Viking
The Invisible Bridge
Editors' choice
Paris in 1937 is only a dream place for Hungarian Andras Levi, an aspiring architect, until news of a scholarship…
My Name is Mary Sutter
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Mary Sutter dreams of becoming a surgeon. She, along with her mother, serves as a midwife for the women of…
My Name is Mary Sutter
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Mary Sutter dreams of becoming a surgeon. She, along with her mother, serves as a midwife for the women of…
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education
This remarkable story is about opportunities that the developed world generally now takes for granted. It serves as a timely…
The Bride’s Farewell
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Pell Ridley has seen the ravages of marriage, and she has firmly decided against it. Her mother’s health and well-being…
The Inheritance of Rome
A distinguished professor of medieval history at Oxford and author of the award-winning Framing the Middle Ages, Chris Wickham presents…
The Dead of Winter
This is the final book in the murder mystery trilogy featuring Inspector Madden. In wartime London, a young Polish girl…
Eiffel’s Tower
The 1889 Exposition Universelle would be forgotten by all but a few were it not for the centerpiece of the…
Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
Many — from Napoleon onwards — can lay claim to forecasting the greatness of China, but few dedicated their lives…
Pharmakon
Pharmakon had me, if not by the first sentence, then certainly by the end of the first page. This elegantly…
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