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3.9 / 5.0
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...
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4.5 / 5.0
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...
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4.5 / 5.0
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...
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4.8 / 5.0
TRAUTEROSE (Growing Up in Postwar Munich) by Elisabeth Haggblade offers an uncompromising, moving, and elegiac memoir of a deprived childhood in postwar Germany.
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3.0 / 5.0
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.
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3.3 / 5.0
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...
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4.5 / 5.0
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...
November 24, 2023
THE DOUGHERTY CODE (Secrets of Financial Planning in Spain Revealed)
By Peter DoughertyRating:
3.0 / 5.0
A 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...
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4.5 / 5.0
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...
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2.3 / 5.0
As a reference book, Wasfi Youssef's GLOBAL WARMING, ENERGY, AND WORLD PEACE has a lot of information on a plethora of topics. As a policy...
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3.7 / 5.0
Jim Davidson’s stylish prose carries his dependable hero through another adventure. SNOWFALL IN VIRGINIA is a solid modern mystery—a casual, comfy read.
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4.5 / 5.0
In TOO FAST, Erik E. Morales offers a harrowing, heartfelt portrait of lives touched by abuse, neglect, and hope.