HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)
HNR Issue 93 (August 2020)
A Map of the Damage
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Tobin has created a scintillating novel of smoke and mirrors set in the glass-loaded Mirrormakers Club in London. Two narratives weave around each ...Read Review
The Voyage of the Morning Light (US) / The Difference (CAN)
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In 1911, twelve-year-old Kay and her older half-sister, Thea, take a sea voyage from Nova Scotia to the South Pacific islands. The merchant ship, ...Read Review
The Not So Quiet Life of Calamity Jane
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In 1862 in Missouri, Martha Jane Cannary is six, the oldest sister to crying baby brothers and sisters. Her often absent mother craves whiskey ...Read Review
The Postman (Penguin Specials)
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This is a small book but a large, impressive story, simply told and heartbreaking but concluding with hope. In Shanghai in 1936, when young ...Read Review
The Night Watchman
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In 1953, the House of Representatives passed House Bill 108, designed to terminate federal recognition of several Native American tribes. Facing the loss of his ...Read Review
Florence Adler Swims Forever
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Atlantic City, 1934. On a fine June day, Florence Adler, training to swim the English Channel, dives into the ocean and disappears beneath the ...Read Review
Breach of Faith (Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries)
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In this, the second in the Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mystery series, it is 1226 and Countess Ela Longespee of Salisbury has recently lost ...Read Review
I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived Graphic Novels)
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Reluctant readers are not reluctant thinkers. Lauren Tarshis understands that her action stories and their graphic adaptations are often the first choice for ...Read Review
A Death in Mayfair (The DCI Frank Merlin Series)
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This is the third in Mark Ellis’s DCI Frank Merlin series, set in London in WW2. The action takes place over two ...Read Review
Death and the Dear Doctor
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Yorkshire, 1947. While on the run from an abusive husband, Trudy Bickerstaff meets Alice and Alastair Mackie, proprietors of a private home for the ...Read Review