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"The Seventh Veil of Salome" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“The Seventh Veil of Salome” is a historical fiction novel in which the turbulent days surrounding the Romans, the biblical Jesus of...
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Aug 302 min read
"The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands,” by Sarah Brooks, is an intriguing, spooky genre-mashup—a historical fantasy with...
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Aug 283 min read
"The Horse" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Some might argue that a 517-page book about "the influence of the horse on human history" could not possibly be compelling, but I say...
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Aug 272 min read
"By Any Other Name" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“By Any Other Name,” by best-selling author Jodi Picoult, is a well-researched historical fiction novel that tackles modern topics like...
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Aug 192 min read
"What Have You Done" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Roy Ressler is heading toward his farmland in his big tractor early one fall morning. He is thinking with pleasure about his daughter’s...
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Aug 163 min read
"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service| Reviewed by Bill Schwab
"On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" is a memoir of a dedicated disease specialist who guided the United States through...
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Aug 112 min read
"The History of Sound" | Reviewed by William Winkler
New England author Ben Shattuck and his brother own and operate America’s oldest continuously operating general store, opened in 1793 in...
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Aug 62 min read
"Margo's Got Money Troubles" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Margo is the epitome of a young woman faced with a problem. She is not yet 20-years old but is pregnant, without financial resources,...
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Aug 32 min read
"Autocracy, Inc." | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
According to Anne Applebaum, a student of dictatorships, nearly three-quarters of the world's populace lives in autocracies. Noted for...
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Jul 301 min read
"The Wedding People" | Reviewed by Jenni Olson
"The Wedding People," by Alison Espach, is a novel that has a little something for everyone. This book has a blend of dark humor, hope,...
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Jul 242 min read
"The Next Mrs. Parrish" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
“The Next Mrs. Parrish” by Liv Constantine is a sequel to“The Last Mrs. Parrish” (a 2017 Reese’s Book Club Book) in which very wealthy...
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Jul 232 min read
"White Poverty" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
"One of the most damnable features of our common life is the way we talk about poverty as if it's an anomaly and not a feature of our...
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Jul 182 min read
"Skies of Thunder" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Most readers are familiar with the European Theater of Operations in World War II, including the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, and...
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Jul 162 min read
"The Safekeep" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“The Safekeep” by Yael Van Der Wouden, is a fictional novel, a story of desires; the desire to belong, to be loved, the desire for sex,...
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Jul 122 min read
"Fire Exit" | Reviewed by Pat Sainz
Charles Lamosway, the main character in “Fire Exit,” by Morgan Talty, has never felt like he belonged anywhere. Now, nearing middle age,...
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Jul 112 min read
"The Wide Wide Sea" | Reviewed by Nelson Appell
“The Wide Wide Sea,” by Hampton Sides, takes us on a trip through Captain Cook’s final journey of exploration where he was killed in the...
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Jul 112 min read
"Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
With a pleasant blend of autobiography and self-help guidance, Jen Psaki draws on her 20 years of public service to give readers a...
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Jul 92 min read
"That Night in the Library" | Reviewed by Susan Ferguson
“That Night in the Library,” by Eva Jurczyk, is a contemporary mystery thriller set on a college campus in Vermont at the William E....
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Jul 22 min read
"The Great River" | Reviewed by William Winkler
Calvin, the 6-year-old enfant terrible of Bill Watterson’s comic strip from the 80s and 90s, had this to say about the natural world;...
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Jun 273 min read
"The Rulebreaker" | Reviewed by Bill Schwab
Barbara Jill Walters was a trailblazer in television journalism. She was not the first woman television journalist. She was the one who...
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