HNR Issue 39 (February 2007)
Hawk’s Pursuit
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The third volume of O’Banyon’s Hawk Crest saga finds the youngest of four children, eleven-year-old Jena Leigh, in mortal danger from ...Read Review
Jared’s Runaway Woman
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It is 1887. Jared Mason has arrived in Crystal Springs, Colorado, with a single goal: retrieve his young nephew from the hands of the ...Read Review
A Call to Colors
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Gobbell’s novel is a surprising mix of traditional World War II sea combat and a view of wartime California’s railway system ...Read Review
The Savage Garden
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In 1958, Cambridge art history student, Adam Strickland, goes to Tuscany to work on the Mannerist garden of the Villa Docci near Florence. The ...Read Review
The View from Castle Rock
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In this collection of stories, Alice Munro picks through her family tree – as far back as 18th century Scotland and as close as ...Read Review
Leonardo’s Shadow, Or My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
The ongoing popularity of Leonardo da Vinci in fiction often obscures his preeminent place as the Renaissance’s most gifted and versatile artist. ...Read Review
Passionate Minds
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Emilie du Châtelet’s brilliant mind is nurtured by her elderly father, a rarity for a female in early 18th century France. ...Read Review
I Want to Live: The Diary of a Young Girl in Stalin’s Russia
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What an extraordinary insight Nina gives us into the closed world of Stalinist Russia. Starting in 1932, when Nina was nearly fourteen years old, ...Read Review
The Secret Magdalene
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Mariamne and her father’s ward, Salome, are raised in wealthy comfort in Roman Jerusalem. Her father is a member of the Sanhedrin, ...Read Review
Mistress of the Art of Death
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Adelia, who has studied medicine in Salerno, Sicily, is selected by the King of Sicily to accompany Simon of Naples, a man renowned ...Read Review