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Nisei Daughter, by Monica Sone
The “Nisei Daughter” is a memoir of Monica Son...
 
- reviewed by petryszynm88
 
 
Easter Everywhere: A Memoir, by Darcey Steinke
Easter Everywhere is described by the author, Darcey Steinke as her spiritual memoir; A reflective piece of literature that describes her own personal quest to find God and to answer the age old que...
 
- reviewed by schutzm520
 
 
George Orwel...
 
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The gospels of the Bible record the birth of Christ and his ministry but leave out much of a thirty year chunk in the middle. Christians around the world wonder: what happened in those thirty years? W...
 
- reviewed by murphyk178
 
 
Secret Life of Bees, The, by Sue Monk Kidd
Sue Monk Kidd exemplified a truly brilliant creative work when completing The Secret Life of Bees, that of which I would read over and over again. Everyday tasks were transformed into interesting even...
 
- reviewed by whalenc427
 
 
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The China Lover, by Ian Burma
The one job qualification necessary for becoming celebrity is reinvention. Part this has to do with the reality and economics of the business: Marlon Brando had to audition for The Godfather because ...
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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
Many great minds throughout history have commented on the invisible war waged between the written word and technology. Kafka referred to the dawn of motion picture as the...
reviewed by BLNicholas
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American Wife , by Curtis Sittenfeld
It seemed like a good idea: a sexed-up, fictionalized autobiography of Laura Bush. For eight years the First Lady has been the "silent partner" in a White House that can boast that it changed the cou...
reviewed by pcontino
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The Ha-Ha, by Dave King
This is Dave King's debut fictional novel, and it is superb. It is centered around Howie, a Vietnam Vet. He became disabled in the war and has been trying to rebuild his life ever since. His disabi...
reviewed by sbarranca
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the novel that took this series to a whole new level. Not only is it more complicated, dramatic, and suspenseful than the first three, but it is also the found...
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