HNR Issue 59 (February 2012)
A Rhumba in Waltz Time
Los Angeles, 1933: Police detective Chris Blanchard of Hollywood Division is a straight cop for the LAPD who made the…
Silver Like Dust: One Family’s Story of America’s Japanese Internment
Through conversations recorded by her granddaughter, a Japanese-American woman recalls her life during World War II. Born into a poor…
A Heart Revealed
This Christian novel is different: the characters are Catholic, and the reader peeks into the married couples’ bedrooms. Emma Malloy…
First Family: Abigail and John Adams
First Family was originally published in 2010, and the reception was overwhelmingly positive. I read the book then and thoroughly…
Look to the East
Set in the small village of Briecourt, France, during the early battles of World War I, Look to the East…
Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped
In 1728, twelve-year-old James Annseley, heir to a large fortune, was snatched off the streets of Dublin by his uncle…
Herald of Death
Someone is murdering the villagers of Badger’s End. The killer has taken a lock of hair from each victim and…
On Ugliness
A companion piece to Eco’s On Beauty, this book explores the culture, politics and aesthetics of ugliness through a history…
Jesus, My Father, the CIA and Me: A Memoir…of Sorts
This memoir rambles a bit, as most memories do, but it begins more or less in the beginning and comes…
Pirate King
Mary Russell, American-born wife to Sherlock Holmes, signs on as assistant to the film crew in the heyday of silent…
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