Whenever it comes to missing and exploited children there is always that painful feeling, for there is an innocence lost when a child disappears. The edginess of Found, Near Water begins right from the beginning and the missing are threaded together into a strange and eerie nightmare of questions and answers.
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Book Review: ‘Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strip, 1944-1945’ by William Marston and H.G. Peter
The Amazon princess’ short-run as a newspaper strip heroine gets a sharp hardcover collection.
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If you enjoy fantasy and danger, threaded with mystery and adventure you will love the characters in this tale. The second of a series it still reads well on its own, and you will find that Wes and his erstwhile friends are a mix of fear and courage. It is when they are all together the courage becomes fierce, and when one of their friends comes into trouble, you see what makes them who they are.
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Bymaster has taken the fight between good and evil in an alternate direction. While there is that competition between his characters, after much time together they begin to interact in more direct ways with humor, with mocking and sometimes with friendship.
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Czerniawski contributes to the important conversation about the conception of beauty in North America.
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"Caught Dead" is an engaging beginning for this Rick Van Lam series.
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A useful read for anyone curious about the evolution of Ethernet.
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For Michael, anger is the only means of strength he can muster, and he thinks of nothing but revenge. He reaches his manhood in wartime Saigon, and remembers every betrayal and beating. With his survival skills and his good looks he builds his own little piece of life, surviving as a criminal.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Enlightened Indigo Child,’ A Memoir by Idelle and Diandra Brand
A mother and daughter share the trials and tribulations of hyper-sensitive children.
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This is not the stuff of conventional genre fiction.
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