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Primordial Beast

by Nancy Powell

"Primordial Beast" touches upon Cherokee myths in a thought-provoking way. Peter Chicuorka’s slow-building thriller "Primordial Beast" is set in a national forest where a mysterious predator is brutally killing park visitors. A young... Read More

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No Pity in Death

by Rachel Jagareski

"No Pity in Death" is a satisfying blend of medical mystery and romance, with good local color. Annie Collins, a Denver operating room nurse, is the main sleuth in Helen Starbuck’s blend of hard-boiled medical mystery and romantic... Read More

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A Year of Living Kindly

by Drema Drudge

Proposing ways to make life better for everyone, one kind act at a time, "A Year of Living Kindly" is an optimistic self-help work. Donna Cameron’s self-help book "A Year of Living Kindly" is filled with sage advice on living a kinder... Read More

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Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush

by Karen Rigby

With its read-aloud pleasure, "Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush" appeals to the artist in everyone. Perfection gives way to creativity in "Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush", the story of a girl who loses her initial delight at producing... Read More

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Monsterland Reanimated

by Anita Lock

A coming-of-age page-turner, "Monsterland Reanimated" puts a whole new spin on the world of good and evil. What started as an act of altruism turns into a horror of monstrous proportions in Michael Okon’s "Monsterland Reanimated". A... Read More

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COLOR Up

by Katie Asher

"COLOR Up" forwards fun ways to approach common situations. Introducing a new approach to problem solving, "COLOR Up" by Karen A. Foss and Ann Skinner-Jones uses a unique color wheel analogy to help people step away from black-and-white... Read More

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The Pretenders

by Philip J. Kowalski

In the realistic novel "The Pretenders", the workplace overshadows the personal. Leland J. Katz’s contemporary autobiographical novel "The Pretenders" is a professional coming-of-age story that follows Joel Kramer through the ups and... Read More

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Traveler's Diarrhea

by Susan Waggoner

Traveler’s Diarrhea is an engaging, wryly humorous chronicle of travel to out-of-the-ordinary places. Forget the off-putting cover and the even more off-putting promise of humor “guaranteed to cause abdominal cramps, nausea” and... Read More

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