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Winter Kept Us Warm

By Anne Raeff - Published 2017

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Literary

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

By Jamie Harrison - Published 2017

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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

By Susan Sherman - Published 2017

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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

By Natashia Deón - Published 2016

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Literary

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

By Kim Brooks - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

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

By Alex Rovt - By Denise Drace-Brownell - By Will Brownell - Published 2016

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Nonfiction

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

By Eliot Pattison - Published 2016

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Mystery/Crime

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

By Thomas Hauser - Published 2015

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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

Alice in Bed

By Judith Hooper - Published 2015

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“My fate had been prearranged by biology.” This is the conclusion reached by Alice James in Judith Cooper’s novel, Alice in Bed, ...Read Review

The Letter Bearer: A Novel

By Robert Allison - Published 2015Published 2016Published 2016-02-25

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Literary

The Letter Bearer tells a story reminiscent of The English Patient, about a World War Two motorcycle courier whose bike runs over a ...Read Review