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Gone Tomorrow: A Jack Reacher Novel #13
by Lee Child

Urban Realities (10/26/2010)

A fascinating look at current issues and concerns in a novelistic setting. City life has changed for everyone, this novel let's you see this through the eyes of someone involved in conflict and survival. The suspense thru-out is very intense and it would make an excellent …more

Your Republic Is Calling You
by Young-ha Kim

In the News (7/12/2010)

Amazingly enough this book has a parallel non-fiction story in the news. As we read about the current situation of the Russian spies returning home from here in the US we can also imagine what the author has constructed in this fictional account. The humanity of the …more

The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors: A Novel
by Michele Young-Stone

Lightning Life (5/26/2010)

Somehow it seems that this book was a lightning strike survivor. The characters live, die and survive only to face the wildness of nature, human and non. Compassion is not often seen, yet seems to arrive in the heart of strangers. There is a wildness in the text that makes …more

Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
by Thomas Chatterton Williams

Culture Shift (4/6/2010)

The ideas proposed in this book offer a culture shift away from what some believe to be popular, cool and hip. Hip today is not what hip was yesterday, and will not be what hip is tomorrow. The challenge for the young who want to be part of a group for reasons of safety, …more

Secret Daughter: A Novel
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

The Past is Another Country (1/20/2010)

Many themes are presented in this memorable novel. In Secret Daughter the past is a foreign country, a country of extremes where a newborn child can be cast off and another revered for its gender. Adoption provides solutions but no ultimate answer. The past requires a visit …more

State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
by Sean Wilsey, Matt Weiland

Unique Voices (11/4/2009)

So many unique voices make for a fascinating view of these United States of America. And the beautiful descriptions of the land and the people inhabiting the towns and byways lend souls to these states. The sorrow that we may not be caring for the land is very evident in …more

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