Browsing: History

19th Century

What Would Mrs. Astor Do?

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“As informative as it is entertaining” (The New York Times Books Review): This tour through the Gilded Age “delivers a crisp survey of New York’s upper-class world in the late 19th century, using society maven Caroline Astor as the guide” (Publishers Weekly).

19th Century

Hannah (Brides of the Oregon Trail, #1)

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A wagon train of mail-order brides heading to Oregon brings together headstrong Hannah Granger, whose sister is one of the brides, and Joe Stanton, the man hired to protect them. When danger threatens, can Joe and Hannah join forces and save the day?

History

Retreat from Moscow

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A gripping and authoritative revisionist account of the German Winter Campaign of 1941-1942 Germany’s winter campaign of 1941-1942 is commonly…

History

Zoo Nebraska

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This “resonant, at times heart-wrenching tale of small-town Americana” (Publishers Weekly) explores the true story of a man who built a zoo in rural Nebraska. “A marvelous, meaningful book, full of deep reporting, fine writing, and big questions about the nature of community” (New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean).

20th Century

The Ghosts of Eden Park

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A Smithsonian Best History Book of 2019: Uncover the story of a Prohibition-era bootlegger who made a mark on the United States. “An exhaustively researched, hugely entertaining work of popular history that… exhumes a colorful crew of once-celebrated characters and restores them to full-blooded life” (The Wall Street Journal).

Asia

Shadows of Tokyo

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In 1930s Tokyo, Police Inspector Kenji Aizawa receives a shocking call about a plot to assassinate a corrupt politician… from the target’s own mistress. When a shadowy conspiracy is revealed, can he team up with geisha Reiko Watanabe to prevent the rise of a dictatorship?