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Medium Rare
by Wendy Hinman
A. Natasha Joukovsky’s delicious, multilayered novel "Medium Rare" muses on contemporary American culture through an average man’s foray to unimagined heights. Phil, a discontented lobbyist of middling employment, happens to predict...
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When They Go Low, We Go Highball
by Meg Nola
"When They Go Low, We Go Highball" is a rousing cocktail recipe collection that evokes feminine power and potential. The fifty cocktails and libations in Leslie Miller’s exuberant bar guide "When They Go Low, We Go Highball" are an act...
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Dollartorium
by Karen Rigby
Pronouncing tidy morals concerning meaningful work, "Dollartorium" is a convivial satirical novel. In Ron Pullins’s freewheeling satirical novel "Dollartorium", an entrepreneur is lured by the prospect of wealth. Ralph owns the Corny...
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The Blueberry Society
by Karen Rigby
A young man’s unwise decisions all work out in the end in the good-natured short story collection "The Blueberry Society". Zeebo’s irreverent short story collection "The Blueberry Society" gathers earthy tales about a New York...
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The Turkey Is Not the Only Thing Getting Roasted
by Karen Rigby
The Turkey is Not the Only Thing Getting Roasted is a lighthearted essay collection that examines how people across the US navigate a notorious annual gathering. Robert Okine’s wisecracking essay collection The Turkey is Not the Only...
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The Knives Before Christmas
Set in Christmas, Florida, J. Kent Holloway’s "The Knives Before Christmas" is a magical murder mystery novel about a grisly death in a cheery town. When Thomas’s protégé, Trixie, is implicated in the murder of her father, Thomas,...
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One, None, and a Hundred Grand
by Mike Good
In Luigi Pirandello’s philosophical novel "One, None, and a Hundred Grand", a personal identity crisis leads to profound explorations of the self and ego. After Vitangelo’s wife, Dida, reveals to him that his nose tilts to the right,...
