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Pets

by Peter Dabbene

Simple isn’t always easy to pull off; to stand the test of time, a board book needs to have a straightforward message, wide appeal, and entertaining pictures that are fun to look at over and over again. Luckily, John Hutton and Andrea... Read More

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Palace of Gifts

by Melissa Wuske

"Palace of Gifts" by Kathleen Currieri-Rosson is an allegorical novel that captures the universal search for meaning. The story takes place in a kingdom ruled by the Good Master, who knows and recognizes everyone. Every citizen of the... Read More

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The Hunt

by Mary Crawford

C.C. Lea’s The Hunt: Caprian 2 continues the story of Kyle, first introduced in The Lost: Caprian 1. Kyle heads an extended clan of weres, shape shifters, kinetics, telepaths, healers, and seers. The book’s prologue is set in... Read More

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The Lie That Is Lincoln

by Mark McLaughlin

Calling Carl Sandburg and other Lincoln scholars “ass-lickers,” “imbeciles,” and “sycophants,” and denigrating all previous biographies, histories, and works on America’s sixteenth president as “bullshit” is not the... Read More

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My Leaning Post

by Barbara Bamberger Scott

“I could hear the television in the family room in the basement as the kids and I sat in the living room, holding each other and crying. Grant came bounding up the stairs and started yelling that he wasn’t going to tolerate a bunch... Read More

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Radiation Protective Foods

by Rachel Jagareski

In 1986, Sara Shannon published Diet for the Atomic Age, which outlined the hazards of low-level radiation on human health. Since that time there have been many more nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites constructed across the... Read More

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The Panda and the Prince

by Lisa Romeo

Australian David Somerville Mitchell, one of the foremost public relations practitioners in Asia during the late ’70s and ‘80s, was a logical if bold choice to change the world’s understanding of the aims of the World Wildlife... Read More

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