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Though Dr. Basimah Khulusi’s WHAT A WOMAN IS bursts with passion, some may see it as a rehash of out-of-date stereotypes that offer little insight...
Katherine Tirado-Ryen illuminates a warning sign against predatory older men in her compulsively readable novel, THE SECRETS INSIDE.
BISENTIENT by Patrick O’Connor is an uneven blend of science fiction, fantasy, politics and the occult that works best as a cinematic action-adventure tale.
Through deeply personal stories, Kate Bristow's SAVING MADONNA offers a window into the potential for both depravity and nobility of people at war—and underscores the...
LOOPHOLE, the debut YA novel by Alex Hugie, is well-paced, packed with action, and works as a sophisticated allegory: a moral conundrum tackling issues of...
WHERE TWO WORLDS TOUCH is more of a memoir than a travelogue, but author River Faire conveys the various sensations associated with life in another...
TRAUTEROSE (Growing Up in Postwar Munich) by Elisabeth Haggblade offers an uncompromising, moving, and elegiac memoir of a deprived childhood in postwar Germany.
Business mogul Leonard Roberts’s LEADING WITH VISION AND HEART is a compelling memoir in places, but it fails to dig deep where it matters.
Author Andrea Chilcote stays within the standard parameters of leadership advice, despite presenting herself at points as a maverick. Since she's been an executive coach...
Whatever it may appear to be at first, OVERMORROW by H.L. Cherryholmes never stays that way for long: a "bottle story" that spans time and...
THE DOUGHERTY CODE (Secrets of Financial Planning in Spain Revealed)
By Peter DoughertyA promising beginning tapers off into textbook speak as Peter Dougherty's THE DOUGHERTY CODE (Secrets of Financial Planning in Spain Revealed) abandons the light humor...
In WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, a raw and atmospheric novel, Kat Edwards examines the layers of grief and generational trauma with a touch so deft...