Henry Holt
Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
In 1948, Marie Tharp walked into the Lamont Geological Laboratory at Columbia University and demanded a job. At the time,…
Bring Up the Bodies
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It is 1535, and Henry VIII has become bored with Anne Boleyn. After upheaving the country and the Church in…
Love & Haight
It’s the end of 1971, and 17-year-old Chloe and her best friend MJ take a road trip to San Francisco…
A Place of Secrets
This story starts in the present as Jude, a young widow who works at an auction house, is sent to…
Iago
Iago, Shakespeare’s famous villain, has escaped from Cyprus, leaving a trail of corpses behind him. He falls into the hands…
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War
With his raid and subsequent hanging in 1859, John Brown was despised as a madman in the South and revered…
A Death in Summer
This latest offering in the Quirke series opens with the shotgun killing of newspaper proprietor Richard Jewell, aka Diamond Dick.…
An American Betrayal: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears
Many readers interested in Native American history may already know much about the infamous Trail of Tears suffered by the…
Velazquez and the Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece
Diego Velazquez is perhaps best known for his rendering of one of the few Spanish victories during the long war…
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever
Bill O’Reilly is one of the more well-known conservative media personalities of the contemporary American scene. As such, a large…
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