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September 15, 2008

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published September 15, 2008. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in September 2008.

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eMaya on Climate Control

by Val Grimm

Although the opening of his book focuses on a human student Jerry Benson the main characters in Dilip Dahanukar’s novel "eMaya on Climate Control" are sentient computer programs. Bitsy an artificial intelligence created by Jerry and... Read More

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Cause and Conscience

by Marlene Satter

First-time readers need not fear trying this the fourth volume of author Purl’s BBC Radio drama converted into a series of engaging novels. There’s a directory to the (large) cast of characters in the back of the book. And although... Read More

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Wrestling With Old Heroes - Again

by Aline Soules

This beautifully written book takes readers back to a time when there was time—time to consider ideas and deepen understanding. Jesse Green has written letters of reflection on some of the great writers of the nineteenth century... Read More

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Dr. Ruth's Guide to Teens and Sex Today

“Were you surprised that MySpace had to remove 29,000 sex offenders from its lists?” the authors ask? Dr. Ruth, who turns eighty this year, has kept abreast of the Internet age, its benefits and dangers. This book, her thirty-second,... Read More

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The Cat Who Invented Bebop

by Elizabeth Breau

This whimsical story imagines the invention of bebop music as the production of jazz-playing cats who “were so cool they had their own language.” It chronicles the adventures of one Stringbean McCoy, a “cool kitten” born to a... Read More

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The Heart of an Engineer

by Camille-Yvette Welsch

Merritt spends this volume on a search for God love and a suitable dance partner. Filled with limericks ballads and metrical poetry the volume chronicles Merritt’s life as an aerospace engineer dancer man with Parkinson’s disease and... Read More

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Floodgates

by Kristine Morris

Hearkening back to the ancient practice of traditional African doctors who employed poetic incantations in their healing rites and rituals the poetry of Dr. Bertrand P. Fote an emergency room physician gives expression to the workings of... Read More

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