Viviane Crystal
Skeleton Women
Heavenly Songbird Camilla is the top nightclub singer in Shanghai, adopted as a child by a Chinese mobster, Wang, and…
Face of the Enemy
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War is about to be declared against Germany and Japan. Americans are traumatized by Japan’s military attack on Pearl Harbor.…
My Last Empress
Samuel Pickens is a precocious young man at the beginning of this novel that spans life in Connecticut and China…
Able Seamen: The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy, 1850-1939
Brian Lavery presents his second book describing the world of sailors and naval vessels, covering 1850-1939. He discusses the transition…
Aztec Revenge
Hernan Cortez arrived and conquered the Aztec empire, treating former rulers as slaves and workhorses. Now in 1569, Juan the…
The Mongoliad: Book Two
The year is 1241, the year in which the Mongolians crossed into Europe and began conquering its territories. The reigning…
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel
Was Thomas Becket a saint or sinner? John Guy comprehensively describes medieval sacred and political history so that one understands…
Shadow of Night
Vampires, witches, and daemons once again unite and wage war in this second of Deborah Harkness’ All Souls trilogy. Beginning…
Clair de Lune
What was life like for a 25-year-old female junior college professor in Missouri in 1941? America has not entered the…
The Red Chamber
Pauline Chen brings new life to the Chinese classic work of literature, Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story…
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