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Sword of King James

By J. Ardian Lee - Published 2003

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In the third installment of the ‘Summon of the Sword’ series, we rejoin our time traveling hero Dylan (now firmly fixed in the 18...Read Review

The Death of Kings

By Michael Evans - Published 2003

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Nonfiction

In this fascinating study, Evans traces the dramatic stories of the royal deaths of kings from Harold at Hastings to Richard III at ...Read Review

The Devil’s Cloth (A History of Stripes)

By Michael Pastourneau (trans. Jody Glodding) - Published 2003

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Nonfiction

Stripes are part of our everyday lives, but depending on how or where we encounter them, they evoke certain impressions. This thought-provoking book ...Read Review

Love and Other Games of Chance

By Lee Siegel - Published 2003

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Literary

Using the game of snakes and ladders as an organizing principle, Siegel has constructed a work of 100 almost perfectly equal chapters to be ...Read Review

Chasing Shakespeares

By Sarah Smith - Published 2003

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Alternate History Mystery/Crime

“God is a librarian.” This enchanting thought appears in Chasing Shakespeares when something fortuitous or serendipitous occurs related to books and manuscripts. Joe ...Read Review

Evidence of Things Unseen

By Marianne Wiggins - Published 2003

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Literary Romance

For an example of how to take unremarkable people and turn their story into something worth writing about, read Evidence of Things Unseen. ...Read Review

The Geisha’s Granddaughter

By Chayyam Zeldis - Published 2003

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Saga

The title forecasts the influence of the past over the present. The period of time spanned in this novel begins in early 20th ...Read Review

The Painter

By Will Davenport - Published 2003

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Alternate History Biographical Fiction Mystery/Crime

This novel intertwines 17th century and present day plots. The 17th century story proposes a possible explanation for how Rembrandt might have come ...Read Review

Westward

By Dale L. Walker editor - Published 2003

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Short Stories Western

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the Western Writers of America went all out in producing this large collection of original western fiction. ...Read Review

Hell

By Kathryn Davis - Published 2003

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Literary

Originally published in 1998, this novel takes us into the lives and minds of the occupants of three separate households: a dollhouse, a house ...Read Review