Multi-Period

The Time Keeper

By Mitch Albom - Published 2012

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

“Long ago, at the dawn of man’s history”, somewhere in ancient Mesopotamia, Dor is the first man on earth to devise ways ...Read Review

Island: How Islands Transform the World

By J. Edward Chamberlin - Published 2013

Genres:

Nonfiction

Island is a compact but dense study of ocean islands from cultural, biological, geological, literary, and historical perspectives. There is much interesting information ...Read Review

Darwin’s Ghosts

By Rebecca Stott - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

Darwin was famously troubled by his discovery of evolution by survival of the fittest, which set him at odds with a great many ...Read Review

Capital Crimes: Seven Centuries of London Life and Murder

By Max Décharné - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

London, as one of the world’s principal cities for many years, has been the focus for incalculable crimes and misdemeanours, and the ...Read Review

All the King’s Men

By Saul David - Published 2012

Genres:

MilitaryNonfiction

This is a history of the British Army, beginning with the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685 and ending with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. ...Read Review

The People Speak

By Anthony Arnove - By Colin Firth - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

You probably know Colin Firth better as an actor than an author, so it may be no surprise to learn that The People ...Read Review

Fairfield Folk

By Frances Brown - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

The history of travelling families has been handed down through the traditional method of a ‘Say.’ Every important, amusing or significant event was ...Read Review

A Less Boring History of the World

By Dave Rear - Published 2012

Genres:

Nonfiction

Horrible History for adults is the best way I can pithily describe this. It is a breakneck gallop through all history from the ...Read Review

A Possible Life

By Sebastian Faulks - Published 2012

Genres:

Literary

How do the choices we make radically change our lives, in terms of our overall trajectory, our relationships, our beliefs? In Faulks’ (Charlotte ...Read Review

Child-sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms

By Sara L. Schwebel - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

What books should middle school teachers and parents choose that accurately reflect history? In the 21st century, factual accuracy about history is critiqued ...Read Review