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March 2010

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published March 2010.

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Lifelines

by Jill Allen

Past and present blur for New York City attorney Rhiannon O’Rourke, resulting in nightmares, daydreams, and flashbacks to her past lives as she attempts to defend her friend Allegra against murder charges. In addition to the case and... Read More

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In Pursuit of Longitude

by Pat Avery

Although the name Magellan brings to mind an explorer’s famous voyage, little is known about the man himself. In the book, In Pursuit of Longitude, author André Rossfelder brings Ferdinand Magellan to life as one of the world’s... Read More

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Divided Loyalties

by Pat Avery

In Divided Loyalties, author Richard E. Witten takes readers into the mind of Sam Hart, a bright and gifted man who must face his painful past, fifty years after the fact. In 1945, Sam was serving with the 14th Infantry when they... Read More

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Chinese Incarnation

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Sha Yan shares more closely in a tradition more recent than this book’s title would suggest. His attention to sound and love of consonance speaks to the language poets—although it is unclear as to whether that kinship is intentional... Read More

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The Adventures of Mr. Tompkins

by Catherine Thureson

Mr. Tompkins, who first appeared in Discovery magazine in 1938, is a product of the imagination of George Gamow, a scientist most famous for his work on the development of the big bang theory. Over three decades, Mr. Tompkins starred in... Read More

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Kid Carolina

For much of his life, Richard J. Reynolds, Jr. was dogged by publicity, most of it bad. Even his death produced lurid speculation and rumors. People paid attention because the man was filthy rich. Yes, that’s Dick Reynolds, the son of... Read More

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Home

by Teresa Scollon

Friends One, Two, Three, and Four happily share a house that is a home, until, that is, they get the itch to go somewhere different. They can’t agree on where to go—to be pirates on the seven seas, or to collect creepy crawlies in a... Read More

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God and His Demons

by Kristine Morris

Author Michael Parenti offers compelling historical evidence that the world’s religions have “served as instruments for promoting intolerance, autocracy, and atrocity,” and details how, in order to cope with “the brutish... Read More

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