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Book Review: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers
It is hard to find someone to like in the novella; the protagonist is a cross between Dickens's Miss Havisham and Faulkner's Benjy Compson.
Read More »Book Review: Try Me by Farah Damji
The true story of the rise and fall and rise of one of the Beautiful People.
Read More »Book Review: The Scouting Party: The Making of the Boy Scouts of America by David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy
Meticulously researched book on formation of Boy Scouts suggests founders wanted movement to have strong principles of pacifism.
Read More »Book Review: The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
Historical novel brings elephants to England in the 18th century.
Read More »Book Review: Gaylias: Operation Thunderspell by Kage Alan
Espionage and humor — lots of it — in Kage Alan's latest novel.
Read More »Book Review: Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields by Charles Bowden
How the war on drugs became the war FOR drugs.
Read More »Book Review: Return of the King: Elvis Presley’s Great Comeback by Gillian G. Gaar
How the "Third Elvis" became the Comeback King.
Read More »Book Review: Nature and Power: a Global History of the Environment by Joachim Radkau
Looking back provides insights that illuminate the critical problems of today.
Read More »Book Review: Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk
American journalist's open discussion of being held captive by the Taliban shows readers the human aspect of his experience.
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