HNR Issue 68 (May 2014)
The Wherewithal: A Novel in Verse
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1968 finds Henryk Stanislaw Wyrzykowski hiding out as a clerk in the basement of a San Francisco welfare office. Secure in his clandestine sanctuary, ...Read Review
A Fall of Marigolds
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Clara Wood and Taryn Michaels are both survivors, the former of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and the latter of the September 2001 World Trade ...Read Review
The Beatles
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
This is the story of the Beatles’ decade of fame, 1960 to 1970, but it is much more than that. It’s also the story ...Read Review
Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters: An Eccentric Englishwoman and Her Lost Kingdom
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This fascinating history of the waning years of the “White Raj” of Sarawak, which lies just south of Brunei on the island of ...Read Review
The Devil’s Workshop
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The third in the Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad series finds Inspector Walter Day investigating an implausible prison escape: a train has been ...Read Review
When the Rogue Returns
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Isabella is highly skilled in creating imitation jewelry, and her husband, Victor Cale, is a guard for the same jewelry store where Isabella ...Read Review
Death in Sardinia
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Death in Sardinia is the fifth in Marco Vicci’s Commissario Bordelli series. This latest is set in Florence and Sardinia from December 12...Read Review
A Higher Call
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Just before Christmas 1943 a badly damaged American bomber was limping home from a raid on Bremen when it was intercepted by a German ...Read Review
Train: Riding the Rails That Created the Modern World, from the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief
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“From the Trans-Siberian to the Southwest Chief” is part of this book’s subtitle, so readers can look forward to a little of ...Read Review
The Polaris Whisperer
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This story begins in the year 830 AD, turns back to 801 AD (and drops by 831 AD, 835 AD, 800 AD, 836 AD, 837 AD, 802 AD, and 838 AD) then ...Read Review
