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March 2009

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published March 2009.

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The President's Pianist

“Mostly it is the president who stays in my mind and his kindness intelligence honesty and strength of character….He was unpretentious unhurried and unshakable” Manos recalls in this memoir that centers on his four years as the... Read More

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Summer's Distant Echoes

Urban street lit like most genres has its own formula. Summer’s Distant Echoes fits the bill with its sex violence revenge gang loyalty treachery constant action name-dropping of fashion and entertainment stars and murder. Author James... Read More

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Terranova

“Political reform came first. Remember what a bind we were in during the first decade of the millennium?” the author writes. “The United States was bogged down in two nasty wars, unhinged by terrorism, and hardly able to deal with... Read More

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The Busy-Body Book of Fun-Atomy Tunes

In "The Busy-Body Book of Fun-Atomy Tunes", the author takes the old songs, “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” and “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” and creates an interactive musical experience for children eager to learn the parts of the... Read More

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The Kite and The Kingdom

Part philosophical discussion part fiction and thoroughly intense The Kite and the Kingdom offers solutions to the world’s economic political and social problems through “righteousness and altruism.” Lo Kram was trained as an... Read More

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Like Loving Backward

Like Loving Backwards is a collection of seven short stories by Cheo Tyehimba a successful journalist who has written for magazines including Time Entertainment Weekly People and Oprah. His stories are written in the tradition of... Read More

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Never Stop Laughing!

“I’m no comedian in the usual sense” author William Goodman writes “but one of my greatest pleasures since childhood has been making people laugh.” He succeeds in that endeavor with his first book. With plenty of guffaw-worthy... Read More

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An American Trilogy

Death domination and oppression are an old story in North Carolina. Queen Elizabeth authorized Sir Walter Raleigh to colonize the Carolinas in 1584. That began a series of events that have soaked the land with blood and sorrow: the... Read More

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