Peggy Kurkowski

A Remarkable Man: Dr. Shuntaro Hida from Hiroshima to Fukushima

By Marc Petitjean - Published 2025

Genres:

Nonfiction

A doctor and survivor of the Hiroshima bombing of August 6, 1945, tells his story of that fateful day and his years of advocating for ...Read Review

The Restless Wave: A Novel of the United States Navy

By Admiral James Stavridis - By USN - Published 2024

Genres:

AdventureNautical

The Restless Wave is the first novel by nonfiction writer and former U.S. Navy admiral James Stavridis, that follows a young ensign ...Read Review

The Second Sun

By P. T. Deutermann - Published 2025

Genres:

MilitaryThriller

Timed for the 80th anniversary of World War II’s ending, The Second Sun poses a provocative question about Japan’s atomic capability ...Read Review

Those Opulent Days

By JACQUIE PHAM - Published 2024

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Four friends from childhood navigate French colonial Vietnam in 1928, all heirs to their family’s businesses and fortunes, but one of them will ...Read Review

Eclipse

By Brent de Chene (trans.) - By Charles De Wolf (trans.) - By Keiichiro Hirano - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

Appearing for the first time in an English translation, Eclipse tells the story of a 15th-century Dominican friar whose quest for pre-Christian philosophy ...Read Review

Foreign Seed

By Allison Alsup - Published 2024

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An American diplomat stationed in Nanking, China, sets off to find and retrieve a missing fellow countryman in this elegantly told tale of ...Read Review

The Genizah

By Wayne Karlin - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

In 1941, the extended family of Karlin’s mother were murdered by the Nazis in her hometown of Kolno, Poland. In modern day America, ...Read Review

Hera

By Jennifer Saint - Published 2024

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Following her previous novels on the Greek myths, Jennifer Saint tells the story of Hera, Queen of Olympus. After overthrowing the Titans and ...Read Review

Butcher

By Joyce Carol Oates - Published 2024

Genres:

Literary

One of America’s most prolific authors returns with a harrowing tale of a demented “doctor” who preys upon women neglected by the ...Read Review

Life After Kafka

By Alex Zucker (trans.) - By Magdaléna Platzová - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

This unusual literary blend of fact and fiction tells the story of Felice Bauer, one-time fiancée to Franz Kafka, and the invaluable ...Read Review