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While some of his jokes fall flat, WOMEN: DOWN THROUGH THE AGES--Jerry Schaefer’s look at men’s mistreatment of women--is a reasonably comprehensive addition to feminist...
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4.5 / 5.0
CYBERJUTSU: Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja is a very well researched and clearly organized book that uses Japanese history quite cleverly to illustrate modern cybersecurity...
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5.0 / 5.0
Chad Scott's hard-won business success is outlined in fine detail in the marvelously compact heartening and practical THE POSTER BOY: Small Towns, Big Ideas, and...
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September 16, 2020
NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE TIDE (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic Wannabe-Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell)
By Kergan Edwards-StoutRating:
4.5 / 5.0
NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE TIDE (Or, How I Married a Lying, Psychopathic Wannabe-Murderer and Kinda Lived to Tell) by Kergan Edwards-Stout is a...
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5.0 / 5.0
In response to the oft-repeated question of why navigating towards positive change always seems so difficult, CALLING MY SPIRIT BACK by Elaine Alec provides mythical...
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5.0 / 5.0
THE EQ INTERVENTION by Dr. Adam L. Saenz offers a clear, rational explanation of the concept of emotional intelligence, aimed primarily at teachers but useful...
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5.0 / 5.0
Marvelously crafted, informative, insightful, enraging, heartwarming, and at times even humorous, DAISY HAS AUTISM by Aaron J. Wright is a book that shouldn't be missed,...
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3.0 / 5.0
For all its narrative flaws, WALKING WITH THE ENEMY is an utterly unique book that offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of the author,...
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5.0 / 5.0
DOES SHE THINK OF ME by Cathy Williams-Thrun is a resoundingly wonderful, touching, soulful look at the personal issues involved in adopted children and birth...
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4.0 / 5.0
Readers may not know Cary D. Lowe's name, but the California lawyer and Democratic political activist weaves a fascinating and often poignant immigrant story.
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4.0 / 5.0
Although we don’t find out immediately what memoir author Ludmila Ritz’s single desperate prayer is—one of the defining moments of her young life—her gutsy, sensitive...
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4.5 / 5.0
THE GROWTH AND COLLAPSE OF ONE AMERICAN NATION is an erudite history of the country’s early development as a republic. Author Donald J. Fraser traces...