Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of World War II, the story centers on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections—experimental operations on live U.S.
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Author:Endo, Shusaku
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Faulkner, William
Summary:Faulkner examines the changing relationship of black to white and of man to the land, and weaves a complex work that is rich in understanding of the human condition.
Genre: Historical fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Vargas Llosa, Mario
Summary:The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Frayn, Michael
Summary:The Tony Award—winning play that soars at the intersection of science and art, Copenhagen is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel laureates to discuss the a
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Pearson, Kit
Summary:Thirteen-year old Polly is following in her sister's footsteps to a boarding school in Victoria. Will her sister's new secret tear her family apart again?
Genre: Domestic fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Running Time: 19:36:40Narrator: Catherine MeadPublisher: Crane Library,
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada,
Author:McClintock, Norah
Summary:"In the midst of the Irish famine, Johanna flees one disaster - only to land in another.
Genre: Diary fiction, Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Running Time: 12:16:40Narrator: Dianne De VitaPublisher: Crane Library,
- Publisher: Scholastic Canada,
Author:Vonnegut, Kurt
Summary:Genre: Historical fiction, Science fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Naipaul, V. S.
Summary:The Mimic Men is a moving novel that evokes a colonial man's experience in the postcolonial world.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Publisher: Crane Library,
Author:Roth, Joseph
Summary:The Radetzky March charts the history of the Trotta family through three generations spanning the rise and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Allende, Isabel
Summary:In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of the twentieth century, Isabel Allende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs
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- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:García Márquez, Gabriel
Summary:On her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria – the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport – is bitten by a rabid dog.
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Hystad, Caleb
Summary:As the villagers work hard at their chores, Raven works equally hard avoiding them. After escaping to the forest, he finds himself in the middle of a dispute over a giant salmon.
Genre: Comics (Graphic works)Available Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:James, Simon Daniel
Summary:In this tale there is an old man who keeps the sky, the stars, the moon, and the light of the world in a set of boxes. Raven tricks him into opening the boxes.
Genre: Comics (Graphic works)Available Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Mann, Thomas
Summary:Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Multiple ReadersPublisher: Crane Library,
Author:Cleave, Chris
Summary:British couple Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, vacationing on a Nigerian beach in a last-ditch effort to save their faltering marriage, come across Little Bee and her sister, Nigerian refugees fleeing f
Genre: Historical fictionAvailable Formats:
- Narrator: Catherine MeadPublisher: Crane Library,