Book Review
Alice B. Toklas Is Missing
by Meg Nola
In Robert Archambeau’s inventive novel "Alice B. Toklas Is Missing", a bizarre kidnapping mystifies the artistic circles of 1920s Paris. Ida Caine is an aspiring American painter living in Paris with her husband, Teddy. Though Teddy...
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A Tale of Two Maidens
by Meg Nola
The historical novel "A Tale of Two Maidens" covers the last days of Joan of Arc’s campaign with spirited flourishes. In Anne Echols’s rousing historical novel "A Tale of Two Maidens", a girl escapes an arranged marriage by joining...
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Alebrijes
by Meg Nola
In Donna Barba Higuera’s distinctive novel "Alebrijes", an impoverished boy defies a realm of fantastical totalitarianism. Leandro is a crafty, compassionate thirteen-year-old who lives with his younger sister, Gabi, outside of...
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Cigar Box Lithographs
by Meg Nola
Cigar Box Lithographs: Volume V extols the unique, functional beauty of antique cigar labels and their boxes. Charles J. Humber’s Cigar Box Lithographs: Volume V continues a series featuring the colorful and varied inner labels affixed...
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The Pharaoh and the Gods
by Meg Nola
From Sinai to Canaan and Phoenicia, the historical novel "The Pharaoh and the Gods" travels eternal landscapes at a spirited pace. Dennis Wammack’s ambitious historical novel "The Pharaoh and the Gods" reimagines ancient history,...
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Disorderly Men
by Meg Nola
Set in the early 1960s, Edward Cahill’s intriguing novel "Disorderly Men" concerns the aftermath of a police raid on a Greenwich Village gay bar. Sophisticated and “gray-flanneled” Roger is a World War II veteran, husband, and...
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House of Caravans
by Meg Nola
Shilpi Suneja’s novel "House of Caravans" depicts the turbulent end of British-ruled India along with the ensuing violence amid the region’s Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. Beyond this time of ravaged independence and the 1947...
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Landscapes
by Meg Nola
In Christine Lai’s haunting novel "Landscapes", a wounded woman contends with memories, artifacts, loss, and hope. Penelope is an English country estate’s archivist and librarian; she’s been there for twenty-two years. Her partner,...