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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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Destination Tent City, AZ

by Brandon Stickney

Call it an $11,400 bottle of beer. And it wasn’t even fun, or worth it. But, “I,” the subject and narrator of Destination Tent City, AZ, is still paying legal and other related fees, literally and mentally, because she made the... Read More

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The Park Our Town Built

by Dindy Yokel

The US Census Bureau reports there are 17.3 million Spanish-speaking residents in the United States today—thus expanding the market for bilingual illustrated children’s offerings to 4,900 books in print today. The Park Our Town... Read More

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Upgrade to Free

by Barry Silverstein

With all the advances in Internet technology, it’s virtually impossible to take advantage of everything that’s available online, particularly free tools and applications. That’s why a book like Upgrade to FREE is so useful. Beth... Read More

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Nettie Parker's Backyard

by Dindy Yokel

C.V. Smith’s protagonist in her novel Nettie Parker’s Backyard breaks with traditional book format, creating a three-dimensional adventure wherein she invites the reader directly into her story: “Why don’t you meet me there?”... Read More

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Jiangan

by Lawrence Kane

"Jiangan" substantiates that old adage about not judging books by their covers. Seriously, who’s excited by the image of a bespectacled, white guy with a goofy countenance garbed in traditional Chinese silks, holding a bamboo stick in... Read More

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A Promise in Haiti

by Mark Curnutte

“Let us then hope better of our children, and of our children’s children; let us know, let us know there is cure, there is to be an end to it,” wrote James Agee after a month-long depression-era visit to Alabama, praying for an end... Read More

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Peace Be With You

by Jeff Friend

The typical responses of Americans following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were anger and hatred toward those who would commit such heinous acts. But if Christians are supposed to love everyone—even their enemies—what... Read More

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