Book Review
Orion Poe and the Lost Explorer
Orion, a bit of a scamp who tells it like it is, can hold his own as the narrator of any future sequels to this fun adventure. Under bizarre and unsettling circumstances, eleven-year-old Orion Poe comes to possess a map detailing the...
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In the Shadows of Politics
From a childhood in Ghana through a career devoted to African politics, this memoir blends humor and rich detail to introduce a unique perspective on civic duty. "In the Shadows of Politics" is a deeply personal and uniquely voiced...
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Voices in the Mist
Curious elflike characters and a strange threat to their home heighten the mystery of this rich fantasy realm. A twelve-year-old British girl learns she has been specially chosen to be welcomed into the world of tiny beings who live...
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Docket No. 76
A richly detailed New Orleans is the backdrop for this brilliant and intense debut drama. In a compact 186 pages, Arita M. L. Bohannan constructs a harrowing story that asks the question, “Justice for whom?” When a five-year-old girl...
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California Slim
A behind-the-scenes look at the music industry in the 1960s and ’70s, this fun memoir looks back on the sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Andrew J. Bernstein writes of his front-row seat during the ever-evolving music scene of the...
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Hidden Doors, Secrets Rooms
This brisk and original cat-and-mouse thriller exceeds expectations with unpredictable results. John Mills, a reclusive iconic British singer and songwriter, is living in self-imposed solitude until Jillian Braedon and her five-year-old...
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Swimming in Circles is Better Than Drowning
Flanagan’s voice—of a woman who came of age in the 1960s—reverberates throughout this well-written memoir. In "Swimming in Circles is Better Than Drowning", a baby boomer reflects candidly on life lessons learned on her journey...
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Innovative Solutions
Heys’ crisp and concise writing takes corporate history to a new level. The creative men behind one of the country’s most innovative electric utility holding companies are spotlighted and their four decades of research and...