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Finding Life

by Melissa Wuske

"Finding Life", James Graham’s debut novel, follows Chance Gordon as he goes through the process the title indicates. Chance’s story of rebirth is steeped in memory and the sadness and hope of nostalgia. Graham begins the prologue... Read More

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Patience

by Elizabeth Millard

With a generous dose of humor and a style that turns any reader into a confidante, Jed La Lumiere offers his own story about what it means to grow up gay in an environment rife with bigotry and still emerge as a compassionate, healthy... Read More

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The Nostalgist

by Michelle Anne Schingler

To whom do tragedies belong? Griffin Hansbury’s debut novel introduces us to Jonah Soloway, a lonely New York copy editor who is haunted by lost moments and missed opportunities. He can’t shake an autumn memory of his thumb blotting... Read More

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Feral Species

by Mark McLaughlin

“Something within us may be feral to this planet.” Such is the basic premise behind Charles Orange’s theory that humanity, or at least a sliver of our DNA, “was planted here from beyond.” This “missing link emanating from... Read More

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The Consumer Mind

by Barry Silverstein

Brand marketing could legitimately be considered part art and part science; but it is the latter aspect that is attracting a great deal of attention today, thanks in part to the concept of neuromarketing. As Pepe Martinez explains in his... Read More

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Time for Justice

by John Senger

It is popular these days to write a book claiming that this system or that institution is broken. Often times these revelatory books are delivered in shrill and accusatory language. The writer identifies the bad guys and offers draconian... Read More

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A Radical Theory of Evolution

by Kristine Morris

Yuriy Alexandrovich Kalinnikov’s A Radical Theory of Evolution remained unpublished at the time of its writing, as did the larger work of which it was part (The Anatomy of Art, a Neurophysiological Basis of Created Stimulation, written... Read More

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