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Book Review

Somebody Should Do Something

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Philosophers Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly’s social science study "Somebody Should Do Something" maps how well-meaning people get stuck between personal virtue and structural inertia when confronting “everything... Read More

Book Review

Dialogues from Beyond

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Growth is not only possible but the purpose for being, according to "Dialogues from Beyond", a lengthy record of personal interactions with a higher spiritual plane. Frances Gaik’s spiritual memoir "Dialogues from Beyond" addresses... Read More

Book Review

The Saundra Gray Affair

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"The Saundra Gray Affair" is a political thriller about the personal costs of leading a public life. Set in Washington, DC, Daniel Yager’s "The Saundra Gray Affair" is a tense thriller about political scandals and their personal costs.... Read More

Book Review

The End of Meaning

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"The End of Meaning" is a sweeping, somber philosophy text that describes a bevy of cultural losses and bemoans the fragility of social conditions for meaning. William A. Sikes’s cultural history book "The End of Meaning" is about... Read More

Book Review

Taking the Stairs & Liking It

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Informative and uplifting, the self-help guidebook Taking the Stairs & Liking It models empathetic, values-based self-improvement. Lauren Speeth’s Taking the Stairs & Liking It is a polished motivational guidebook rooted in... Read More

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