers is the slow but steady evolution of ...Read Review

Napoleon in Egypt

By Paul Strathern - Published 2008

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Nonfiction

Paul Strathern is a rare example of an intellectual who is eminently qualified in diverse fields. An award-winning novelist, Strathern has also earned ...Read Review

The Baltic Gambit

By Dewey Lambdin - Published 2009

Genres:

AdventureNautical

The Royal Navy’s incorrigible Alan Lewrie has been outsmarting and outfighting Britain’s enemies while simultaneously practicing adultery on a Herculean scale ...Read Review