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Currently listing articles 8348-8301:
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Book Review: Tolstoy or Dostoevsky - An Essay in the Old Criticism by George Steiner— A young George Steiner fights ambivalence in battle between Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
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Graphic Novel Review: The Book Of Leviathan by Peter Blegvad— Absurd, strange, and even a little twisted certainly, but always thoughtful and never simple.
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Book Review: Qmin - A Fresh New Approach to Indian Cuisine by Anil Shokan— A fresh and easy take on Indian cuisine.
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The Great Book Adventure: Don Quixote - Part Two— Don Quixote rides into an awfully familiar mess.
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Book Review: The Peacekeeper Shabbir Ahsan— The best book set in a war zone that you're liable to read in a long time.
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Book Review: Shining City by Seth Greenland— Seth Greenland’s second novel is about an average unemployed middle manager who inherits a dry cleaners - that's a front for an escort service.
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Book Review: Mesi: A Girl 'n Grace in Africa (Girls 'n Grace Collection) by Pam Davis— Girls 'n Grace's first international title - an inspirational journey to Africa, where we find hardship and faith interwoven.
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Book Review: Your Brain - The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald— A comprehensive guide to your brain, how it works, and how you can work with it.
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Book Review: King of the Holly Hop - A Milan Jacovich Mystery by Les Roberts— Another Milan Jacovich mystery ignites when murder at his Cleveland high school reunion finds Jacovich investigating while destroying friendships, and his memories, in the process.
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The New Canon: Underworld by Don DeLillo— Everything from Frank Sinatra to the nuclear arms race finds its way into Underworld, Don DeLillo's massive novel.
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Book Review: The New Atheist Crusaders and Their Unholy Grail by Becky Garrison— This is one of the more satisfying "retort" books on the market. It is funny, simple, and intelligent.
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Book Review: Sydney Clair's Season of Change - A Friendship Story (Girls 'n Grace Collection) by Pam Davis— New children's series for Christian girls - think American Girl meets Jesus, only better.
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Book Review: The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich— Gage sets off on a roller-coaster adventure, always getting away with a mix of skill, luck, and a heavy dose of resourcefulness.
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Book Review: Family Outing - What Happened When I Found Out My Mother Was Gay by Troy Johnson— A deeply personal and often hilarious look into how a teenager copes with learning his mother is a lesbian.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008— (Another) new James Patterson novel, along with new fiction by Daniel Silva, J. A. Jance, Suzanne Brockmann, and more.
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Book Review: The Web Design Business Kit - Second Edition By Brendon Sinclair— The Web Design Business Kit will give you everything you need to know to run a successful web design business.
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Book Review (Play): The Portrait Of Mahatma Gandhi by Himendra Thakur— Surely there must be a better way of defending the Mahatma's grand vision than this?
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Book Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer— Stephanie Meyer knows how to write a great page-turning summer read, expertly structuring her chapters so each one is a cliff-hanger.
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008— Janis Ian, A New Zealand Story, The Rise and Fall of IG Farben, Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization, Mao's Last Dancer...
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Review: Amazon Kindle - Books Were Just A 'Gateway Drug'!— Built-in wireless (called Whispernet) downloading is also free with purchase of the Kindle.
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Book Review: The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society by Beth Pattillo— A tale of female friendship, drama, knitting, books and...faith? Not so much.
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Book Review: Somebody Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage— A literary tour de force.
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Graphic Novel Review: Aces: Curse of the Red Baron by Denton, Wilson & Square-Briggs— An entertaining action-comedy pits two squabbling WWI flyboys against a ghostly Red Baron.
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Book Review: Elric -To Rescue Tanelorn (Chronicles Of The Last Emperor Of Melnibone, Volume Two) by Michael Moorcock— To Rescue Tanelorn contains all the proof anybody would need that Moorcock is one of the great fantasy writers of ours or any time.
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Book Review: Power for Life Bible - From the Crystal Cathedral — An easy-to-read Bible with extras that will encourage, inspire, and empower.
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Comic Book Review: Star Trek - Assignment Earth by John Byrne— Kinda flat, and not as fun as it should be--you know, like any comic adaptation of a late-sixties TV show that never existed.
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Book Review: The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R. Morris— Fasten your seat belts, folks. Rough landing ahead!
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Book Review: Towards Asmara by Thomas Keneally— "Towards Asmara" by Thomas Keneally travels through Eritrea's war of independence, a conflict that ousiders interpret.
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The New Canon: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster— Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy is detective fiction with a distinctly post-modern flavor.
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Manga Review: The Drifting Classroom, Volume Five by Kazuo Umezu— A classic survival horror manga pits school kids against an apocalyptic future world.
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Book Review: A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion Series #1) by Francine Rivers— Biblical fiction, strong characterization and an exemplary Christian example have made this title a classic in modern Christian fiction.
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The Kamasutra Code (And Questionable Coffee Table Book): Ancient Treatise Is A New Bestseller— The ancient treatise on sex drives a publishing boom.
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Book Review: Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age by Maggie Jackson— Distracted author Maggie Jackson is more distracted by her own predetermined opinions.
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Book Review: The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel — Alberto Manguel's new book is a meditative essay on libraries, books, and those who love them.
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Book Review: The Five Senses of Romantic Love - God’s Plan for Exciting Sexual Intimacy in Marriage by Sam Laing— Practical, sultry, biblical advice from the Song of Solomon (literal interpretation) for married couples.
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Book Review: I'd Rather Be In The Studio! The Artist's No-Excuse Guide to Self-Promotion by Alyson B. Stanfield— Make your art career thrive with this new book, chock full of straight forward entrepreneurial strategies for success!
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Book Review: Philip K. Dick - Five Novels of the 1960s and ‘70s by Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem (Editor) — "I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind…”
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Book Review: Another One Bites the Dust by Jennifer Rardin— Rardin is exceptionally talented in bringing Jaz Parks and sexy Vayl vividly to life in Another One Bites the Dust.
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Book Review: The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made by David Hughes— A fascinating glimpse into the world of the motion picture industry.
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Book Review: America Unraveling: A Politically Incorrect Analysis of Public Faith and Culture by L. Scott Smith— L. Scott Smith's book is further evidence of the scarcity of reason and intellect in the discussion of religion and politics.
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Book Review: The Last Of The Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi— A beautiful book that does the seemingly impossible of holding humans up to ridicule while exalting their potential simultaneously.
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Book Review: Swimming with Crocodiles by Will Chaffey— What starts off as a coming-of-age story - mingled with travelogue and Nat Geo-styled adventure tale - becomes a life or death struggle...
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Book Review: Casual Elegant Knits - Classy Designs for Men and Women by Faina Goberstein and Dawn Leeseman— Surprisingly stylish, semi-simple knits for men and women.
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The Early Word: New and Notable Fiction for the Week of July 14, 2008— The latest in Eoin Colfer's popular children's series, plus some new mysteries, romances, and thrillers.
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Book Review: Cable Confidence - A Guide to Textured Knitting by Sara Louise Harper— A great guide for knitting complex cable patterns.
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Book Review: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King— "Self-Editing for Fiction Writers" is a fine tutorial, especially for those who cannot or do not have access to writing classes or writing groups.
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Book Review: Santa vs. Satan - The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights by Jake Kalish— El Bicho vs. Jake Kalish
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Book Review: Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White - Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics by Adam Hamilton— Adam Hamilton tries to "find the sweet spot" amongst religious absolutists.
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