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May 2011

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 2011.

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Man with a Pan

by Karl Kunkel

Marriage counselors might consider offering a copy of this text to their clients. Fathers donning aprons to cook for their families so that busy working mothers don’t have to has been on a dramatic upswing. And statistics show that men... Read More

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Black Swan

by Edward Morris

The setting is perfect for murder: a rickety old hotel—the Black Swan—on upscale Fishers Island, a tiny speck of land off the coast of Long Island; a dysfunctional family of high-tech refugees running the hotel; and an impending... Read More

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Mike Tyson Slept Here

by Claire Rudy Foster

It’s no surprise that "Mike Tyson Slept Here" won the Fabri Literary Prize. It’s also no surprise that Chris Huntington earned his MFA from Bennington College or worked for the Indiana prison system for almost ten years—he’s done... Read More

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State of Mind

by Claire Rudy Foster

Memory is the food of the mind. We are a composite of our memories—and what we do remember is as important as what we forget. Each person’s past is unique terrain, formed by the events that have shaped who we are: that rusty swing... Read More

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Simple Meditation

by Bobbye Middendorf

Earlier in his life, author Curt Remington was like the many people who feel daunted by meditation. So he’s in a good position to reassure his readers right from the start, saying, “[Y]ou do not have to sit still and keep your mind... Read More

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Sell More Books!

by Barry Silverstein

Writers who aspire to have their books published can become demoralized by the state of the publishing industry. It may seem next to impossible to get a “traditional” publisher interested in a manuscript. Even if the work does get... Read More

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