John La Bonne
Sea of Wolves
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In 1941, Germany was determined to control the shipping lanes in the North Atlantic. Their U-boats routinely sank Allied ships and convoys ferrying much-needed ...Read Review
The Paris Children: A Novel of World War 2
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Madeleine Levy, the granddaughter of Alfred Dreyfus, is the plucky heroine of the fast-paced The Paris Children by Gloria Goldreich. When the Nazis ...Read Review
The Socialite
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In 1941, France was a hell on earth for its citizens, as they braced themselves for another year of brutal Nazi occupation. Into this ...Read Review
Cesare: A Novel of War-Torn Berlin
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The Nazi regime may have had pillage, plunder, and genocide as its raisons d’etre, but Jerome Charyn’s Cesare reminds us that ...Read Review
The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
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The Ghosts of Eden Park chronicles the rise and fall of George Remus, “King of the Bootleggers,” during Prohibition. Author Karen Abbott illustrates ...Read Review
The Ventriloquists: A Novel
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World War II was fought on many fronts. One of the most important battles concerned the Germans’ attempt, in spite of their campaign ...Read Review
Delayed Rays of a Star: A Novel
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Delayed Rays of a Star features three women—the actresses Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong, and the filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl—who were ...Read Review
American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981
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Contrary to the myth that black employees were welcomed in the federal sector in the latter half of the 20th century, Frederick W. ...Read Review
The Undertaker’s Assistant
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As a former slave, Effie Jones, in Amanda Skenandore’s The Undertaker’s Assistant, has had to rely on her rational, keen mind ...Read Review
Searching for You (Orphan Train)
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After she witnesses two murders, Sophie Neumann, the focus of Jody Hedlund’s big-hearted and generous Searching for You, flees the rough streets ...Read Review
