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3.5 / 5.0
Tracy Emerick's CONSUMMATE COACHES: Bill Belichick and Jesus Christ, is a promising but incomplete analysis of how two men–Bill Belichick and Jesus Christ–measured up as...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Readers will feel uplifted by Brion K. Hanks' technically flawed but emotionally vibrant poems in his TALES OF A TRAVELER IN POETRY AND PROSE.
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
No mere thriller, Ruth Cherry 's SOMETHING’S GOING ON HERE is a well-written and fascinating deep dive into one man’s reckoning with a town’s tragic...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Written by Patty Merski and beautifully illustrated by Chanda Patel, MOTHER BEACH (the joy of finding beach glass) features reflections on the whimsicality of a...
March 15, 2023
EMPATHIC MASTERY (A 5-Step System to Go from Emotional Hot Mess to Thriving Success)
By Jennifer Elizabeth MooreRating:
3.0 / 5.0
Written in a concise and spirited manner for readers who believe in psychic powers and past lives, Jennifer Elizabeth Moore’s advice and perspective in EMPATHIC...
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3.2 / 5.0
Pithy and heartfelt, Clyde Sampson II's LAME GAME eschews social science for a personal connection with young readers who could use some words of encouragement.
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October 5, 2022
RECLAIMING THE SACRED: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World
By Jeff GoldenRating:
4.5 / 5.0
Well-researched and relatable, Jeff Golden's RECLAIMING THE SACRED is a book that seeks to uncover the key to happiness--and in the end may actually do...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Jocelyn Jones' inspiring memoir, ARTIST (Awakening the Spirit Within) merges beautiful language and appealing visual design with practical advice in a book that's sure to...
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July 20, 2022
FLY AGARIC: A Compendium of History, Pharmacology, Mythology, and Exploration
By Kevin M FeeneyRating:
4.4 / 5.0
For those interested in mycology, pharmacology, and the role of psychoactive substances in world mythology and religion, Author/editor Kevin Feeney’s excellent, integrative volume, FLY AGARIC,...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
With its gruesome depictions of violence and bleak portrait of prison life, REAL PRISON REAL FREEDOM can be a grueling reading experience. Ultimately, however, it...
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3.9 / 5.0
THE JESUS RING is a thoroughly entertaining novel that plays loose with the themes of the Book of Revelation to create a contemporary sci-fi horror...
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3.5 / 5.0
Written in an informal, conversational style, the book is a bit rough around the edges, with some typographical errors and a tendency to drift out...