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April 2010

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published April 2010.

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Methuselah's Pillar

by Ron Kaplan

Move over, Indiana Jones; there’s a new anthropologist/hero in town. When a simple shepherd in the Afghan mountains literally stumbles upon an ancient relic, he can’t imagine the terrible power his discovery may unleash. Meanwhile,... Read More

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Word Catcher

by Jessica Henkle

Wordcatcher is not a typical text on etymology. With a sharp, yet conversational, tone, Phil Cousineau whisks readers through a dissection of 250 words, each accompanied by an array of anecdotes, quotes, and “companion” words. He... Read More

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Never a Dull Day in Pompeii

by Margaret Cullison

Archeologists continue to study the remains of villas built during the Roman Empire to learn more about how the emperors and other people who inhabited them lived. In the past, far too many objects disappeared from these sites, taken... Read More

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Six Million Crucifixions

by Elizabeth Breau

Two thousand years of Christian anti-Semitism provided the “nitroglycerin” for the “dynamite” of the Final Solution: “The Nazis simply had to light the match,” Gabriel Wilensky writes. His accessible first book details the... Read More

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Till the Eagle Screams

by Pat Avery

In "Till the Eagle Screams", author Paul Rawlings takes the reader on a wild ride based on a series of “what ifs” that seem to have special significance in today’s political climate. Sheriff Mike Bonner has a quiet life as the head... Read More

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Invisible Woman

by Dawn Goldsmith

Jagdish Kulkarni, a physician and psychiatrist, offers insight, understanding, and ways to cope in his book Invisible Woman: I to I: Invisibility to Invincibility. The book, just one part of the Invisible Woman brand, is joined by a Web... Read More

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From Pastor to Atheist

by Julia Ann Charpentier

Organized religion is potent and demanding. Too often, churches frighten freethinking intellectuals with dogmatic teachings that do not benefit society, much less fulfill individual needs. Focused on musty ideals, fundamentalist factions... Read More

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