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A Rattling of Sabers

by Mark McLaughlin

Leave it to a retired naval officer turned doctor of divinity to take what he learned from the military and apply it to his ministry. Realizing that so many of the men he was trying to reach through traditional Christian teaching methods... Read More

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Steps, Faith to Reason

by Mark McLaughlin

“Fear was the first mother of the gods. Fear, above all, of death.” So wrote the Roman poet Lucretius, one of the eleven famous men showcased by William C. White in this marvelous and very readable history of the intellectual growth... Read More

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I Am American.

by Mark McLaughlin

Hani Al Hadidi wants Americans to know that people in other parts of the world do not always appreciate the behavior of the United States government, American businesses, or even individual Americans abroad. Actions have consequences,... Read More

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The Quran

by Mark McLaughlin

Ejaz Naqvi seeks to bridge the yawning gap that zealots have created between Muslims and non-Muslims. The Quran: With or Against the Bible? is not meant to stir up controversy; it is intended to squash it. Naqvi’s primary audience may... Read More

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Secrets of State

by Mark McLaughlin

Who uses a tactical nuke to take out a single secret agent? Not even a Bond villain has ever become so frustrated in the hunt for his elusive target as to resort to atomic weapons, but such is not the case in Damien Hunter’s... Read More

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The Scrolls of Udanadar

by Mark McLaughlin

While perhaps not quite up to the five-star standard of George R.R. Martin and C.S. Lewis, and perhaps more akin to Disney’s A Kid in King Arthur’s Court than to Twain’s original, S. Cameron Roach’s "The Scrolls of Udanadar" is... Read More

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Smoke in the Wind

by Mark McLaughlin

Tony May writes in language as crude and dirty as the oil his characters pump. Though the prose and sentiments in his novel about oil workers in the last quarter of the twentieth century are anything but politically correct, May has... Read More

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Born Into Fire

by Mark McLaughlin

“Find a job that you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” is an old saying that Mick Haines lives by. "Born Into Fire" is the story of this self-described “normal chap” and his life as a firefighter. Although less... Read More

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