Book Review
Peak Integration
by Meg Nola
“About the universal forces that shape us all,” "Peak Integration" is a revealing memoir–cum–self-help text. Concerned with personal and social imbalances, motivational speaker and life coach Pierce J. Brooks’s self-help text...
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The Color of Mourning
by Meg Nola
"The Color of Mourning" is an unsettling, immersive novel about religious oppression in the Middle East. In Kim Dempster’s harrowing novel "The Color of Mourning", a Syrian mother and daughter struggle following the brutal takeover of...
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Middle Miles
by Meg Nola
"Middle Miles" is a resonant memoir that captures the landscapes, people, and meditations encountered during a long ride. Cory Mortensen’s spirited travel memoir "Middle Miles" chronicles the various logistics, challenges, enjoyments,...
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Practicing the Art of Becoming
by Meg Nola
The revealing self-help guide "Practicing the Art of Becoming" introduces an adaptable methodology of holistic change. Patty Elvey’s resonant self-help book "Practicing the Art of Becoming" focuses on broadening perspectives and...
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The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen
by Meg Nola
Chef Chad Hyatt’s cookbook "The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen" compiles a range of fascinating and practical information regarding the culinary versatility of wild and cultivated edible mushrooms. A celebration of mushrooms, the fruiting...
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I Watched You from the Ocean Floor
by Meg Nola
Struggling with tragedy, fear, and uncertainty, the characters of Erin Cecilia Thomas’s entrancing, woman-centered short story collection "I Watched You from the Ocean Floor" find hope through human connection and resilience. Easing...
Book Review
Eden's Clock
by Meg Nola
In Eden’s Clock, Norman Lock’s concluding stand-alone volume of The American Novels series, a Civil War veteran and clocksmith travels to San Francisco, arriving on the evening before the city’s massive 1906 earthquake. In 1905,...
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Cigar Box Lithographs Volume VII
by Meg Nola
Focused on woman-centered cigar box labels that gave smokers an opportunity to contemplate “greater, long-lasting values,” "Cigar Box Lithographs Volume VII" is an appealing collector’s guide. With a central theme of notable women,...