HNR Issue 38 (November 2006)

The Stone House Diaries

By Robert C. Moore - Published 2006

Genres:

                In Moore’s second novel, he covers the history of Niagara Falls, New York, from the turn of the 19th to the late 20...Read Review

The Sea Of Trolls

By Nancy Farmer - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

It is 793. The Holy Isle of Lindisfarne has been sacked. Jack and his little sister are stolen from their Yorkshire village by Viking ...Read Review

Plague Sorcerer

By Christopher Russell - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

14th century. Set in the time of the Black Death, the story is about Brind and Aurelie, the two main characters, who are ...Read Review

How To Lose A Battle: Foolish Plans and Great Military Blunders

By ed. Bill Fawcett - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

The author/editor of a number of popular histories, Bill Fawcett and the other contributors offer light and breezy interpretations of military defeats ...Read Review

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

By Nathaniel Philbrick - Published 2006

Genres:

Nonfiction

In this revisionist, popular history, Philbrick takes on Plymouth, the Pilgrims, and King Philip’s War. Unlike the harshness of life at Jamestown, ...Read Review