Kristen Hannum
Queen of the Summer Stars: Book Two of the Guinevere Trilogy
Woolley gives fair warning that her vision of King Arthur’s world is in the realistic tradition. The book’s first sentence,…
The Sisters Brothers
Editors' choice
Speaking as someone who won’t read Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove because it’s a Western, won’t see the evidently delicious Coen…
Bird in a Box
Joe Louis, the first African-American world heavyweight champion (from 1937 to 1949), is a faraway and yet pivotal figure in…
The Berlin Boxing Club
Joe Louis, the first African-American world heavyweight champion (from 1937 to 1949), is a faraway and yet pivotal figure in…
The Raven Queen
Editors' choice
Other writers have tackled Ireland’s Iron Age legends and their compelling magic, a magic thoroughly mixed with the earthy business…
Walk the Wild Road
When 10-year-old Leo finds two abandoned lambs in a ditch by the road, he knows the danger in rescuing them.…
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
Who would have guessed that the earliest human blood transfusion was in 1667? Or that it transfused a dog’s blood…
From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women 1847-1928
Independent historian Gelardi follows the privileged, tumultuous lives of Tsarina Marie Feodorovna (1847-1928) and three of her sisters-in-law in this…
Witches on the Road Tonight
Editors' choice
A writer and photographer, writing and shooting a travel guide for the WPA, drive the unmarked back roads of Appalachia…
Knight of Swords
The winter of 1944 closes in on Northern Italy, and an officer fighting with the partisans is accused of betraying…
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