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Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical by Helena Kelly

by Axie Barclay | Mar 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Books About Books

Facts about Jane Austen are reiterated again and again by biographers and yet we continue to wonder who was this woman that wrote these novels and, more importantly, what does her writing have to say about its author? Helena Kelly presents a ground-breaking theory in...
Before the Wind by Jim Lynch

Before the Wind by Jim Lynch

by Norman West | Feb 8, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Nautical

Who could deny, in their heart of hearts, that they’ve sometimes yearned for a sailboat or at least a windjammer cruise. Jim Lynch gives much material to provide a vicarious experience for readers, and if you’re one of the few who hasn’t felt the...
Conclave by Robert Harris

Conclave by Robert Harris

by Howard Leighton | Nov 8, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Religion

In the early hours of the morning, Cardinal Lomeli, Dean of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, will begin to fulfill the most important duties of this position – overseeing the papal conclave – as he learns the Pope has died. As the...
A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman

A Horse Walks Into a Bar by David Grossman

by Howard Leighton | Oct 18, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Humor

Onto a small nightclub stage steps a fifty-seven-year-old “stand-up” comic (Doveleh Greenstein), who spends the next several hours telling a few straight forward jokes, audience insults, self-flagellation, and fills the rest of the evening with his life story. He has...
Wintering by Peter Geye

Wintering by Peter Geye

by L Ruby Hannigan | Sep 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction

Harry Eide has gone missing down the frozen river in the town of Gunflint, Minnesota. When Gus Eide learns his father is missing and presumed dead, he hurries over to inform Berit Lovig of the news. Berit has shared the past thirty years of her life with Harry as his...
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