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The Perfect Summer: Dancing Into Shadow in 1911

By Juliet Nicolson - Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

“I have been born at the end of the age of peace and can’t expect to feel anything but despair,” E.M. ...Read Review

Shakespeare Unbound: Decoding A Hidden Life

By René Weis - Published 2007

Genres:

Nonfiction

“May” and “might” are words without which this book would not be possible. Nevertheless, the author, a professor of English at University College ...Read Review

Messenger Of Truth

By JacquelineWinspear - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 1931, psychologist and private inquiry agent Maisie Dobbs is hired by a young woman to investigate the death of her artist twin brother. ...Read Review