Native Son by Richard Wright
Richard Wright’s Native Son is an exceptional example of dynamic, participatory literature. Rather than allowing the reader to effortlessly absorb the words on the page, Wright undermines the passivity...
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How would George Washington behave in New York society in the 1930s? The ladies and gentlemen of post-Depression-Era New York have had to reinvent the old rules of order in Amor Towles’ Rules of...
View ArticleMoon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpoole
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker jumped off the train in Manifest, Kansas, well before it officially stopped—and for good reason. Abeline was in a bit of a mood. She, who was used to criss-crossing the...
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View ArticleSongs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
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View ArticleHeir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
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View ArticleThe Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
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View ArticleA History of Detective Stories: Film Noir
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View ArticleA History of Classic Science Fiction: John Carter’s Mars and Flash Gordon’s...
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View ArticleDear America: The Diary of Minnie Swift—Christmas after All
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View ArticleThe Queens of Crime Part III - Margery Allingham
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View ArticleIf you like The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
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View ArticleMunro Leaf & The Story of Ferdinand
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View ArticleHer Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
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View ArticleOskar and the Eight Blessings
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