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Books reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski at BookBrowse.

Peggy Kurkowski

Peggy is a professional copywriter for a higher education IT nonprofit association by day and major history geek at night. She hosts her own YouTube channel, The History Shelf, where she features and reviews history books (new and old), as well as a variety of fiction. In addition to BookBrowse, she also reviews for Library Journal, the Historical Novels Review, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Books reviewed by Peggy Kurkowski

Kent State (09/18/24)
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit (08/21/24)
The Missing Thread (07/31/24)
Holy City (07/17/24)
The Demon of Unrest (05/01/24)
Flight of the Wild Swan (04/17/24)
Beverly Hills Spy (03/20/24)
The Ascent (02/21/24)
What the Taliban Told Me (01/24/24)
The Coming Wave (11/01/23)
Wifedom (09/06/23)
How Can I Help You (08/02/23)
A Disappearance in Fiji (06/21/23)
The Covenant of Water (05/03/23)
On Savage Shores (03/01/23)
The Grimkes (01/18/23)
Africa Is Not a Country (10/19/22)
The Half Life of Valery K (08/24/22)
All the Ruined Men (08/24/22)
The Recruit (07/13/22)
Elektra (06/08/22)
The Vortex (04/20/22)
Black Cloud Rising (02/16/22)
Churchill's Shadow (01/19/22)
The Amur River (11/03/21)
Lean Fall Stand (10/06/21)
Lightning Strike (10/06/21)
The Gallery of Miracles and Madness (09/08/21)
African Europeans (07/14/21)
The Plot (05/19/21)
The Blizzard Party (04/07/21)
The Spymaster of Baghdad (03/03/21)
The Quiet Americans (11/04/20)
Magdalena (09/16/20)
Yellow Bird (04/08/20)
The Sacrament (01/22/20)
Edison (10/30/19)

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