"Famous Men Who Never Lived" is set in two Brooklyns. In one, people ride in trams; in the other, they take subways. In one, the swastika is a symbol of luck; in the other, it signifies hate.,,

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Pinsker explores how society changes following two plausible disasters: a surge in terrorism and a deadly epidemic...

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Madison seamlessly bridges the gap between past and present while remaining grounded in the here and now...

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In this modern version of the myth of Theseus and Ariadne, Ariadne is a complacent Daddy‘s girl when we meet her...

"The Third Daughter" is an essential and compelling read, not least because although set in the late nineteenth century its story is as contemporary as yesterday’s headlines...

Ben Novotny was born with a rare chromosomal abnormality that caused profound mental retardation and seizures...

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Flavia de Luce, who lives in an enormous manor house in England, with her widowed father and two sisters. It’s 1950, and England is still rebuilding itself after WWII...

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