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August 2008

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 2008.

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Company of Spies

"Company of Spies" begins with the cataclysmic bombing of Pearl Harbor that quickly pushed the United States into World War II. Seemingly overnight the American citizenship radically changed the definition of the family infrastructure... Read More

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Fear God and the Shadow of the Muslim Sword

“Muslims are marrying Muslims and the imams in the mosques are pushing for conciliatory changes in the secular law to accommodate Sharia law” writes Mr. Pat. This controversial statement is just one of a number of extremist... Read More

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Web of Spies, Book II

Dr. Margaret Emanuelson’s epic new series Company of Spies presents the events of World War II in an entirely different perspective that of its female O.S.S. operatives. Calling on her own experiences as a covert operative working for... Read More

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The Famous Frog Fiasco

“[Y]ou don’t notice that the team isn’t the same you just miss a few players each year and life goes on. Lose someone and he’s replaced with a new player.” That’s how cowboy mafioso and professional bank robber Lynn Dale... Read More

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Conversations With Thomas

Conversations with Thomas the first title in Amelie Diamant-Holmstom’s three-volume Courtship of Life series is written for “parents grandparents friends and all those involved in guiding children.” A distillation of the author’s... Read More

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Secrets of the Red Lantern

“‘What is Vietnamese food? How is it different from other cuisines?’ The first thing I always say,” Pauline Nguyen writes in the introduction to Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Vietnamese Recipes from the Heart, “is... Read More

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What Men Call Treasure

According to legend, beneath Victorio Peak (actually a less than impressive 500-foot hill) lies a fabulous treasure of 16,000 gold bars, priceless relics, and seventeen skeletons that kept a vigilant watch. The peak, named after Apache... Read More

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The Rope

Today, everyone wants more—more comfort and, definitely, more money. The family in this story has found a way to get it with a thick rope dangling from the sky with a tiny note attached to it that simply reads, “Pull for more.” At... Read More

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