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Travels in Elysium

by Mark McLaughlin

Legends come alive at a leisurely pace as characters search for treasures hinted at in ancient texts. “It appears Professor Huxley is either going to make people fabulously rich or unleash the Devil,” quips one character in... Read More

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Trapped in the Congo Drama

by Mark McLaughlin

Based loosely on the author’s own life, "Trapped in the Congo Drama" is an ultimately unsatisfying story of two students who leave their African homeland to study in Prague in the mid-to-late 1980s. Most of the narrative fails to live... Read More

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Wonderful Worlds

by Mark McLaughlin

“Intelligent evolution” is Robert Greenough’s take on how the world and its inhabitants came into being. “This is not a scientific textbook,” admits Greenough of his single-volume survey of the world from before the Big Bang to... Read More

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Warrior Pose

by Mark McLaughlin

War correspondent turned yogi reveals his heart-wrenching journey from cancer and disability to health and happiness. “Chronic pain is consuming,” laments Brad Willis, author of "Warrior Pose". “It eats away at you day and... Read More

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So, You've Got Bugs

by Mark McLaughlin

“The devil has been going out of his way to give us bugs,” believes Cailean Terence. “All forms of religious studies acknowledge demons in some form or another,” he adds. “They are our No. 1 enemy” and “inspire us to... Read More

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The Non-Silence of the LAMB

by Mark McLaughlin

“Having kids was her survival tool,” writes Luke A. M. Brown and Berthalicia Fonseca-Brown of Essie, the main character in their novel about a poor Jamaican woman who uses her physical beauty and cunning sexual wiles to build and... Read More

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