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1/5
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Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
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3/5
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4/5
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5/5
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4.5 / 5.0
AN IMPOSSIBLE WIFE is a moving story of love, heartbreak, and the impacts of mental illness on every member of the family.
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Who would have thought that "resignation" as a frame of mind around the annoying behaviors of loved ones would come with the benefit of inner...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN is a beautiful and detailed chronicle of author Vivian M. Lumbard and her husband John's journey with their daughter’s high-functioning autism —...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Christian readers who enjoy Bible exegeses should enjoy SOCIAL JUSTICE JESUS, a well-written and closely argued exegesis of the Sermon on the Mount. Author Edward...
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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0
A sobering account of one man’s decade-long struggle with a mysterious, debilitating illness, Jamison Hill’s WHEN FORCE MEETS FATE: A Mission to Solve an Invisible...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
More than just the run-of-the-mill bartender’s guide, CO-SPECS, RECIPES & HISTORIES OF CLASSIC COCKTAILS is handsomely hardbound and designed with a distinct Art Deco sensibility...
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July 23, 2021
THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE: Revised, Newly Illustrated Edition
By Author: Hugh Lofting, Adapted by: Melissa Dalton Martinez, Illustrator: Tom TolmanRating:
4.0 / 5.0
A refreshed text and detailed pencil illustrations bring new life to the rollicking adventures and resourceful talking animals of THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE, a...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
An epic account of the travels of a young eleventh-century physician, THE TRAVELS OF IBN THOMAS sets the reader directly into a rich and historically-accurate...
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3.5 / 5.0
ALL GOOD QUESTS is a considered, contemplative and interesting work of literary fiction that is well worth a read for fans of the genre.
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Although the prose can lack focus and the ideological thrust fails under scrutiny, STRONGHOLD will still entertain and intrigue readers hungry for Game of Thrones-style...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
With beloved characters such as Tink appearing in the form of a wheelchair-bound homicidal maniac, Neil Ruttenberg's riveting crime novel, NEVER GROW UP, features a...