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Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall
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Compact and powerful, Polchin’s social history of crimes against queer men in the first half of the 20th century coincides with the 50...Read Review
Savage Liberty
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In 1768, the English merchant ship Arcturus, arriving from London, explodes in Boston harbor, killing 37 men on board. Upon examination of the destroyed vessel ...Read Review
Winter Kept Us Warm
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The first winter after World War II ended was brutal to those living in Berlin: cold, grim, few jobs and little food. For ...Read Review
The Widow Nash
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Dulcy Remfrey’s father, Walton, has started to lose his mind and, in addition, a large fortune he should have brought home from ...Read Review
If You Are There
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In 1901, Lucia Rutkowski is destined for poverty and millwork in a Warsaw ghetto when she flees that fate for domestic service in Paris. ...Read Review
Grace
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In a twist on Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Natashia Deón spins a novel in which the young mother fleeing slavery dies, the ...Read Review
The Houseguest
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World War II remains in the public consciousness as a certain businessman, currently running for President of the United States, is evoking comparisons ...Read Review
The First Nazi: Erich Ludendorff, the Man Who Made Hitler Possible
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General Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937) was one of the highest-ranking German generals during World War I, second only to General Paul von Hindenburg, yet ...Read Review
Blood of the Oak
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In the spring of 1765, the small community of Edentown, New York, led by Sarah Ramsey, is a quiet town segregated from colonial strife ...Read Review
The Baker’s Tale: Ruby Spriggs and the Legacy of Charles Dickens
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In 1839 London, a baker named Antonio observes a destitute man named Spriggs and his three-year-old orphaned niece, Ruby, enter his bakery. Pitying their ...Read Review