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November 07, 2008 02:34 PM EST --
A graphic novel about a light-skinned African-American in the 1930's who reports on Klan and other racist activity in the south by "passing" as a white man and then publishing his reports . . .
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January 07, 2009 01:08 AM EST --
Just wanted to wish everyone a very happy 2009. We've already got some wonderful reviews in from our first voracious readers of WITH VIOLETS. Thanks to everyone who took the time to share their . . .
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November 30, 2007 10:44 PM EST --
Ms. Truman, daughter of Harry S, takes us on an historical tour of the Executive Mansion, from a variety of perspectives. It's a fascinating history, full of anecdotes, trivia, personal memories and . . .
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February 20, 2008 12:47 PM EST --
You are invited to participate in the Fiction Readers Online Book Club. Connect with Avon A fiction authors and learn about their new book releases.
March's Featured Books Are: . . .
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November 30, 2007 10:39 PM EST --
The story of the cholera outbreak in Victorian London that led to the complete revolution - or even creation - of the modern city infrastructure. At the time of the outbreak, the city sewage system was . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:04 PM EST --
This book had such potential. The story of little Dorothy "Dorcas" Good, the four-year-old imprisoned with her mother as a witch during the Salem Witch Trials. Years later, her father tried . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:43 PM EST --
The author, Kathy Lynn Emerson, started out writing children's books. This is her first foray into adult novels, and an interesting, well-researched one.
The ending is a little pat, but she builds . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:57 PM EST --
A well-researched and well-written compilation of the history and cases of FBI criminologist Roy Hazelwood.
Hazelwood was a pioneer in the field of sex crimes in the FBI, researching some of the most . . .
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January 09, 2008 01:17 AM EST --
Hot Topics :
Wednesday, January 9 , 2008
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November 30, 2007 11:11 PM EST --
An exhaustive and detailed biography of a woman who was known varyingly as a "plaster saint," a "creation," an "icon."
I've long admired the work of Helen Keller . . .
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January 16, 2008 02:39 PM EST --
Hot Topics :
Wednesday, January 16 , 2008
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December 01, 2007 12:05 AM EST --
I was transfixed throughout this very, very long book, detailing the lives and histories of the men Lincoln selected to serve in his cabinet. Goodwin describes Lincoln's brilliance in choosing men . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:31 PM EST --
Schama does a great job of personalizing the history of enslaved Americans in the American Revolution.
Promised freedom if they would side with the British, these people found themselves shuttled . . .
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January 10, 2008 03:05 PM EST --
Part of a dropped Fantasia project, Disney's Oscar-nominated 2006 interpretation of H.C. Andersen's tragic fairy tale is available as an extra on the The Little Mermaid (Two-Disc Platinum Edition) . . .
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July 21, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
I'M So Excited!
Friend and client, Aaron Kuykendall's sales are at 138,000!
I'm sooooo excited!
My friend and client, Aaron Kuykendall's book has already sold 138,000 . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:23 PM EST --
Informative in a friendly format, the 9/11 Report is a graphic adaptation of the official 9/11 Report issued by the 9/11 Commission.
It offers the history of the intel and preparedness before . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:50 PM EST --
An interesting discourse on the language difficulties and interpretive contexts that have led to errors in the literal interpretations of the various translations of the Bible.
Basically, Wills says . . .
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April 22, 2008 09:11 AM EDT --
"As the nation enters a new era of populism and progressive politics, it cries out for journalists who play hardball with facts, not spin."
Now that oil commands a record $117 a barrel, . . .
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December 24, 2008 08:23 AM EST --
Where does it say that book reviews have to be "rated"? We live in such a competitive world-is it fair to rate a single book using a 1-5 point system, with that point system not being consistently . . .
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November 30, 2007 11:47 PM EST --
Chaucer's medieval epic poem about love unrequited and what happens when you get what you want. In five staves, but I only got through the first and part of the second. It's not the language - . . .
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