2012
The Picture Book
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‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has a considerable following on TV as well-known people delve into family history. Author Jo Baker knows ...Read Review
The Book of Lost Fragrances
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Jac L’Etoile and her brother, Robbie, are heirs to the House of L’Etoile, a famous perfumery that has been a part ...Read Review
Master and God
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More cloak-and-dagger than sword-and-sandals, Master and God follows Emperor Domitian’s Rome (AD 80-96) through the eyes of ‘a reluctant hero’, Gaius Vinius ...Read Review
Silver Like Dust: One Family’s Story of America’s Japanese Internment
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Through conversations recorded by her granddaughter, a Japanese-American woman recalls her life during World War II. Born into a poor but industrious family ...Read Review
Dying in the Wool
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In post-World War I England, there’s a young woman of independent means who lost her beloved during the war, who is serving ...Read Review
Three Weeks in December
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Schulman has written two stories here in alternating chapters; each stands on its own, so good you hate to leave its fully imagined ...Read Review
Hawk Quest
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England, AD 1072, and a Christian knight languishes in Anatolia, captive of Emir Suleyman. His ransom: four rare birds of prey, gyrfalcons to be ...Read Review
Hold on to Hope
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This tightly crafted romantic mystery set in the East End of London convincingly conveys the concerns, conditions, social conventions and clothing of the ...Read Review
Sister Queens
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Sister Queens is the story of two daughters of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, Their Most Catholic Majesties, whose formidable influence ...Read Review
The Year After | The Last Summer
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Occasionally the accidents of publishing bring out two books in the same season which neatly complement each other. The Last Summer and The ...Read Review