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Heal Your PTSD

by Claire Foster

With empowering suggestions and her own wealth of expertise, Rosenthal provides the resources that can help with PTSD recovery. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects millions of people. Thankfully, it is a condition that can be... Read More

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Ringo

by Robin Farrell Edmunds

Extensive research and an injection of personality make this a definitive biography of the most underrated Beatle. Richard Starkey evolved from working-class roots and a sickly childhood to becoming one-quarter of the most famous... Read More

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The State of the American Mind

by Amy O'Loughlin

Mental laziness, overblown belief in self, and indifference to political awareness all serve to enfeeble the American experiment. In The State of the American Mind: 16 Leading Critics on the New Anti-Intellectualism, editors Mark... Read More

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The Year of Necessary Lies

by Rebecca Foster

Feminism and activism go hand in hand in this romantic novel about women’s empowerment and living life to the fullest. Kris Radish’s tenth novel, "The Year of Necessary Lies", highlights women’s role in the Audubon Society campaign... Read More

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On Shaving Off His Face

by Peter Dabbene

Imaginative, inventive, and dynamic, "On Shaving Off His Face" is meaty poetry, a substantial work. There’s an ominous-looking skull on the cover of Shane Neilson’s "On Shaving Off His Face", and it’s a clear indicator that what... Read More

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'89 Walls

by Sara Budzik

This mature novel for young adults explores growing up and developing political opinions, even while bringing the decade of boom boxes and big hair to life. The 1980s was a unique decade in American social and political history, and... Read More

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