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November 22, 2021

WOMEN: DOWN THROUGH THE AGES

By Jerry Schaefer
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

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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Rating:
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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September 21, 2020

THE POSTER BOY

By Chad Scott
Rating:
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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Rating:
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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August 24, 2020

CALLING MY SPIRIT BACK

By Elaine Alec
Rating:
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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July 27, 2020

THE EQ INTERVENTION

By Adam L. Saenz
Rating:
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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July 17, 2020

DAISY HAS AUTISM

By Aaron J. Wright
Rating:
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,...

Rating:
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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April 29, 2020

DOES SHE THINK OF ME

By Cathy Thrun
Rating:
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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Rating:
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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April 27, 2020

A SINGLE DESPERATE PRAYER

By Ludmila Ritz
Rating:
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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Rating:
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...

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