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Newshawks in Berlin
Larry Heinzerling, Randy Herschaft, and Ann Cooper’s cultural history "Newshawks in Berlin" explores how the Associated Press operated during World War II. During the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the Associated Press was a vital...
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Sheine Lende
In Darcie Little Badger’s compassionate novel "Sheine Lende", memories live on through love. Aided by their ghost dog, Nellie, and their ancestral ability to awaken deceased animals from Below, Shane works with her mother, Lorenza, to...
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Grey Dog
by Aimee Jodoin
In Elliott Gish’s gothic horror novel "Grey Dog", an unmarried teacher is pitted against a forest-dwelling monster. In 1901, Ada is thirty years old and a reluctant teacher. She takes up a new posting in small-town Lowry Bridge. The...
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The Story Is in Our Bones
by Kristen Rabe
Comprehensive and inspiring, "The Story Is in Our Bones" reviews how women, Indigenous people, and other activists across the globe are working to counter climate change and protect ecosystems. In this persuasive book, Osprey Orielle...
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Sanctuary of the Shadow
In Aurora Ascher’s erotic fantasy novel "Sanctuary of the Shadow", a girl fights for the right to live life as her authentic self. A Water Elemental with the ability to see the future and the sole survivor of the genocide against her...
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Of Love and Treason
by Karen Rigby
Love blooms between a renegade Christian and a jailer’s daughter, but is threatened by controversies, in Jamie Ogle’s invigorating romance novel "Of Love and Treason". In third-century Rome, Iris was blinded in an accident. She longs...
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The Waters
Daring women keep secrets, heal their neighbors, and protect each others’ futures in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s captivating novel "The Waters". On an island in a Michigan swamp sits a cabin whose residents seem to exist outside of time. As...