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January 15, 2009

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 15, 2009. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in January 2009.

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Animal Vista

A compassionate aging veterinarian his entrepreneurial-minded son and a potentially threatening epidemic of horse sleeping sickness give this first novel the ingredients for a lively tale. As in the beloved All Creatures Great and Small... Read More

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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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Mud Blood

The phrase “life imitates art” takes on new meaning for mystery novelist Vera Moonachie in Joan Del Monte’s "Mud Blood". Vera’s collaborator Fulton Yee goes missing taking with him the identity of the fictional murderer which... Read More

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Keep Any Promise

The Phoenix myth in one form or another flies across cultures as much a part of the human spirit as our knowledge that grass dies away in winter and flourishes green again in spring. Karim Ismail tasted the ashes of failure and he writes... Read More

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Delicious Little That

In her memoir, "Delicious Little That", Denise Harrington looks back on the previous eight years of her life. From the ripe old age of thirty-two, she writes of her whirlwind romance with Cowboy. Her instant infatuation with him leads to... Read More

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Michigan Wind

Mark Raven’s novel "Michigan Wind" is all about action. The story begins with Bob Connors saving a life in the ER. From here readers are thrown into the operating room and into anesthesiologist and researcher Bob’s world. We learn... Read More

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