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Branding Your Job Search

by Barry Silverstein

With millions of people looking for jobs, the number of books addressing the search for employment has skyrocketed. Most of these books offer similar content, including résumé writing, social networking, and job interviews, but only a... Read More

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Sykosa Part 1

by Jill Allen

Justin Ordonez’s debut novel, Sykosa Part 1: Junior Year, disproves the old saw that youth is wasted on the young. He adroitly delves into the minds and social lives of his titular sixteen-year-old protagonist and her peers, showing... Read More

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We Won't Get Fooled Again

by Katerie Prior

The Who’s raucous We Won’t Get Fooled Again is a cynical song about the nature of revolution. When asked about it, guitarist Pete Townsend once said, “It is not precisely a song that decries revolution … but that revolution, like... Read More

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Bingo Explores the Farm

by Maria Siano

Bingo, a gray cat, goes looking for adventure and ends up on a farm. While he embraces the chance to explore, he also experiences some trepidation as he encounters unfamiliar animals and objects. Appropriate for children in the early... Read More

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The Shoes of Moses

by Leia Menlove

In "The Shoes of Moses", San Diego-based Blaine C. Readler treats readers to a vivid collection of short fiction, in which he takes gleeful pleasure in highlighting the absurdities of humanity’s ideas about religion, God, country and... Read More

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Dirty Rice

by Diane Gardner

“Inside the white lines that mark off the [baseball] diamond, a lie cannot live and it cannot prosper,” writes Gerald Duff in his compelling and thoughtful novel Dirty Rice. Steeped in the history of baseball, this tale proves to be... Read More

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