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King Coyote

by John M. Murray

In Rachael MeyersJones’s stirring novel "King Coyote", a city boy navigates the rugged Vermont wilderness and the even more treacherous landscape of his family’s dissolution. Twelve-year-old King is a “soup-brained zombie” of the... Read More

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What To Do If...?

by John M. Murray

Anne-Maartje Oud’s comprehensive guide to interpersonal dynamics What To Do If…? takes a tactical approach to thirty-five ubiquitous workplace challenges. Instructing professionals to ascend above the friction of exchanges and... Read More

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Poison Pill

by John M. Murray

The cerebral medical thriller "Poison Pill" concerns both family discord and a broad pharmaceutical conspiracy. In Anthony Lee’s busy thriller "Poison Pill", a physician investigates suspicious patient deaths linked to supplements and... Read More

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Proles

by John M. Murray

An aspiring activist has rude awakenings during his efforts to effect change in the revealing coming-of-age novel "Proles". In Barry Bergman’s thoughtful bildungsroman "Proles", an idealistic young man endures industrial labor in 1970s... Read More

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San Quentin Exodus

by John M. Murray

Substantial planning and extensive moralizing goes into a jailbreak in the musing novel "San Quentin Exodus". In Bill Smoot’s hopeful novel "San Quentin Exodus", an idealistic volunteer, viewing it as her moral obligation, attempts to... Read More

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