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Steel
"Steel" is an intimate coming-of-age story set in a gritty northern Minnesota mining town in the 1920s. The town, made up of poor immigrant families—mainly Italians, Croatians, and Scandinavians—has as its sustenance the world’s...
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"Steel" is an intimate coming-of-age story set in a gritty northern Minnesota mining town in the 1920s. The town, made up of poor immigrant families—mainly Italians, Croatians, and Scandinavians—has as its sustenance the world’s...
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by Karen Rigby
Injecting fantasy elements into an Old West setting, the young adult novel "Thunder Peak" follows a strong young woman as she meets her destiny. In Trae Stratton’s young adult novel "Thunder Peak", a girl comes into her own as she...
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by Karen Rigby
In the future-set novel "Into Your Blues", people from two generations struggle for meaning and fulfillment. In Charlie Moodie’s fresh and original novel "Into Your Blues", middle-aged men’s lives are upended by job losses. In the...
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Based on Elizabeth Engelman’s family history and experiences growing up as the daughter of a Santeria priestess, the short story collection "The Way of the Saints" charts Puerto Rico’s history of colonization, revolution, migration,...
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"The Atheist and the Afterlife" is a thought-provoking book about recognizing and embracing one’s unusual gifts. Ray Catania’s memoir "The Atheist and the Afterlife" concerns spiritual awakening and the development of psychic...
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by Mari Carlson
In the visionary novel "Wilderness Spa", a group of disparate individuals leans on, and learns, wilderness survival strategies after a natural disaster. In Jim Halverson’s adventure novel "Wilderness Spa", an unconventional group is...
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by Meg Nola
The crafted stories of Jyotsna Sreenivasan’s collection "These Americans" offer the perspectives of immigrant and native-born Indian Americans as they balance Indian culture with the expectations with American life. “Mirror” begins...
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In William Schlichter’s hilarious detective novel "Sirgrus Blackmane Demihuman Gumshoe and The Dark-Elf", a dwarf solves a murder in a city that’s rotting from within. Prohibition has the city of Quarter firm in its grip. Rum flows...
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