Book Review
Breaking the Cycle
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An intimate and supportive self-help book, "Breaking the Cycle" illustrates self-compassion as a step toward personal growth and healing. Andrale D. Jeanlouis’s empathetic self-help book "Breaking the Cycle" is about healing from early...
Book Review
A Vision of Hope
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The activist’s memoir "A Vision of Hope" draws on personal experiences with family addiction and incarceration to propose systemic reforms. Andrew Drasen’s reflective memoir "A Vision of Hope" combines personal confession with civic...
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...
Book Review
Against All Odds
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Arguing for systemic reform in the name of childhood stability and belonging, "Against All Odds" couches a social science argument in the context of a personal tale of resilience. Tristian Smith’s sobering memoir "Against All Odds" is...
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...
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....
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...
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...
