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Isadora

By Amelia Gray - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In her fifth book, Amelia Gray crafts a historical novel based on the life of the mother of modern dance, Isadora Duncan. The ...Read Review

Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Sherlock

By Michael Sims - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

This is the fascinating story of how Arthur Conan Doyle developed one of the most beloved characters in English literature, Sherlock Holmes. Sims ...Read Review

The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

By Lyndsay Faye - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Sherlock Holmes, that fascinating detective born from Conan Doyle’s pen in the late Victorian era, still captivates readers and viewers today. Currently, ...Read Review

Sleeping Above Chaos

By Ann Hite - Published 2016

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Ann Hite’s fourth Black Mountain novel is one fine read. It takes place before, during and after WWII, and Hite addresses issues ...Read Review

The Gardens of Consolation

By Adriana Hunter (trans.) - By Parisa Reza - Published 2016

Genres:

Literary

In her debut novel, Parisa Reza presents a simple, beautiful story of two Iranian peasants, Sardar and his wife, Talla, who leave their ...Read Review

Freedom’s Just Another Word

By Caroline Stellings - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Canadian writer Caroline Stellings has captured the spirit of the 1960s by infusing her novel with rock stars like Janis Joplin and the ...Read Review

A Study in Scarlet Women

By Sherry Thomas - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

A Study in Scarlet Women attempts what so many movies and television shows have in the last decade: resurrect that masterful detective, Sherlock ...Read Review

Full of Beans

By Jennifer L. Holm - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This story is set during the Great Depression in Key West, Florida. Beans Curry, along with his pals Pork Chop, Kermit, and Too ...Read Review

The Art of Rebellion

By Brenda Joyce Leahy - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In her debut novel, Leahy gives us a charming young girl of sixteen, Gabrielle Villiers, who is in love with painting. It’s ...Read Review

Absalom’s Daughters

By Suzanne Feldman - Published 2016

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Absalom’s Daughters is the story of two teenage girls from Mississippi who brave the Jim Crow South of the 1950s to claim ...Read Review