Multi-Period
The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico
This collection of 42 short stories covers the period from 1835 until the present day, with the first half of…
The Shadow District
Retired detective Konrád is contacted by his former partner in the Reykjavik CID about the death of 90-year old Stefán…
Nicholas II, The Last Tsar
This is a brief, but very well written account of the life of Nicholas II, whose life and that of…
The Russian Countess: Escaping Revolutionary Russia
Impress Books have reissued this memoir, first published in 2009, to mark the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Edith Sollohub…
The Queen of Swords
“The best you could hope for were good charts, good memories, maps of love, family and friendship to help you…
Midnight at the Electric
Editors' choice
Anderson, a celebrated YA author, has written a moving multi-period novel told from the points of view of three young…
The Prague Sonata
Editors' choice
In 1939, the Nazis invade Prague and begin looting Czechoslovakia’s cultural treasures. Otylie Bártošova watches in dread, wondering how to…
The Trick
In 1930s Europe, it isn’t safe to be a Jew. It is least safe in Hitler’s Germany, which is where…
Butterfly Island
Diana Wagenbach of Berlin, Germany, hits one of the deeper potholes in life; she discovers her husband is having an…
Hidden Doorways
In Ms Thorley’s novel, Catherine is sent hurling from one time period to the other, all of this starting on…
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