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The Untended
In the moving novel "The Untended", a community’s grit, hardiness, and sense of unity become apparent, even as its citizens struggle with addiction. In Mattea Kramer’s multifaceted novel "The Untended", small-town people survive...
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Warriors of the Red Wolf
A poetic, rhythmic campfire tale that moves at a quick, tense pace, "Warriors of the Red Wolf" is an engrossing community origin story. In Nicholas Varner’s fabulistic novel "Warriors of the Red Wolf", warriors seek safety from a...
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Those We Carry
by Ryan Prado
"Those We Carry" is a tragic, triumphant novel about wartime love. Perseverance despite a tragic past leads a budding hero into the horrors and humility of World War II, and eventually to love, in Scott Saxberg’s novel "Those We...
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The Potentialist
A focused self-help text that encourages attentive self-inquiry, "The Potentialist" suggests ways to nurture one’s consciousness toward living the best possible life. Ben Lytle’s self-help book "The Potentialist" is about the pursuit...
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Civic Minded
by Willem Marx
A commonsense guide to what the United States government actually does, Jeff Fleischer’s "Civic Minded" demystifies subjects at the heart of contemporary political discourse and creates a groundwork of facts for everyday citizens....
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No Escape
Preserving the experiences and words of Cree children kidnapped from their families and forced into the residential school system, the memoir "No Escape" pushes back against a system designed to erase cultural heritage. Ron Gosbee’s...
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Circle of Animals
In Sadie Hoagland’s novel "Circle of Animals", a woman goes through cycles of trauma, motherhood, complicated love, and perseverance in a misogynistic culture. Sky’s life is unusual thanks to her free-spirited, unpredictable mother,...