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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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... Read More

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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,... Read More

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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... Read More

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