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All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship

By Kathryn Miles - Published 2013

Genres:

NauticalNonfiction

All Standing tells of one of the greatest human rights atrocities of all time, the Irish potato famine of the 1840s, in which ...Read Review

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

By Andrew Lycett - Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

As the first biographer to gain access to Arthur Conan Doyle’s newly released personal archive, Andrew Lycett draws a captivating picture of ...Read Review

Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar

By Edvard Radzinsky - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

Alexander II (1818-1881), known as Russia’s “Tsar Liberator” for his freeing of the serfs, eased the censorship that had been in force ...Read Review

Gilgamesh: A New English Version

By Stephen Mitchell - Published 2004

Genres:

EpicHistorical Fantasy

As the epic poem opens, in about 2750 BC, Gilgamesh is the tyrannical king of the city of Uruk. The gods decide to curb ...Read Review

Truth

By Jacqueline Sheehan - Published 2003

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

“My biggest problem, according to Mau Mau, was learning to be silent.” Sojourner Truth never did learn to be silent, and many generations ...Read Review

Casanova In Bohemia

By Andrei Codrescu - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

Giacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725, but author Codrescu opens his novel with an aging Casanova inhabiting a Bohemian castle writing his ...Read Review