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May 2006

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 2006.

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How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith

by Mark Smith

The traveler risks the temptation of never returning home. The bright city lights seem alluring to the small-town girl, but ultimately those dangerous places and threatening lifestyles seem less threatening when she allows herself to... Read More

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A Prayer For The Night

by Edward Morris

In his fifth Ohio Amish mystery (following Clouds Without Rain and Cast Blue Shadow), the author probes the mechanics and fallout of rumschpringe, that indefinite period during which Amish teenagers are permitted to immerse themselves in... Read More

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Notes for a Memoir

by Jessica Higgins

Albert Einstein once remarked that “imagination is more important than knowledge,” and for this author, imagination is even more important than that: she believes it is the root of identity. Asimov (wife of famed writer Isaac Asimov)... Read More

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Under a Flaming Sky

by Rob Mitchell

This book could have been called Trapped on a Scorching Train. It’s a churning, burning cauldron of horror—the true story of a Minnesota lumber town destroyed by wildfire in the late summer of 1894. The lasting image is of a packed... Read More

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Washaka

by Deborah Donovan

The passing on of stories has for centuries been of seminal importance to North American Native tribes, whether creation stories, humorous narratives with moral lessons, supernatural stories, historical legends, or prophetic tales.... Read More

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Horace Greeley

by Joe Taylor

While the First American Revolution was about liberty, which, among other things, meant a license for some men to own slaves, the Second American Revolution was fought over freedom. This broader concept went beyond emancipation to extend... Read More

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Valiant Young Men

by Joe Taylor

Bryce Gibby puts readers in the cockpit with three legendary airmen in his triple biography Valiant Young Men: Heroes of Flight. A distinguished career pilot himself Gibby is well qualified to narrate some of the notable flight exploits... Read More