Book Review
Rag and Bone
by Emily Adams
Rag and Bone: Visit London, by Norman Flint, is a cheery children’s story that follows a frog and a toad as they tour London together. The bright colors and bold illustrations will quickly earn the attention of very young children as...
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End of a Silence
by Emily Adams
End of a Silence: Full Moon over Fox Prairie, by Willard D. Gray, is an absorbing historical tale set in a small Illinois town shortly after the Civil War. The citizens struggle against the forces of nature, corruption, and greed as they...
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Come Ride the Rails with Smokestack Jack
by Emily Adams
"Come Ride the Rails with Smokestack Jack", by Don E. Shank, is a historical fantasy about a young boy named Larry and his encounter with a puppet named Smokestack Jack. Jack escorts Larry through the United States, teaching him the...
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Medicine's Journey Through Ignorance, Bigotry, Poverty, and Politics To America's Uninsured
by Emily Adams
Medicine’s Journey Through Ignorance, Bigotry, Poverty, and Politics To America’s Uninsured: Historically Based Solutions for Today’s Healthcare Problems is an in-depth analysis of America’s current health-care crisis. Larry...
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A Whale Goes Down
by Emily Adams
"A Whale Goes Down" traces the story of a man through five tumultuous decades. The book opens as readers are introduced to the harsh environment of the Chukotka frontier. The main character, Igor, the son of a Russian/Polish father and a...
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...Nor Shall My Sword...
by Emily Adams
…Nor Shall My Sword… by Aldreg Welles has the feel of a nineteenth-century British novel. The author’s project, a modern imitation of an old beloved English novel, is successful but flawed. Welles tells the story of an English...
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The Journeys of Rowena Sunita Singh
by Emily Adams
"The Journeys of Rowena Sunita Singh" is Guy Jones’s unconventional tale of a British woman’s global adventures during the first half of the twentieth century. Rowena endures abuse, loss, danger, hardship, love, and joy as her...
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How I Became Me
by Emily Adams
"How I Became Me" tells the story of the Danielle Clift’s tumultuous childhood and adolescence and her journey out of addiction into a happy adulthood. The memoir details Clift’s rocky early years as she moves from house to house...