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January 15, 1999

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 15, 1999. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in January 1999.

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The Circus at the Edge of the Earth

by John Flesher

Mired in a creative rut in the spring of 1997, Wilkins—whose previous works include After the Applause with hockey icon Gordie Howe—indulged a childhood fantasy and ran off with the circus. “I craved a little risk and excitement,... Read More

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Lighthouse Ghosts

by Crystal Forkan

Lighthouse Ghosts contains thirteen tales and information about lighthouses that have paranormal activity and reports of ghost hauntings in and around the lighthouses and lighthouse grounds. Written in a conversational and informative... Read More

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Each One Special

Ben’s friend Harry is a professional cake-decorator, and each of his marvelous creations is special, eliciting oohs and ahhs from customers and passers-by. But when the bakery is sold to a new company bent on sameness and efficiency,... Read More

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Where's My Shoes?

Avadian’s poignant and touching story is “real” in every sense of the word. She avoids the dry, formal approach of a “how-to” book or a document filled with cold facts and draws the reader into her home to share a difficult... Read More

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One, Two, Three, Oops!

by Janis Ansell

How does Mr. Rabbit determine the number of bunnies in his large family? Mrs. Rabbit knowingly suggests that he try to do so later, but Mr. Rabbit stubbornly insists on beginning right away. Each scheme he devises to count his offspring... Read More

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Vertical's Currency

by Anne-Marie Oomen

Like other of the poets of the New York School of Poetry, Lewis? work exhibits an urban sense of place, self-conscious sophistication, a playful sense of linguistic wit and a flirtation with French Surrealism. Of these, his sense of... Read More

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The Eleanor Roosevelt Girls

by Celeste Sollod

From the author of Woman to Woman, Banana and The Old Speak Out comes The Eleanor Roosevelt Girls. It is the saga of a group of girls from a lower middle class neighborhood in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, who form a club as schoolgirls... Read More

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Wandering Time

by H. Shaw Cauchy

This is a book about mercy, hope, giving thanks, possibility, the search for meaning and the discovery of the simple silver moon. Urrea is off on a wandering quest: at first he’s running away, but then he slows down, looks around,... Read More

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