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August 15, 2011

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 15, 2011. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in August 2011.

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Ocotillo Dreams

by Chris Fisher

The issue of immigration, particularly in America’s Southwest, has become so politicized and inflammatory that one often forgets it is an issue of human suffering, struggle, hope, and despair, of life and death. Melinda Palacio’s... Read More

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Obsessed

by Julia Ann Charpentier

Writing about sex for the sake of sex is a literary art form attempted by many but mastered by few, as editor Rachel Kramer Bussel demonstrates in her latest erotic anthology. "Obsessed" is an unconventional collection of nineteen short... Read More

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Mom, Incorporated

by Lauren Lloyd

Aliza Sherman and Danielle Elliot Smith—two successful work-from-home mothers—have mapped out a comprehensive handbook that advises women on managing family while building a business from home. Mom, Incorporated: A Guide to Business... Read More

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Troop 142

by Joseph Thompson

At first glance, Mike Dawson’s new graphic novel, "Troop 142", is puerile, crass, plot-less, and borderline gratuitous with its extensive “poopy” talk. But anyone who has ever spent seven days at camp with a bunch of teenage boys... Read More

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The Con

by Elizabeth Millard

Although most people believe that they’re too smart or too protected to be conned, anecdotal and statistical evidence says otherwise. The scams may be small, like someone stealing a prescription drug bottle and refilling it under a... Read More

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Beautiful Unbroken

by Lisa Romeo

Each year, Graywolf Press publishes the winner of the Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction, and neither the publisher nor the Breadloaf Writers Conference (which administers the Prize) has put forward a wrong foot yet. Mary Jane Nealon’s... Read More

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