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Restless
Editors' choice
Ruth is a young single mother in mid-1970s Oxford, teaching English to foreign students and executives while avoiding working on…
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture
Up until the beginning of the 20th century, few people realized that Thomas Jefferson was also one of the nation’s…
Icebergs
Johns’ prizewinning first novel is a literary story of how one coincidence can have repercussions in the lives of…
Icebergs
Johns’ prizewinning first novel is a literary story of how one coincidence can have repercussions in the lives of…
Bones of the Barbary Coast
The skeleton of a victim of the 1906 earthquake is uncovered during a San Francisco historic home remodel and…
Ophelia
In a perfect accompaniment to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lisa Klein has fleshed out the story of Ophelia for those of…
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
(1) London, June 1665. Country girl Hannah is thrilled to be coming to live in London with her sister Sarah,…
The House of Windjammer
Amsterdam 1636, at the height of tulipmania. The merchant-shipping family of Windjammer is facing ruin. Four galleons have been ship-wrecked…
What Casanova Told Me
Luce Adams, a twenty-seven-year-old archivist, travels to present-day Venice to attend her mother’s memorial at the request of her mother’s…
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
It’s the year 1807, and magic is virtually dead in England. Self-taught scholars study theory, but no one actually practices…
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