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Book Review

Who Will Cliff Date?

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Shifting cultural messages about masculinity and sexuality filter into a man’s daily life in the musing historical novel "Who Will Cliff Date?" David A. Robinson’s wry novel "Who Will Cliff Date?" is about sexuality, identity, and... Read More

Book Review

The Butterfly Thief

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Walter Marsh’s true crime caper "The Butterfly Thief" pieces together several mid-century museum thefts that shook Australia’s leading natural history institutions. In January of 1947, curators at Melbourne’s National Museum of... Read More

Book Review

Mosaic Pieces

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The psychological toll of spending years pursuing vindication is explored in "Mosaic Pieces", a vivid true crime book–cum–family saga. Journalist Wes Skillings’s sobering true crime book "Mosaic Pieces" is about justice gone awry.... Read More

Book Review

The Life Compass

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Situating its psychological insights within timeless philosophical traditions, "The Life Compass" is a grounded self-help text. Samer Abdo’s practical self-help book "The Life Compass" includes philosophical and practical insights for... Read More

Book Review

Quiet Valor

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Through its brief portraits of remarkable individuals, "Quiet Valor" issues a compelling argument for rethinking whom society chooses to remember. Larry Nouvel’s illuminating biographical compendium "Quiet Valor" celebrates a selection... Read More

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