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St. Joseph's College

by Anna Call

This exhaustive, occasionally playful account chronicles one religious college’s struggle to make a name for itself in a more established and secular academic setting. St. Joseph’s College by Kenneth Munro, an intricate historical... Read More

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Living Colorful Beauty

by Anna Call

"Living Colorful Beauty" is a twisted, intensely character-driven ride. In "Living Colorful Beauty", author Jonathan Harnisch tells the story of Ben, a man diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome, schizoaffective disorder, and several other... Read More

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Lotería Huasteca

by Anna Call

This is celebration sincere and genuine, an appreciation by an artist whose love for his art and for his subject shines through every print. Categorizing Alec Dempster’s "Lotería Huasteca" as an art book is tricky. Nominally a book of... Read More

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How to Talk to an Alien

by Anna Call

This discussion of ufology will help alien communicators successfully say, “Take me to your leader.” How would extraterrestrials communicate? Would they prefer to read our minds or to learn our languages and communicate on our level?... Read More

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Down

by Anna Call

Psychological as well as physical horror elevates this sci-fi thriller to a disturbingly exciting level. Mo Rees, employee of the BathyTech mining company, gets the adventure he always craved when the dashing scientist Armin Savage-Hall... Read More

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Bring Me the Head of Yorkie Goodman

by Anna Call

Alongside a portrayal of mobsters clinging desperately to their masculinity, Yates reveals the nonsense of violence and revenge. The assassins: two hit men from North Carolina. The target: a Hoosier farmer named Yorkie Goodman. The... Read More

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