Book Review
The Worry Trick
"The Worry Trick" is an energetic and illuminating self-help book for anyone who struggles with worrying too much. The Worry Trick, written by David A. Carbonell and narrated in audiobook format by Stephen Paul Aulridge, Jr., offers an...
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Role Reversal
"Role Reversal" is an informative and empathetic guide on how to best care for aging parents. Seasoned social worker Iris Waichler uses personal and occupational wisdom in "Role Reversal" to offer much-needed guidance on an...
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Water Tossing Boulders
Aptly resonant, this story of a family’s struggle against segregation is both artful and important. An intriguing account of the historical complexity of race relations, "Water Tossing Boulders" features nuanced characterizations, a...
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A Place for Miss Snow
It’s freedom or death—or love or death—for the characters in this engrossing historical romance. Jennifer Moore’s "A Place for Miss Snow" is a sweet and engrossing romance set against the Greek fight for independence. The...
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Poems from the Mind of a Madman
Often jubilant in its celebration of the everyday, there’s much in this poetry to delight in. Don J. Metivier’s playful and enticing collection, Poems from the Mind of a Madman, expresses admiration for things both commonplace and...
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Final Days of Judgement
Progressive and philosophical audiences will be enthralled by Buckley’s unconventionality and ingenuity. Beverley Buckley’s "Final Days of Judgement" is an intriguing spiritual exploration of the origins and future of the universe,...
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The East Deck Motel and Selected Poetry
This lovely, softer revival of beat poetry looks back on the hedonism of summers in the Hamptons. With vivid settings and an audacious voice, Theodore M. Wandzilak’s collection "The East Deck Motel and Selected Poetry" offers a...
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Who is Jeb!!!
A sardonic tone and plenty of statistics are used in this work that argues, most emphatically, against electing another Bush. Patrick Andendall’s journalistic and revealing biography "Who is Jeb!!!" paints a disturbing portrait of...