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Published Reviews

Believing Cedric
Lethbridge Living reviews
Born and raised in Lethbridge, now Montreal-based, author Mark Lavorato has created one of the most intriguing and challenging books I've ever had the pleasure of...
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The Memory of Scent
The Irish Examiner reviews
Looking to the past   Saturday, August 18, 2012   The Memory of Scent     Lisa BurkittThe History Press Ireland €13.50 Review: Afric...
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Publisher's Weekly reviews
Despite a slow beginning, Richards (Sunset Bridge) manages to bring readers a well-crafted tale of atonement before death. Utterly alone after years of mistakes ("...
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500 Words of Wisdom reviews
We are all looking for ways to improve our health and explanations as to why there are so many illnesses and diseases these days. In my quest to find answers and...
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Gates of Eden IPPY Award
Cannabis Now reviews
Of the titles to arrive since Julie Taymor's 2007 film, “Across the Universe”, Charles Degelman’s Gates of Eden, stands out as one of the best.  Degelman’s...
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Gates of Eden IPPY Award
San Francisco Book Review reviews
Full disclosure: My kids and I lived with Charles Degelman from 1968 – 1978. Much as we tried to avoid it, we grew up together. Our gypsy odyssey played out...
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Times Literary Supplement reviews
In a relatively short career, Beverley Bie Brahic has already achieved critical acclaim as poet, translator and, at times, translator-poet. White Sheets, her...
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Booklist reviews
Angel With A Bullet - "Frenetic, atmospheric" Fun new review of Angel With A Bullet from Booklist Online. Reviewer Barbara Bibel writes: "With lots of...
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East Eats West
blogster.com reviews
   As a child I grew up reading books like John Bellairs’ The House with a Clock in It’s Walls,J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Madeleine...
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Wayworn Wooden Floors
The Montreal Review of Books reviews
  Mark Lavorato is a seasoned traveller, and his first poetry collection, Wayworn Wooden Floors, feels a bit like a suitcase stuffed with souvenirs...
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East Eats West
International Examiner reviews
Andrew Lam’s book is something of a mixed bag. It is part essay and part journalism. In his essays, he writes in the first-person and mines the material of his...
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"O" Magazine reviews
If your secret desire is to live in a world where bad men are punished and your girlfriends rule and the best cure for a broken heart is to throw back your head...
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Monterey County Weekly reviews
Drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll – it seemed like such a good idea at the time, at least to some of us. But like most slogans (with the possible exception of giving...
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The Guardian (UK) reviews
"There are moments, admittedly, when her ability to look suffering squarely in the eye and describe it in all its horror can be enough to make you take a...
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http://socrates.berkeley.edu:7001/Events/fall2007/10-08-07-nadermattei/index.html reviews
Why did the Spanish crown send notary Rodrigo Escobedo to travel with Christopher Columbus on board the Santa María, the ship that brought the Spaniards to...
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SciFi Magazine reviews
. . . a slipstream offering that might stymie readers intent on easy categorization. . .a good thing, too, because the result is worth reading.  Marley does...
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The Lost Daughter of Happiness
The New York Times reviews
Yan's use of shifting perspectives -- including that of the narrator herself, who confesses her ''surprise'' at the unpredictable behavior of her imagined...
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http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/gimme-jimmy-gmta-review reviews
Delightful, adorable and hilarious. When little Jimmy Alexander is warned by his father that his unwillingness to share and his inability to politely ask for...
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http://phillyflash.mlblogs.com/2012/05/03/book-review-and-radio-review-the-last-icon-tom-seaver-and- reviews
  I’ve been a huge Tom Seaver fan for most of my life so when I discovered that there was a new book out about his career I immediately snatched it up….yes,...
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The Last Good Freudian
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
``I was born and brought up to be in psychoanalysis and, as a result, much of my adult life was spent on the couch.'' Thus begins Brenda Webster's new memoir,...
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