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3.6 / 5.0
Rich Silvers's SUM LIVES is well-written and raises some interesting moral questions in the context of the cutthroat world of corporations and technology.
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4.0 / 5.0
A tense YA romantic thriller, LOVE AND OTHER CAGES by Emilia Ares delivers a suspenseful second installment with a butt-kicking heroine and her devoted, street-smart...
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September 11, 2024
MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation
By Ismar VolicRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Ismar Volić’s MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation is a useful guide for improving voting systems to avoid the problem...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Written by Debbie Davey and illustrated by Diana Florescu, A WALK IN TOWN is a simple but effective book that will make its young readers...
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3.5 / 5.0
Stephen Heartland's LOUIS PASTEUR CONDEMNS BIG PHARMA doesn't present any information that will surprise readers familiar with previous books on policy and science failures during...
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4.0 / 5.0
With both dry absurdism and great humanity, Bruce Berls’s VEILPIERCER successfully turns 21st-century concerns about technology and society into a rollicking vision of their looming...
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3.5 / 5.0
Thomas Kuhn’s TOMMY ROCKET AND THE GOOBER PATROL overall maintains the light, adventurous tone of American childhood stories.
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4.5 / 5.0
A remarkably imaginative flight, Russell Pike's JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES bristles with energy and verve in its fantastical story of duty and self-sacrifice.
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4.7 / 5.0
ARENA GLOW is a vivid and inventive debut collection that marks Angela Chaidez Vincent as a poet to follow.
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4.7 / 5.0
An absorbing, suspenseful feminist novel, Robin Strong’s SPLENDID LITTLE SCHEMES boasts believable, relatable multi-level marketing business women who amp up the drama with their façades.
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4.5 / 5.0
A tender, layered fable set in a world where a baby’s laughter is magic and trees give advice, OLAF AND ESSEX by Patti Calkosz is...
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3.0 / 5.0
Though the prose style is uneven and the perspectives are tough to stomach, Abby Reilly’s CHOICE OR CHANCE still has enough to offer a dedicated...