Book Review
Some Day
This thrilling, fresh, and surprising novel ought to draw the eyes of the literati back to Israel. Filmmaker Shemi Zarhin’s emotionally expansive and beautiful debut centers on an outwardly average Israeli family, perched with resolve...
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The Grey Star
Existential questions in the midst of grand conflicts, all peppered with elves, goblins, and otherworldly creatures—and James Bartholomeusz juggles them all well. This last installment in James Bartholomeusz’s Seven Stars Trilogy...
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A fresh look at The Quran
The mystical language of this overview of the Quran will intrigue as it informs. Veteran journalist Syed Ghulam Sarwar embarks on a layman’s interpretation of the Quran, aiming to get back to its initial purposes and free it from the...
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Sweet Muse of Madness
This dark, visceral, intriguing novel depicts life, war, and sex in the ancient Near East. A dark and expansive tale that brings to life an ancient clash between indigenous religion and budding monotheism, Anthony Giarmo’s "Sweet Muse...
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The Count of Monte Cristo as Retold by Sherlock Holmes
Literary worlds collide in this amusing retelling of a classic tale. This anonymously penned tome retells Alexandre Dumas’s classic in the assumed voice of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most-celebrated character. Billed as the first in a...
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How This Happened—Election 2012
A thorough exploration of the Obama election illuminates the art and science of intelligent campaigning. A meticulously constructed, frank examination of the 2012 US presidential election drawing from a plethora of sources, How This...
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The Man from Sweet Loaf
Though some elements are magical, Prue speaks the truth about the treatment of African Americans and veterans in this disquieting, mesmeric read. G.Franklin Prue returns with a dark, frequently surreal novel that follows Sam Murphy, a...
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Heaven's Treasure Within
Finding gratitude amid tragedy, this poet meditates on the earthbound spirit with sincere, humble verse. Heaven’s Treasure Within is an earnest attempt to poetically illuminate the ways in which God is active in today’s world....