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Rare Birds
A woman learns about her frightening family connection to gods and demons in L. B. Hazelthorn’s novel "Rare Birds". Rom knows almost nothing about her grandfather, Jasper, save that he was obsessed with the supernatural—or...
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Eris
An ambitious video game is at the center of a global terrorist plot in Larry Gaudet’s novel "Eris". Don creates Greenhouse, a video game in which players work to curb (or exacerbate) climate change in a simulated world, both to make...
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Phoenix Saga: Peace on Earth Protocol
With a quest narrative that suggests ways of living a good life and stepping closer to harmonious coexistence, "Phoenix Saga: Peace on Earth Protocol" is an esoteric spiritual novel. In amalL era JesuƨɘႱ hO’s based-in-truth...
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From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration
"From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration" is a passionate social science text that asserts that Black families deserve better from the US. In her social science book "From Descendants of Slaves to Mass Incarceration", Tabitha...
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Who Runs the World?
A change-making organization is used to illustrate the transformative potential of empowering women and girls in the inspiring book "Who Runs the World?" Speaking on behalf of the Pathfinder organization, Lois Quam argues for universal,...
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The Marriage Gift
Beneath wordplay, double entendres, dry sarcasm, and pop culture references is a sweet and meaningful novel about love at every stage of a relationship. A couple discovers the true secret of a happy marriage in Stephen Evans’s novel...
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Into the Known Universe
"Into the Known Universe" is a rollicking science fiction farce that takes on arbitrary social restrictions with aplomb. An office worker’s regimented life takes a series of hair-raising turns in James R. D. Hilton’s science fiction...
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Saying No to Hate
Norman H. Finkelstein reviews the past and present fight against American antisemitism in "Saying No to Hate". Finkelstein notes that the first Jews settled in North America in the mid-1600s. Since then, he writes, the United States has...