Book Review
The Lost Children of the World
Ernie Hasler’s "The Lost Children of the World" faces the harsh reality of people trafficking. The book also explores the far-reaching social devastation of violent conflicts. While rather deep in its goals and subject matter, at its...
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My Favorite Teacher Was an Ironworker
Rick Taylor, a doctor by profession, proves what many readers are continually learning: the best education takes place outside the classroom. With "My Favorite Teacher Was an Ironworker", Taylor shares a heartfelt look at an unexpected...
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I Am Job
Many religious leaders, authors, philosophers, and everyday people have attempted to answer the age-old question: Why do bad things happen to good people? Effiong E. Ibok, an engineer and born-again Christian, offers his views through...
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Little Jimmy Brown
In "Little Jimmy Brown", James Brown shares the highs and lows of growing up in an orphanage in the 1940s. At the beginning of the book, Brown’s birth mother, Georgia, tells her own story. She falls in love with a sailor (her sisters...
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Phoenix Rose
In this follow up to Palindrome Hannah, Michael Bailey tells horror stories about what happens when humans, nature, and spirits collide in the town of Brenden, Washington. The prologue opens with the ominous image of William...
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Finding Life
"Finding Life", James Graham’s debut novel, follows Chance Gordon as he goes through the process the title indicates. Chance’s story of rebirth is steeped in memory and the sadness and hope of nostalgia. Graham begins the prologue...
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We Shall Not Be Moved
The recent memories of many Americans are seared with images of a devastated, storm-and-flood-ravaged, and desperately savage New Orleans. In the wake of these unforgettable pictures, however, most Americans moved on with their...
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The Society's Traitor
In the first installment in The Discoveries of Arthur Grey series, The Society’s Traitor, V.K. Finnish tells the tale of an inquisitive eleven-year-old who takes a magical trip into a world where people search for the truth behind...