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August 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 2012.

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Handmaking America

by Seamus Mullarkey

A bleak postrecession landscape has diverted attention from the possibilities inherent in progressivism. Not merely a simplistic manifesto but a clarion call for democratic engagement, Ivey’s "Handmaking America" provides ample... Read More

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Avalon Bay

by Donna Russo Morin

While the small sleepy settlement of Avalon on Catalina Island, California, seems an unlikely place for a terrorist act, the Avalon Jihad’s mission—to kill thousands of Americans on ferry boats—is one of a number of simultaneously... Read More

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Progenitor

by Mark McLaughlin

Science fiction fans have to love a bad guy who likes the thought of being worshipped. Such is the character of Lozerick, who, like his father and grandfather before him, is one of a piratical band of mining engineers, poachers, slavers,... Read More

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Indomitable Spirits of 43C

by Cheryl Hibbard

During the Vietnam War, “43C” referred to the amputee ward at Brooke General Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. W. Tom Gleeson, a US Army infantry sergeant assigned to search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam’s highlands, was... Read More

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Best When Broken

by Diane Taylor

"Best When Broken" is the autobiography of Scott Coleman, a Christian man who found the true meaning of an abundant, God-centered life when he became paralyzed from the neck down at the age of seventeen. Coleman is a competent, but not... Read More

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Benny's Brigade

Two sisters find a wiggling nut on their way to school and crack it open to reveal a miniature walrus! Disbelief is followed by acceptance and admiration, and a plan is made to return Benny to the sea, where he belongs. Lessons in... Read More

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Hostile Takeover

by Elizabeth Millard

Family business transitions can be notoriously thorny, mostly because interpersonal dynamics, different management styles, and relationship challenges all play a role in a company’s shift from one generation to the next. In "Hostile... Read More

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