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The Empty Kayak
When a detective’s best friend’s ex disappears, their friendship is tested, in the serpentine thriller "The Empty Kayak". In Jodé Millman’s propulsive thriller "The Empty Kayak", a drowning investigation leads to legal wrangling....
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Carrying Stones into the Colorful Unknown
The poetry collection "Carrying Stones into the Colorful Unknown" muses through the paradoxes of human existence and considers the monotony of everyday life. In M. E. Kamrass’s paradoxical poetry collection "Carrying Stones into the...
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Ride or Die
Powerful and distinctive, the memoir "Ride or Die" covers a couple’s struggle with terminal leukemia. Marked by difficulties, Jarie Bolander’s memoir "Ride or Die" is about a couple’s contention with the grief and confusion of a...
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Daddy Boy
In nuanced, swirling prose, Emerson Whitney’s gutsy memoir "Daddy Boy" takes a complex route through kink, trans identity, and storm chasing to locate their past, present, and future selves. Switching between Whitney’s...
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How to Clean a Fish
Covering her extended stay in Portugal, Esmeralda Cabral’s memoir "How to Clean a Fish" is infused with insights and sensuality. Informed by the Portuguese concept of saudade (a wistful, transient sense of longing; “love and loss...
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Creation's Assortments
Written with warm intentions toward fellow human beings, the poems of Creation’s Assortments work to bridge the space between one person’s inner life and the inner lives of others. Timothy R. Race’s poetry collection Creation’s...
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This May Be Difficult to Read
Featuring tangible strategies for parents concerned about their children’s reading skills, "This May Be Difficult to Read" is a knowledgeable education text. Critiquing contemporary reading instruction practices for children,...
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Games for Dead Girls
In Jen Williams’s atmospheric thriller "Games for Dead Girls", supernatural powers are hidden within the limestone caves of southeast England—and within the psyches of adolescent girls. Charlie was at the center of a horrific crime...