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Traveling Solo
Empathetic and persuasive, the memoir "Traveling Solo" shares an end-of-life story alongside a cautionary tale about avoiding the false promise of phony cures. Written in anticipation of her planned death, Diana E. Williams’s memoir...
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The Murmurs
In Michael J. Malone’s supernatural thriller "The Murmurs", a hidden family history in the Scottish Highlands carries a terrible cost. A drowning and a suicide shatter the childhoods of Annie and her twin brother Lewis. Annie loses...
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Penny Bloods
Edited by Nicole C. Dittmer, "Penny Bloods" collects sensational tales of “monstrous women” from the penny newspapers of the nineteenth century. The stories are arranged in chronological order and are complemented with historical...
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Summerday
In the reverential poetry collection "Summerday", each word serves the purpose of illuminating faith. Andy Chiveto’s thoughtful poetry collection "Summerday" traces a personal spiritual evolution. "Summerday" is a collection of poems...
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Presence
In Brenda Iijima’s multilayered science fiction novel "Presence", interspecies and interdimensional communication is transcendent. On toxic Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, people from different chronological dimensions coexist,...
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Moving Forward through His Love and Grace
"Moving Forward through His Love and Grace" is a collection of Christian poetry demonstrating unshakable belief. Joan E. Gettry’s faith-based poetry collection "Moving Forward through His Love and Grace" celebrates a personal...
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Shattered but Not Broken
Knowing that grief changes but doesn’t go away, "Shattered but Not Broken" mines personal experiences for lessons on healing. Betty Major-Rose’s memoir "Shattered but Not Broken" has self-help components; it recalls her tremendous...
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Mattie, Milo, and Me
Raw, vulnerable, and introspective, the memoir "Mattie, Milo, and Me" covers a woman’s transformative relationships with two dogs. Anne Abel’s loving memoir "Mattie, Milo, and Me" covers her care for an aggressive dog, which...