Reviews

The Devil’s Diary: Hitler’s High Priest and the Hunt for the Lost Papers of the Third Reich

By David Kinney - By Robert K. Wittman - Published 2016

Genres:

Nonfiction

The Devil’s Diary is a densely written, triple-ply nonfiction book that reads like a novel. It begins with the primary story: the ...Read Review

Discover the Roman Empire

By Imogen Greenberg - By Isabel Greenberg - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultNonfiction

This very attractive slim hardback is well designed to introduce young readers to the history and complexity of the Roman Empire. The language ...Read Review

Mohawk Valley

By Ronald Welch - Published 1958-12Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1755. When young Alan Carey is wrongfully accused of cheating at cards, his father, Lord Aubigny, sends him to Ashwater, the 3000-acre family estate ...Read Review

Escape from the Past: The Kid

By Annette Oppenlander - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slipWestern

Max is an advanced game player who has already had one adventure in traveling back in time to Germany in 1471. There he fell ...Read Review

Rise of the Wolf

By Jennifer A. Nielsen - Published 2016

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

This is book two in the Mark of the Thief series, which takes place in ancient Rome. The Praetors, who serve the goddess ...Read Review

From Blue Ground

By Joe Harvey - Published 2015

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

In 1876, the owner of two major railroads, Franklin Gowen, is looking to control the coal mines. By limiting the shipment of coal and ...Read Review

The Gallery

By Laura Marx Fitzgerald - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Martha O’Doyle may be 100 years old, but she can still vividly remember events from her childhood. Martha grew up in 1920s New ...Read Review

The Dragon Round

By Stephen S. Power - Published 2016

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

Jeryon is an experienced captain and loyal servant of powerful ship owners, in a fantasy world with a historical atmosphere. There are no ...Read Review

The House of Daniel

By Harry Turtledove - Published 2016

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

The South, 1934, the Depression. The world has collapsed; zombies have taken all the jobs (they don’t need to be paid); vampires tap ...Read Review

The Order of the Eternal Sun: A Novel of the Sylvani

By Jessica Leake - Published 2016

Genres:

Historical Fantasy

This historical fantasy is the second in a series about the Sylvani, a race from another world. Not unlike the faery, some have ...Read Review