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May 2009

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 2009.

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High

by Clark Isaacs

Brian ODea was living a straight, peaceful, and somewhat productive life when he was arrested in Santa Barbara, California; his past had finally caught up with him. HIGH is ODeas story of his life as a drug smuggler extraordinaire, which... Read More

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Miranda's Big Mistake

by Monica Carter

Bestselling British writer Jill Mansell delivers another witty fun-filled read with her latest effort. Meet Miranda-a hip twenty-something woman who works as a salon junior at the posh Fenn Lomax Salon in the trendy Knightsbridge section... Read More

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Madewell Brown

Its 1929 and fourteen black teenage boys from South Cairo Missouri leave town to join the Negro Baseball League. Two of these boys are Obie Poole and Madewell Brown. The team travels throughout the United States and one day in El Paso... Read More

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Far Bright Star

by Lee Gooden

Robert Olmstead is the author of the critically acclaimed Coal Black Horse. His latest novel "Far Bright Star" begins in 1916 when Napoleon Childs a war-hardened cavalryman guides a group of untried soldiers into the mountains of Mexico... Read More

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Dream Street

by Kristine Morris

After author and photographer Douglas McCulloh won the right to name a street in an about-to-be developed southern California suburb, he requested permission to make a photographic record of the project. The result is an indictment of... Read More

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Elephant Reflections

by Lora Schrock

Nature photography is a unique art form; it needs to present real life through a clear yet creative lens. When high-quality photographs are joined with strong prose and a passion for the subject matter in the form of a thoroughly... Read More

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The Dirty Shame Hotel

by Jeff Gundy

Risking both humor and pathos, Ron Block’s first collection of stories provides welcome evidence that minimalism is finally losing its grip on American fiction. Set in the upper Midwest, Block’s home territory, these stories give us... Read More