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Burning Woman
"Burning Woman" is a stimulating artist’s memoir about pursuing personal fulfillment. Sharon Strong’s "Burning Woman" is a fascinating memoir about aging and growing into oneself. Strong, a psychologist and artist, focuses most on...
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Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits, and Hoodoo Saints
Witch Queens, Voodoo Spirits & Hoodoo Saints is an enlightening look at those who shaped the unique culture of New Orleans. Each chapter covers an important figure in the history of New Orleans.These include people from history, like...
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Ain't That a Mother
Afro-Latina Adiba Nelson’s memoir-in-essays Ain’t That a Mother concerns dating, motherhood, parenting a disabled child, and breaking generational habits—as much about reparenting oneself as it is about parenting another. Nelson...
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Thin Places
About a place, a past, and an imperiled future, Kerri ní Dochartaigh’s poetic memoir "Thin Places" looks back on what it means to have survived the Troubles in Ireland. Ní Dochartaigh, who was born in 1983 at a midway point in the...
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The Legend of the Dream Giants
A young giant finds both friendship and duplicity in "The Legend of the Dream Giants", a beautiful illustrated novel by Dustin Hansen. Berg is a giant who lives alone, haunted by strange dreams. He survives by stealing food from the...
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Hannibal
Roman historians have cast Hannibal Barca as a cruel, uncouth barbarian, but Philip Freeman’s panoramic biography "Hannibal" supplies evidence that the great Carthaginian military leader, whose strategic and tactical genius has been...
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Oncoviruses
by Ali Ortiz
Covering decades’ worth of medical research, "Oncoviruses" is a thorough scientific review. Abubakar Yaro’s "Oncoviruses" is comprehensive in reviewing past medical studies of a subset of cancer-causing viruses. Oncoviruses, Yaro...