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December 15, 2005

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published December 15, 2005. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in December 2005.

Book Review

The Enlightened Kitchen

by Melanie Drane

Americans have submitted to increasingly frantic, contradictory food fads in pursuit of a healthy diet. From banishing carbs, to factory-made dietetic meals (vacuum-sealed in plastic), and synthetic fat substitute (notorious for inducing... Read More

Book Review

Aligned Thinking

by Cindy Kryszak

By applying the principles of aligned thinking, readers can “overcome the frustration of too much to do, increase accomplishment and satisfaction, and reduce stress and interruptions,” writes the author. Part of the Ken Blanchard... Read More

Book Review

C.S. Lewis

“[You] must not believe all that authors tell you about how they wrote their books,” says famed writer C.S. Lewis, “because a man writing a story is too excited about the story itself to sit back and notice how he is doing it.”... Read More

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The Love Poems of Ahmad Shamlu

by Jeff Gundy

The name of Ahmad Shamlu (1925—2000), widely recognized as one of the major Iranian poets of the twentieth century, will be new to most American readers. A prolific writer and translator who helped to introduce many world authors to... Read More

Book Review

Teaching by Design

by Kisha Jackson

Wanting to help teach her daughter with multiple impairments, the author developed customized educational materials, examples of what others could do to educate children with disabilities. The result is this book, which provides readers... Read More

Book Review

Hand in Glove

by Carol Haggas

A mythical African artifact, a series of diabolical murders, and a torrid love affair all come together like … well, like a hand in a glove … in this romantic mystery set in Atlanta’s entrepreneurial Black community. A weekend... Read More

Book Review

Optics

by Christine Thomas

The title poem of this meditative Pulitzer Prize-nominated collection of verse sets forth the author’s aim quite directly: “…For me then all important / questions are spiritual in one / form or another….” The product of... Read More

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