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Publishers Weekly reviews
In a post-James Frey world, it’s wise for humor author Spitznagel (Planet Baywatch) and his publisher to include a disclaimer stating that “some elements have been...
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Midwest Book Review reviews
  Victoria Zackheim's The Bone Weaver is a superbly written generational story, told from great-grandmother to grandmother to mother, about their lives and...
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San Francisco Chronicle reviews
The human body is a tough machine. Women's bodies in Victoria Zackheim's straight-up, affable anthology, "For Keeps," are put to the test, experiencing...
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Globe and Mail reviews
Women will do anything for love. That much is clear in Victoria Zackheim's revealing - and riveting - collection of female-authored essays in The Other Woman. The...
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Publishers Weekly reviews
For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies,Growing Older, and Acceptance Edited by Victoria Zackheim. Seal, $15.95 paper (256p) ISBN978-1-58005-204-7 Nora...
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The Phantom Father
The New York Times reviews
In The Phantom Father, Mr. Gifford has chosen to go after literary rather than historical effect and, to a degree, to re-mystify his dad. The result, alongside the...
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Desirable Daughters
The New York Times reviews
Redolent with myth and symbol, Desirable Daughters is a signature work that shows why Mukherjee is the literary mother of the young Indian writers now flourishing...
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Jesus Freaks
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
Jesus Freaks is an impressive feat of investigative history, bringing to light the warped worldview and abusive sexual and disciplinary practices of a deluded...
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Night of Many Dreams
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
Tsukiyama tells a quietly powerful and understated story of women finding their way in the world, and the strength they derive from family ties.
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The Satanic Versus
The New York Times reviews
Talent? Not in question. Big talent. Ambition? Boundless ambition. Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies,...
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New Pages reviews
Girl on a Bridge Poetry by Suzanne Frischkorn Main Street Rag Books, March 2010 ISBN-10: 1599482266 ISBN 13: 978-1-59948-226-2 Paperback: 57pp; $14.00 Review by...
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The Commander's Desire
Coffee Time Romance & More reviews
An exciting and interesting historical, this book kept my attention and is one that I enjoyed reading. The murder and mayhem are very well written and are...
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Anna's Book Blog reviews
Thoughts: This latest installment in the werewolf series is one of my favorites, along with the first book Heart of the Wolf. There is always something fresh and...
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Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?:  The Surprising Science of Pregnancy
Publishers Weekly reviews
Science writer Pincott (Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?) began her research when she was pregnant; her daughter was born during the writing process, and she...
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Kirkus Reviews reviews
An American graduate student in India teams up with an intelligence agent and others to prevent a crisis that could spark bloody chaos. When Jill Rothchild, an...
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What I Love About You, Mom
Diablo reviews
Moraga authors Kate and David Marshall's new fill-in journal, What I Love About You, Mom, is the ultimate Mother's Day Gift. We got the scoop, in the Marshalls'...
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A Highland Werewolf Wedding
Book List reviews
In her newest novel chronicling the lives of the MacNeill werewolf brothers, Spear (A Howl for a Highlander...
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A Highland Werewolf Wedding
The Window Seat on a Rainy Day reviews
"They say that every seven years or so, a person’s tastes change. I thought when I heard...
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KRYMSIN NOCTURNES
San Francisco Book Review reviews
Darkness ... takes the reader into hidden places that exist just tissue paper thinness away from the world as we know it. Darkness and horror abound in the story...
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ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love
Amazon Reviews reviews
Elemental is an excellent collaboration between poet and artist. Aberjhani constructs beautiful visions through the creative task of placing words in a most...
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