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Book Review: ‘Heaven Is a Gay Bar’ by Bryan Foreman
In Heaven Is a Gay Bar, author Bryan Foreman takes us on a journey with a 30-year-old single, overweight recluse named Benjamin Oldman. Ben or “B” works for his father at his construction company,...
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Book Review: ‘Anatomy of Innocence, Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted ‘...
In Anatomy of Innocence, Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted edited by Laura Caldwell and Leslie S. Klinger, we are introduced to a series of injustices. A variety of noted authors have compiled...
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Book Review: ‘City Mouse,’ A Novel by Stacey Lender
The debate often exists…is city living or country living the best. In City Mouse by Stacey Lender we are given an opportunity to deal with that question from both angles as Aaron, Jessica and their...
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Book Review: “The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” by...
THE RADIUM GIRLS The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women Kate Moore Sourcebooks, 480 pages They were playfully called the ghost girls. Many were envious of the glow that radiated from their dresses,...
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Book Review: ‘The Selected Sermons of Dr. Roger Bourland’ Edited by Joe Bourland
The Selected Sermons of Dr. Roger Bourland is a compilation of the works of one of America’s best and best-known preachers. In 1976, Dr. Bourland was the recipient of the United Methodist Church...
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Book Review: ‘Grief Cottage’ by Gail Godwin
Anytime experiencing something new, we usually make up our minds quickly as to whether we like it, which is why society puts such importance on “first impressions.” When reading a new book it’s the...
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Book Review: ‘Leadership Is Not About Race: How Leaders and Followers Inspire...
Dr. Teddie Malangwasira’s new book Leadership Is Not About Race: How Leaders and Followers Inspire and Influence Each Other brings ideas about leadership into the twenty-first century by advocating for...
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Book Review: ‘Something About Ann’ by J. Everett Prewitt
Something About Ann by J. Everett Prewitt is an excellent book of short stories including a novella of the same name, that will touch the heart of all. As a military “brat,” family member, and...
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Book Review: “Red Fire: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution” by...
Red Fire Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution Wei Yang Chao Avant Press, 334 pages In celebrating the Fourth of July, Americans are essentially commemorating a successful revolution, one...
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Book Review: ‘The Language of Solitude,’ a Mystery by Jan-Philipp Sendker
China is a land of mystery to most. News and books can only give us a glimpse into those mysteries. In The Language of Solitude by Jan-Philipp Sendker, we are once again given another look into the...
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Book Review: ‘Beneath the Bridge’ by Jason L. Henderson
Beneath the Bridge by Jason L. Henderson, is a fast paced, suspenseful drama that centers around a young girl named Elle Jensen. When I first began to read this story I was a bit confused because it...
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Book Review: ‘Hello, Sunshine’ by Laura Dave
In Laura Dave’s new novel Hello, Sunshine a major life hack ensues. It’s just not the kind of life hack you’re probably thinking of. Sunshine Mackenzie is the YouTube equivalent of a younger Paula...
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Crowns in Conflict: The Triumph and Tragedy of European Monarchy 1910-1918 Theo Aronson Thistle Publishing, 438 pages You’ve got to give the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica a bit of credit. At the time,...
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Book Review: ‘Samaritans’ by Jonathan Lynn
If Jonathan Lynn’s Samaritans takes off, he should send thank you notes to Congress, particularly Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell. The ongoing Congressional spectacle with the Affordable Care...
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Book Review: ‘The Bone War of McCurtain County’ by Russell Ferrell
The Bone War of McCurtain County by Russell Ferrell is a true story about two backwoods naturalists who discovered a world-class dinosaur specimen in the 1980s. The story is not only a very informative...
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Book Review: ‘The Reason You’re Alive’ by Matthew Quick
Living the Crazy Life The Reason You’re Alive by Matthew Quick is, supposedly, a novel about a Holden Caulfield-like character who has reached the age (68) at which he has a seven-year-old...
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Book Review: ‘My Brother’s Destroyer’ by Clayton Lindemuth
My Brother’s Destroyer by Clayton Lindemuth is a thrilling story with intense, horrific drama, displaying the ultimate depths of pure evil, and the lengths one man will go to for vengeance. As the...
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Book Review: ‘The Goddesses’ by Swan Huntley
Swan Huntley, author of We Could Be Beautiful, creates a completely different narrative and a complexity of characters in her second novel, The Goddesses. In We Could Be Beautiful, Huntley’s main...
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Book Review: ‘Upheaval: The Refugee Trek Through Europe’ by Navid Kermani
Upheaval: The Refugee Trek Through Europe by Navid Kermani, published by Polity Books, recounts the author’s travels along Europe’s refugee road. He traces the path of those seeking asylum in his...
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Audiobook Review: ‘Riders of the Tumbling K’ by Louis L’Amour
Riders of the Tumbling K is an overlooked novel-length work that Louis L’Amour wrote as a series of three novelettes over a five-year period from 1947 to 1951. It was first published in ebook format in...
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