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Eunuch

While the word “eunuch” may conjure up images of sultans and harems Len Lustgarten’s mesmerising book is about much much more. Lustgarten a New York physician with a passion for evolutionary biology transforms the story of an... Read More

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The Transform Diet

“High-protein diets may promote loss of kidney function.” “During a three-year period when the use of treadmills increased by 900 percent, obesity doubled.” “In a university study, many popular brands of bottled water actually... Read More

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Family

An athlete a businessman a man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the sole survivor of five children John Wysner’s life story has the potential to make for compelling poetry. Unfortunately the poet never makes art out of these events.... Read More

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In Her Eyes

Poet Melissa L. Beal a pathologist by profession writes with the hand and heart of a survivor: childhood experiences of sexual abuse a narrow escape from death at the age of nineteen surviving ovarian cancer and recovering from addiction... Read More

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The Synergistic Life Style

“The reason I have so much respect for the principles in the Bible is that they work, not sometimes, but every time,” Ron Travis writes. “I have attempted to incorporate Biblical principles into this book by putting everything to... Read More

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The Impotent Giant

“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues” Theodore Roosevelt once said. This sentiment lies behind H. John Lyke’s The Impotent Giant: How to Reclaim the Moral High Ground in... Read More

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Just by Accident

“One thing I learned from living and working in the backcountry is to always expect the unexpected” Ben Benson writes. “Sometimes an event you hadn’t even considered a remote possibility happens on the trail.” As a young man... Read More

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