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January 2013

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2013.

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Software and Mind

by Mark McLaughlin

The scientific method of mechanism, by which the study of all things is broken down to their smallest building blocks and reassembled in hierarchical order, is the intellectual crowbar that tore down the religion-based myths that... Read More

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The Book Boat's in

Born on a remote farm in the 1800s, Jesse lives for the floating library-cum-bookstore he visits with his father by horse-drawn carriage. The object of his affection is Swiss Family Robinson, but he can’t afford the twenty cents it... Read More

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Ask Dr. BlackJack

by Mark McLaughlin

Sam Barrington wins at blackjack so often he is barred at forty-six casinos. Why? Not for cheating or card counting (which he says “is a total waste of time,”) but because, as one dealer described him to a pit boss: “He’s a weird... Read More

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Fortune's Mail

by Barbara Bamberger Scott

“Through a fortunate discovery by our investigative branch, we were able to locate many parcels of mail determined to have been lost. As required by law and our obligation to you, we are completing the service you have entrusted us... Read More

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The Bicycle Garden

by Colby Cedar Smith

Timka and Dasha decide to grow a bicycle by planting magical seeds in their backyard garden. With water and soil, a bicycle sprouts, and it grows beyond the garden and up into the sky. The siblings are still left without a bicycle to... Read More

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A War of Nerves

by Gary Presley

In his short book "A War of Nerves", Greg Hardin writes an indictment of his treatment by medical and legal bureaucracies. Hardin’s father and uncles served in the United States military, including an uncle who was “part of the D-Day... Read More

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The Miracle of Sam

by Tom Bevier

There’s a lot of imagined doggy talk in "The Miracle of Sam", a heartfelt story of a couple in Sedona, Arizona, and the canine companion who renews their lives. As Andy Rooney once quipped, “If dogs could talk it would take a lot of... Read More

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