Book Review
Mr. Nicholas
In Christopher de Vinck’s novel "Mr. Nicholas", a hardened newspaperman’s life is rocked by a small boy’s love and an encounter with a mysterious old man. On his way to interview a beekeeper, Jim sees Anna’s car clinging to the...
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Real Talk Tarot
For relatability and accessibility, "Real Talk Tarot" updates the tarot, making the ancient system of self-knowledge and divination easy to use and appealing. Here, the tarot’s six-hundred-year-old system of applying archetypes to life...
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Heart Radical
Anne Liu Kellor’s intimate and revealing memoir "Heart Radical" concerns a struggle to know oneself—and to get into the heart of the Chinese people through language. In Chinese, it takes four brush strokes to form the shape of a...
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Jane Austen and Shelley in the Garden
With consuming literary passion, Janet Todd’s complex novel combines the past and the present together with the living and the dead. Fran is a widow who spent her life immersed in teaching, reading, and gardening. Her retirement (and...
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The Unwrapping of Theodora Quirke
Gritty Liverpool sets the mood for Caroline Smailes’s "The Unwrapping of Theodora Quirke", a most unusual Christmas tale. Nineteen-year-old Theodora (Theo, please), while grieving the death of her boyfriend, Gabe, lives in Dante House,...
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100 Ways to Kill a Teacher
"100 Ways to Kill a Teacher" is a knowledgeable educators’ guide that exposes problems in Canadian public education and suggests workable solutions. Educator Margaret Aisicovich’s social science text "100 Ways to Kill a Teacher"...
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Redefining Financial Literacy
"Redefining Financial Literacy" introduces exciting, of-the-moment market opportunities to individual investors, aiming to empower them. Cindy Couyoumjian’s economic self-help text "Redefining Financial Literacy" suggests cultivating...
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The Mister Peanut McWoolly Story
"The Mister Peanut McWoolly Story" is a compassionate picture book in which a girl helps a delicate lamb develop his self-esteem. Diane Wilkins’s charming picture book "The Mister Peanut McWoolly Story" is based on the true story of a...
