WWII
Daughter of Genoa
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Historian Devereaux’s intensive research gives us a glimpse into the lives of Italian Jews in occupied Genoa. The action begins in April 1944 ...Read Review
The Winter Warriors
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The “Winter War” of 1939-40—pitting the Goliath of the Soviet Union against the David of tiny, peace-loving Finland—receives its most dramatic ...Read Review
The Matchbox Girl
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Whatever happened to Asperger’s Syndrome? Short answer: once a separate diagnosis, it was recently merged into Autism Spectrum Disorder. Why? A much ...Read Review
Island of Ghosts and Dreams
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This powerfully evocative novel personifies Greek resistance to German invaders in WWII on the island of Crete. Maria, a villager whose whole world ...Read Review
The Bloomsbury Murder (Blitz Detective)
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London, 1941: this is the tenth novel in Hollow’s Blitz Detective series, in which Detective Inspector Jago investigates the murder of a Canadian ...Read Review
Steel Machines
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Steel Machines is a novella set in Prague in 1945. Eight-year-old Otto and his parents are hiding in the attic of their own home, ...Read Review
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity 3: A Stocking Full of Spies
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It is the winter of 1941. Hazel, elder sister of May Wong, has been seconded from the Ministry of Unladylike Activity to Bletchley Park, ...Read Review
Frozen Frontlines: Alaskan Malamutes in World War II
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Resilience and bravery, both canine and human, shine from the pages of this stirring novel set in the harsh and unforgiving military training ...Read Review
Mists over the Channel Islands
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The novel is set during World War II on the Island of Jersey, one of the British-owned Channel Islands. The Germans invade the ...Read Review
Whispers in the Glen
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This dual-timeline novel transports readers to a small Scottish village in the first half of the 20th century. Alternating between the years prior ...Read Review
