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Then I Came Home

by Joe Taylor

A Vietnam veteran tells the hard story of how he turned fear into gratitude and anger into the motivation to help himself and others. Sam Gaylord’s memoir, "Then I Came Home", is a story of hard luck and redemption. Gaylord reflects on... Read More

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Twelve American Wars

by Joe Taylor

One by one, Windchy harshly evaluates all the US wars and the personalities that shaped them. “Rough tough, we’re the stuff. We want to fight and we can’t get enough. Whoopee!” The war cry of Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough... Read More

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The Clever Mill Horse

by Joe Taylor

Filled with danger, science, and suspense, this story rings true with historical and natural detail. With "The Clever Mill Horse", Jodi Lew-Smith presents a kaleidoscopic glimpse of early America through the struggle of a young woman to... Read More

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Mekong Mud Dogs

by Joe Taylor

Eaton captures the danger, emotions, and political landscapes of the Vietnam War in this extraordinary story of heroism. No one exemplified the utter danger and downright dirty work of the Vietnam War more than the combat infantryman. Ed... Read More

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The Man Who Walked Out Of Isabelle

by Joe Taylor

Bourg’s debut is an accomplishment, a sensuous and bawdy celebration of rugged survivors in a threatening world. J. C. Bourg’s first novel, "The Man Who Walked Out Of Isabelle", is a compelling study of a remarkable character whose... Read More

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The Roof Walkers

by Joe Taylor

With a unique narrative approach, Keith Henderson recreates the birth of Canada. "The Roof Walkers" by Keith Henderson, an epistolary novel about the birth of Canada, is historical fiction at its best. It not only illuminates a point in... Read More

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Abe Lincoln: Public Enemy No. 1

by Joe Taylor

Lincoln, emancipated at last from the nineteenth century, finds a job more honest than the presidency: “String Bean” is a thug with morals. In 1976, while they were students at Emerson College, Brian Anthony and Bill Walker made a... Read More

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Where They Bury You

by Joe Taylor

Heroes fall in a fictionalized account of how the West was swindled. With "Where They Bury You", Steven W. Kohlhagen inserts a “what-could-have-been” amendment to the official American story of the Southwest in the 1860s.... Read More

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