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New Scientist Jeff Biggers talks about Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland by Jeff Biggers New Scientist, February 2010 "Biggers is a cultural historian and it is the social strip-mining that angers him most. But seldom have the environmental and social landscapes been so well described in... Read more »	Orion Magazine Jeff Biggers talks about Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland by Jeff Biggers Orion Magazine, March-April, 2010 Scott Russell Sanders "As a writer and radio correspondent who has worked in Appalachia, Jeff Biggers knows well the public history of our ruinous ﬂing with coal.... Read more »
Review of A Single Hurt Color by Andrew Demcak Andrew Demcak talks about A Single Hurt Color by Andrew Demcak Demcak weaves pop culture references into poems like Trinidad and Duhamel. He has a talent for writing lines that will be remembered long after you place A Single Hurt Color on your shelf. It is a... Read more »	Book Review from Pacific Book Reviews - Gary Sorkin Reece Manley talks about Spirit Thinking: Your 30 Day Guide to Enlightenment by Reece Manley You are now reading a book review. In your mind you likely hear a voice "reading out loud" these words to yourself. Questions: Who is reading out loud? Who is the voice reading to? Dr. Reece W.... Read more »
Review : Breaking Into Soul - a novel Tonya Scott Wyandon talks about Breaking Into Soul by Tonya Scott Wyandon Leah Bennett - In Tonya Scott Wyandon's daring debut novel, "Breaking Into Soul," the social mores of a small Southern town and the deep-rooted families that give it life are the backdrop for an... Read more »	Review from Library Journal Susan Wiggs talks about Lakeshore Christmas (Lakeshore Chronicles #6) by Susan Wiggs As she's both thrilled and terrified to be leading the annual town Christmas pageant, the last thing proper, by-the-book librarian Maureen Davenport needs is former child star/recovering alcoholic... Read more »
Interesting jitu rajgor talks about The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Very interesting book.I read this book last week. Hosseini's writing is lucid and clear to the topic. Great work. Read more »	Madras on Rainy Days chander murugesan talks about Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali I am a Madarasi. The title of the book attracted me first when I found this book in Landmark.But after started reading the book I could not keep it down. The debut novel of Salima Ali is so good in... Read more »
Beautiful, haunting new Dickensian tale Precious Williams talks about Precious by Precious Williams "A beautiful, haunting new Dickensian tale of growing up between two mothers and two motherlands, each making suffocating claims on a girl who I would have liked to call a friend. I'm so happy to... Read more »	Comment Aju Mukhopadhyay talks about I love Jewish faces by Debra Darvick It is natural for a Jewish to love Jewish faces and why not? They have a prominent place on earth. Live long the Jews in harmony with other peoples of the world. Aju Mukhopadhyay Read more »

Read this when you turn 45 Kristen Caven talks about Rhoda: Her First Ninety Years by Rhoda P. Curtis This is a great book to read when you're 45 - and feeling old! Rhoda Curtis/Pack/etc. brings the reader in like a close friend, of which she's had many. Many friends, many stories, many interesting... Read more »	The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler, a novel by Frank Sanello Frank Sanello talks about The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler by Frank Sanello from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about... Read more »
A must-read - 5 Stars out of 5 Sharon Cathcart talks about Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama by Tim Wise This brief book (two essays) is something I would recommend to any reader who wishes to understand issues of racism in today's world. One need only look at the badly spelled signs at "Tea Party"... Read more »	Laura Mercurio Ebohon-Poet, Author of ˜ Se guardo dentro – If I look inside ˜ Jack Varnell talks about A Part Of All Sums by Jack Varnell "A Part of All Sums" is a wonderful work of poetry and an amazing work of truth! Yes,- the truth we often escape from, pretending it's not there... This book reveals in the light of deep emotions... Read more »
The Kite Runner is GREAT! Nicola Chambers talks about The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini I learned about this book when I was browsing Barnes and Noble.com. Yes I go on the website and look for new books all the time. The premise intrigued me and it was placed on my list of books that I... Read more »	"Miss New India" by Bharati Mukherjee Luke Sherwood talks about Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee “Miss New India” contains the story of Anjali (Angie) Bose, who grows from sheltered nineteen-year-old in a backwater India town into a sadder but wiser young woman with growing skills and ambition.... Read more »
Romance and international intrigue abound! Brenda Scott talks about Promise Keeper by Mary Fremont Schoenecker Promise Keeper is the third installment in Mary Fremont Schoenecker’s Maine Shore Chronicles series and, like books one and two, features Tante Margaret, Chronicles’ thoroughly lovable clairvoyant.... Read more »	Reviewed by Robert Yehling Charles Redner talks about Hummingbird Review Vol III No 1 by Charles Redner One thing we can count on with The Hummingbird Review: Every issue will be different, and delicious in its own way. Publisher Charles Redner has always been big on combining four different types of... Read more »
Caroline Hagood- Poet- Author of "Dispatches From Inner Space", and founder of WWW.CultureSandwich.Com Jack Varnell talks about A Part Of All Sums by Jack Varnell Jack Varnell's poetry is packed full of philosophical questions, beautifully sculpted memories, and heartbreakingly honest expressions of emotion. His words are startling and intimate; to put it in... Read more »	Samsara is... Cheryl L Snell talks about Samsara by Cheryl L Snell a fascinating excursion into a fusion of cultures -- definitely a fun ride! Cheryl's work is original and fresh. Big recommendation from me! --Rachel Dacus, Alsop Review Read more »