Book Review
The Cyclops Window
by Karl Kunkel
William Faulkner might be pleased to see his work carried on faithfully in this novel, or he might cringe that the author nailed such a dead-on depiction of small-town Mississippi life. Bolding, a Mississippi native herself, creates a...
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Ira Foxglove
by Karl Kunkel
Ira Foxglove is a fixer. He can repair a car engine in the wild with few tools. He can tinker with an uncooperative motorbike and get it running. His biggest challenge, however, is to fix his marriage and restore his family to...
Book Review
Fuel for Young Athletes
by Karl Kunkel
This book probably could not have come out at a better time. According to a growing number of studies, today’s teens are becoming grossly overweight, eating too much, exercising too little, and flirting with diabetes and other ailments...
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A Blistered Kind of Love
by Karl Kunkel
An old pearl of wisdom says that two people wanting to know if they are truly compatible should take a long trip together. They will have the answer by the time they hit the end of the road. The authors, a husband-and-wife writing team,...
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Hearts of Darkness
by Karl Kunkel
Southern writers have never had a monopoly on mental distress or journeys to the dark side, but they certainly have the pedigree. Southern literature of all types has long delved into despair, emotional unrest, and hauntings of...
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Tenzing
by Karl Kunkel
After a lifetime in the limelight, Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, has kept the publicity machine rolling lately by appearing in a television commercial promoting an all-terrain vehicle. But never fully...
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Passport to Danger
by Karl Kunkel
The author has spent his life doing what most people only read about: living life to the fullest as an adventurer, prospector, hunter, private detective, and federal agent. He is not the only one to have done these things, but he is,...
Book Review
Off to the Races
by Karl Kunkel
A writer who has covered a particular sport for a quarter century gains a certain perspective that a typical “beat” reporter seldom does. In this book, the author shares his intimate knowledge of professional bicycle racing, and...