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  2. Books Published May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 4, 2012. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in May 2012.

Book Review

Beware the Mandarins

by Cheryl Hibbard

Author Jane M. Hogg writes with a straightforward and precise style perfect for nonfiction. "Beware the Mandarins" goes beyond the standard memoir, detailing a period of corruption in British government that she experiences firsthand... Read More

Book Review

An Ordinary Catholic

by Mark McLaughlin

A devout Catholic for most of his more than eighty years, Thomas Arthur Nelson has, like so many of his faith, broken with the church and its hierarchy over what he believes is a hostile stance on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and... Read More

Book Review

Having Been an Accomplice

by Jennifer Fandel

In “Would I Be Able to Stand,” the first poem of Laura Cronk’s collection, a woman tests the boundaries, real and imagined, of herself. “Would I be able to stand / a horse charging past?” she asks, and suddenly horse hooves... Read More