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The Great Mistake
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On Friday, November 13, 1903, a man accosts Andrew Haswell Green in front of his Park Avenue home and shoots him dead. All New York ...Read Review
The Manningtree Witches
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Set in England in 1643, The Manningtree Witches is based on the activities of Matthew Hopkins, the self-styled Witchfinder General. Told through the eyes ...Read Review
Painter to the King
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In 1622, the artist Diego Velázquez was summoned to Madrid to paint King Philip IV and his courtiers. He remained a member of ...Read Review
West
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This slim volume houses a simple “journey” plot within an incredibly nuanced presentation. Sometime after the Lewis and Clark Expedition, widower Cyrus Bellman ...Read Review
White Houses
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Bloom has created an unforgettable voice for journalist Lorena Hickok, as she reminisces about her decades-long love affair with Eleanor Roosevelt. Both women ...Read Review
The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard
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The Diary of a Gulag Prison Guard is a faithful translation of the diary kept by Ivan Chistyakov, a Russian gulag prison guard ...Read Review
The Patriots
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Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn during the Depression for promises of love and a future in accord with her communist idealism in the Soviet ...Read Review
Under the Udala Trees
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This novel is a gorgeously written homage to love set against the background of Nigeria during a time of civil unrest in the ...Read Review
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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“In a single year, my father left us twice. The first time, to end his marriage, and the second, when he took his ...Read Review
A Ghost’s Story
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A Ghost’s Story is an intriguing book, as it presents the tale of Katie King – not a famous medium but a famous ...Read Review
