$18.00
ISBN: 9780385341004
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - May 5th, 2009
Despite the off-putting title, you will find yourself falling for the quiet charm of this original novel. Set mostly on the Channel Islands immediately after World War II, it tells the story of a group of hardy people who survived the German occupation, and an author's determination to make their struggle and perseverance known to the world. The book is comprised of the letters sent by the various characters, each an individual and each, in his own way, very memorable. As Germany collapsed, the soldiers stationed on the islands suffered along with the inhabitants and one of the more admirable aspects of this book is its compassion for them. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
$19.00
ISBN: 9780679736639
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Published: Vintage - November 10th, 1992
Styron based this riveting novel on an historical incident that shook the pre-Civil War South to its very foundations. Nat Turner led a bloody revolt against the tyranny of slavery during which many white men, women and children were brutally killed. The book is an examination of the social climate that incubated the hatred, tracing Turner's life back to his childhood when his owner recognized enough potential in the boy to teach him to read. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307387479
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Published: Vintage - February 10th, 2009
Thought provoking, clever and moving by turns, this collection all but renewed my faith in the power of the short story. The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman is a heart-breaking cautionary tale that everyone should heed. Cat 'n' Mouse, a kind of literary cartoon, had me laughing out loud. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
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ISBN: 9780802717429
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - February 24th, 2009
The gruesome and monstrous murder of a child from a fairly well-to-do family in 1860 England baffles local authorities. Jonathan Whicher, one of the original detectives in London's Scotland Yard, is summoned to the scene. There, he finds a manor house more abundantly populated with suspects than an Agatha Christie novel. Although Whicher's deductions ultimately prove to be correct, his expertise perversely triggers his professional undoing. This eminently readable book is proof in itself that fact is, indeed, stranger than any fiction. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
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ISBN: 9781594161803
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Published: Westholme Publishing - March 7th, 2013
Exciting chronicle of Abraham Lincoln's twelve-day journey from Springfield, Illinois to his inauguration in Washington. The train route took the president-elect through Baltimore, a city deeply sympathetic to the southern cause and seething with resentment over his election. When evidence of a sophisticated assassination plot while he passed through Baltimore surfaced, one of the most daring -- and little known -- exploits in American history took place to assure Lincoln's safety. An prime example of history proving itself as tense and suspenseful as the most fanciful thriller. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143115007
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Published: Penguin Books - December 30th, 2008
A woman tracks the history of a rare manuscript down through the centuries by the traces - a wine stain, a grain of salt - that have been left upon it. Informative and involving. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
