Counterpoint
The Little Russian
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Only the courage and endurance of the Jews of Russia match the suffering of the Jews of Russia. Susan Sherman’s ambitious first ...Read Review
Apricot Jam
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As one who can truthfully say she enjoyed (if that’s the right word) Nobel Prize-winner Solzhenitsyn’s soul shattering Cancer Ward and ...Read Review
Knight of Swords
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The winter of 1944 closes in on Northern Italy, and an officer fighting with the partisans is accused of betraying the group. He’s ...Read Review
Heidegger’s Glasses
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Toward the end of World War II, a secret operation in Germany called Operation Mail flourishes in an abandoned mine shaft called the ...Read Review
The Eden Hunter
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Kau is a pygmy, sold into slavery after a vengeful attack upon his village by the neighboring Kesa tribe. The Eden Hunter begins ...Read Review
The More I Owe You
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American poet Elizabeth Bishop spent much of her life running from her demons. In 1951, while recovering from a particularly bad bout with alcohol, ...Read Review
Eye of the Raven
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In the second installment of his colonial mystery series, Edgar Award winner Pattison provides an absorbing tale firmly and effectively grounded in the ...Read Review
Jarrettsville
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Biographical FictionLiteraryMystery/Crime
In 1869, Martha Cairnes walks up to the porch of a hotel in Jarrettsville, Maryland, where a group of ex-Union soldiers are celebrating the ...Read Review
Bone Rattler
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It’s the mid-18th century, and young Highland Scot Duncan McCallum is on a convict ship bound for the New World. Most ...Read Review
Landsman
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In 1861, an orphaned Jewish son of an indentured servant joins the Third Louisiana Infantry. Elias Abrams is on the run after participating in ...Read Review
