Ian KershawIan Kershaw's Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-41 offers a penetrating insight into a series of momentous political decisions that shaped the course of the Second...

Anika Scott'FINDING CLARA is the kind of novel we need now more than ever, [and] achieves what the best historical fiction can . . . pushing us to see ourselves...

Eoin Dempsey Finding Rebecca by Eoin Dempsey is an exquisite work of fiction that weaves together themes of family, loss, and love. This captivating book takes readers on a stirring...

Louise Doughty Fires in the Dark reveals the highly secretive and misunderstood world of the coppersmith gypsies.In 1927, when prosperity still reigns in Central Europe, Yenko is born to two Coppersmith...

Jeffrey StepakoffEvery so often that story comes along that reminds us of what it’s like to experience love for the first time—against the odds, when you least expect it, and...

John Lukacs The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of the twentieth century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated...

Joanne HarrisThe novels of Joanne Harris are a literary feast for the senses. Five Quarters of the Orange represents Harris's most complex and sophisticated work yet - a novel in...

Bernard GoldsteinBorn in a small town outside of Warsaw in 1889, Bernard Goldstein joined the Jewish labor organization, the Bund, at age 16 and dedicated his life to organizing workers...

James Bradley Now in paperback comes the momentous tale of the Pacific war told through dramatic poignant and unforgettable stories of nine heroic Americans Michael Beschloss author of The Conquerors, The classic New...

Michael Smith Foley

Aharon AppelfeldIn For Every Sin, Aharon Appelfeld, recounts the moving and unforgettable story of Theo, a young Holocaust survivor struggling to come to terms with his experience. A student when...

Candace Waters For fans of Janet Beard’s The Atomic City Girls and Marie Benedict’s The Only Woman in the Room, this powerful, romantic novel tells the story of a woman determined to aid...