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Woofs to the Wise

by Maria Siano

What can we learn from a French bulldog about manners? Surprisingly, quite a lot. In a series of email exchanges between Mitchell’s French bulldog, ZsaZsa LaPooch, and her long-time friend and “sister-of-choice,” Forman, the two... Read More

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Angel

by Julia Ann Charpentier

In Brenda G. Wright’s debut novel, Angel: A Hustling Diva with a Twist, her protagonist is a woman trained from childhood to be an assassin. Angel has never known a normal existence. She learns to do what those around her, especially... Read More

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Uprising in the Rio Jari

by Jill Allen

Uprising on the Rio Jari by C. D. Shelton is the most rousing entry yet in the author’s chronicles of prehistoric Amazonian tribes, a series which includes The Age of Eternal Fire and Journeys in the Primal Forest. Ten years after... Read More

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Two Tickets to Dubrovnik

by Margaret Cullison

World travel offers abundant opportunities for visitors to explore the history, natural landscape, and culture of other countries. Underlying these attractions lies a complex mix of regional attitudes that are sometimes confusing to a... Read More

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Tien Oung Liu

by Emily Adams

Tien Oung Liu: A 20th Century Chinese Profile, by Margaret Liu Wen Tsai, is a warm and inspiring bilingual account of one Chinese businessman’s life. Written by Liu’s daughter, this biography traces Liu’s family background before... Read More

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Wake Up

by Cindy Wolfe Boynton

Peggy White Russ’s memoir "Wake Up" is a testament to the power of faith and to the belief that a person must hit bottom before he or she can rise. In it, Russ explores the spiritual “unrest” and “discontentment” that seeped... Read More

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When We Were Young

by Cheryl M. Hibbard

Presented as a family saga and historical romance, "When We Were Young" spans the years from WWII forward, focusing on Mitchell family member Jim and the numerous women in his life. The story follows Jim from his youth in wartime England... Read More

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