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BO
Two best friends grapple with an AIDS diagnosis in this humane novel about suffering and friendship. L. A. Long’s new novella, Bo, is a moving account of two friends coming face-to-face with the ugly, but not defeating, reality of...
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The Will Power
It’s hard to imagine sitting down with Maurice Elmalem’s comprehensive martial arts guide and getting through it in a day a week or even a month. In fact sitting down is likely the opposite of what Elmalem who holds a slew of world...
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Small Spirits
A striking Teton Lakota doll dressed in fringed buckskin, delicately beaded in hues of turquoise and blue, a beaded knife sheath hanging from her belt, and her long double earrings fashioned from porcupine quills, stares out from the...
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Grave Undertaking
Readers are familiar with private eyes, retired police, and charming old ladies who knit as detectives, but an undertaker as detective opens up new possibilities for crime solving. A native of North Carolina, the author brings to this...
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Sinner of Memory
This series of essays is characterized by a deeply haunting and sometimes melancholic tone that both mesmerizes and intrigues. The author’s vision of memory is marked by the juxtaposition of image against quiet action, and in so doing,...
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Olympic Games
In the humorous style of Tom Robbins, this novel tells an amusing yet wise story about love and power. Its quirky, recognizable characters act out a comedy of errors, replaying the old roles and conflicts of Greek myths within a...
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Chicken Soup for the African American Soul
A fourteen-year-old from inner-city Chicago becomes a millionaire. The murder of a child inspires her mother to renounce drugs and become an inspirational speaker. An old lady’s gift of one dollar reminds a college student not to take...