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Thump
Racial and sexual tension in the workplace combine in a stimulating, suspenseful novel. Emeritus lawyer Avraham Azrieli deviates from the realm of political thrillers to deliver a taut courtroom drama that blends issues of race and...
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Strange Life
The poems in "Strange Life" are constructed with terrible and forthright beauty, both existential and hauntingly specific. From Eleanor Lerman (The Sensual World Re-Emerges, 2011), a National Book Award-nominated poet and Guggenheim...
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WTF I’m Trying to Be Spiritual
Bishop and Varga have created a jovial and generous guidebook for self-care. The co-founders of Kiss and Tell Creative Productions, Jeanette Bishop and Helen Varga (Shut the Hell Up, I’m Trying to be Spiritual Here!, 2005), return with...
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Currure Spatium
With jaunty and engaging moments, "Currure Spatium" is a well-mapped commentary on an undesirable potential future. Christian Ytteborg’s tongue-in-cheek debut novel, "Currure Spatium", presents a future universe in which a rogue,...
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Prostitutes, Virgins, and Mothers
From a feminist theologian comes a fascinating and passionate introduction to women in, or, more accurately, women’s exclusion from, the Bible. A self-described cradle-Christian, Paula Trimble-Familetti, a graduate of Liberty...
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Young Widower
Heartbreakingly honest, authentically mature, Evans’s memoir is a testament to survival through loss and grief. Stanford fellow and poet John W. Evans delivers a memoir of unexpected grief which is both emotionally ragged and deeply...
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The Oracles Fell Silent
An academic and a rock star clash in a witty caricature of contemporary culture. Lee Oser’s sophomore novel offers a wry and appealing brew of malcontented characters navigating the absurd deifications which accompany modern celebrity....
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Memoirs of a Gym Rat
This raunchy memoir reveals the salacious secrets of greedy personal trainers through vignettes of smutty gym antics. Max Hawthorne’s raunchy, revealing memoir is certain to induce bouts of calorie-burning laughter, embarrassed grins,...