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Black Art

by Maria Siano

British actress Helen Valentine wants to know where she came from. Specifically, she wants to know about her grandmother, who disappeared in the early 1940s. Author V. T. Davy is an amateur historian, and he gives Arty Shaw, his hero in... Read More

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Spies and Lies

by Maria Siano

David Pearl’s job is anything but boring. Employed by the CIA until his job is outsourced, Pearl starts his own security firm, but he is struggling to keep it afloat. When he is hired by the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC to guard... Read More

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The Color of Hate

by Maria Siano

"The Color of Hate" chronicles the marriage of Doris and Shaun McDaniel and takes a thought-provoking look at both private and public race-related struggles. Doris and Shaun have a financially comfortable lifestyle in Atlanta. Both work... Read More

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A Private History of Happiness

by Maria Siano

Happiness may seem elusive because we are not looking for it in the right places. That is George Myerson’s premise in this inspiring compilation of ninety-nine excerpts about moments of joy described in personal writings in journals,... Read More

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A Finger Lakes Feast

by Maria Siano

These more than one hundred recipes from Kate Harvey and her father, Karl Zinsmeister (along with photos by son/brother, Noah), focus on crops from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. The family shows its appreciation for the... Read More

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