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October 15, 2007

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published October 15, 2007. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in October 2007.

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The 2008-2009 Witches' Almanac

The Witches’ Almanac is a concise collection of facts, myths, and lore, approachable to the general public and occultist alike. As with the well-known Farmers’ Almanac, the centerpiece of the volume is weather prediction and... Read More

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My Name is Gabito (Me llamo Gabito)

Just as Gabriel García Márquez does in his own stories, award-winning Brown blends the real and fanciful aspects of the Nobel Prize winner’s history into a portrait of life and writing. This bilingual book refers to García Márquez... Read More

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Blindside

Contingency Plans: Like 9/11, Katrina, anthrax, and oil shortage; there’s nothing as certain as death and change. Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Political Economy at Johns Hopkins,... Read More

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Complex Sleep

As the choreographer of "Complex Sleep"‘s verbal acrobatics, Tost’s senses are tuned to the frequency where words and their meanings collide, break apart, and come back together again. This collection revolves around the way the... Read More

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A Matter of Honor

By the end of "A Matter of Honor", its young hero Richard Cutler has acquired an amazing curriculum vitae—perhaps too amazing for some readers. He first appears in 1777 as a Massachusetts teenager, scion of a well-to-do family of... Read More

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Fresh Customer Service

The customer is number one is the mantra of good business, so why do so many feel like number two, or three? Author Michael Brown, drawing on his background as both a front-of-the-store employee as well as an MBA-trained and Fortune 100... Read More

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Colorful Sleepy Sheep

“I’m not really tired / I can’t fall asleep / I think I need help / From my friends, Sleepy Sheep!” Sheep have been sleep-makers for all time, so it is fitting that they do so for children in a silly, yet educational way.... Read More

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The Return of Light

by Holly Chase Williams

As renowned literary critic and editor Sol Stein once said, the purpose of nonfiction is to impart information, but the purpose of fiction is to convey emotion. By this deceptively simple-sounding but all-important standard, "The Return... Read More

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