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Drawn in Dust

by Margaret Cullison

Poets write about subjects that touch their hearts. The more universal this emotion, the wider the audience it inspires. Jane Mayes identifies poetry as the language of feelings in one of the concluding poems of her book, "Drawn in... Read More

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Christmas

by Cheryl M. Hibbard

Christian author Beryl Mears is serious about bringing back the true meaning of Christmas. Written from the heart, Christmas: A Different Perspective offers her views on what is necessary for modern Christians to celebrate the holiday... Read More

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Call Me Sonja

by Donna Russo Morin

There were few places as glamorous as Cannes, France, in the early twentieth century, and few women as lovely and mysterious as a Russian princess. For Princess Samaroff’s young daughter, Sonja, meeting American Norman Carey was... Read More

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Winding Back the Clock

by Sheila M. Trask

Historical fiction succeeds when the invented characters reveal more truths about history than the textbooks. It’s rare, though, that a novelist can achieve the intimate voice of Margaret Mitchell’s Scarlett O’Hara or Arthur... Read More

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Bound to Be Free

by Diane Taylor

An intensive Bible study guide designed to follow a two-month program, "Bound to Be Free" offers Christians eight steps to spiritual healing. In 2001, Greenman founded Ruth Ministries International, a nonprofit that, according to its... Read More

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Be Still

by Sheila M. Trask

The title of Tania L. Ramos’s second novel, "Be Still", reflects the story itself: simple on the surface, but with layers of meaning beneath. The book is a contemporary tale about the relationships between family members and how they... Read More

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Alternative Energy

by Mark McLaughlin

Brandon Baker is a frustrated, binge-drinking, hard-partying, strong-cussing, live-at-home, stuck-in-a-dead-end-job welder in Medicine Hat, a town in southeastern Alberta, Canada, that’s “not exactly a Mecca of cosmopolitan... Read More

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