20th Century
The Aviator’s Wife
Editors' choice
Anne Morrow leads a charmed, privileged life, and all her dreams seem to come true when she marries America’s aviator…
How Angels Die
This riveting and thought-provoking historical tale is set in occupied France in 1944 and the French resistance fighters are hard…
None But the Brave
Editors' choice
Goodman’s latest novel uses the lives of a few men and women to dramatize the perils and heroism of the…
Dead Ringer
A clandestine operation between the Nazis and Japanese during WW II provides enough uranium for production of a nuclear warhead…
The Officer’s Code
Eric Foster, son of the prominent owner of a London law firm, resents his father’s determined efforts to make him…
The Receptionist
During the Fifties, Janet Groth came from the Midwest to the “Big City” of New York straight out of college.…
Walter Tull’s Scrapbook
This is the true story of Walter Tull (1888-1918), the first professional Black footballer in the UK, who joined the…
India Dark
Melbourne, Australia, 1909. Thirteen-year-old Poesy Swift’s father has died and the family is on the breadline. She has two options:…
The Marble Queen
Dolls and tea parties bore Freedom Jane McKenzie, age 10. She would rather be the 1959 Marble Queen of Idaho…
Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Siblings Aili, a journalist, and Andres, a historical scholar, meticulously researched this story of a cyclist still revered in Italy…
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