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East Eats West
Asian American Literary Review reviews
  The year 2010 marked a turning point for Vietnamese American literature.  Monique Truong’s Bitter in the Mouth, Andrew Lam’s East Eats...
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BookList reviews
  The novel shares some themes with other well known stories of immortality (Nicholas Monserrat’s The Master Mariner, for example), but it's anything but a...
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ForeWord Reviews reviews
Mosquera pulls readers in with intoxicating descriptions of his country, capturing Venezuela’s allure even as he portrays its violence and poverty. He also...
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Crimespree Magazine reviews
"Hellmann crafts a tragically beautiful story around a message that is both subtle and vibrant. The author does an amazing job of delivering her point but never...
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KimiLicious reviews
5-star review: Awesome book. I am a person who will not give details about the book as I hate when someone is a book spoiler, therefore I usually say if I...
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Kirkus Reviews reviews
As a member of this group herself, Barnett explores the issues faced by the first generation of children, now entering adulthood, who were treated with...
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Publishers Weekly reviews
Call them Generation M—for medicated. In this sometimes disturbing and often heartbreaking debut, journalist and blogger (PsychCentral.com) Barnett chronicles...
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Lost Kingdom, forthcoming from Atlantic Monthly Press in January, 2012
Sunday New York Times Book Review reviews
"...a solidly researched account of an important chapter in our national history, one that most Americans don’t know but should. It will probably provoke...
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Rooted in Danger
Publishers Weekly reviews
The suspense is an ever-present force, with danger enhancing the sensual and very real romance between a most unlikely couple.
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Publishers Weekly reviews
The Iranian revolution provides the backdrop for this meticulously researched, fast-paced stand-alone from Hellmann (Set the Night on Fire). Anna Schroder, an...
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Oxygen
Duke University Alumni Magazine reviews
We put such faith in the tools of modern medicine. Clinical breakthroughs and sophisticated technology seduce us into thinking that whatever ails us can be taken...
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Spirits of New Orleans: Voodoo Curses, Vampire Legends and Cities of the Dead by Kala Ambrose
http://www.exploreyourspirit.com/neworleansbook.html reviews
"Let Kala Ambrose be your tour guide to the ghosts, spirits, and revenants...
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BellaOnline reviews
Whether you are a serious monster hunter, or have just had your own monster experiences and want to know how to deal with them, “Monsters – An Investigator’s Guide...
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Fresh Fiction reviews
Environmental activist Ben Maki has devised an ingenious plan to acquire clean drinking water from the Antarctic Peninsula. The Soldyne Corporation has invested...
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http://claudiadchristian.com/blog/?p=853 reviews
Remittance Girl (RG) is an erotic writer talented way beyond my humble attempts to describe. She is unflinching when it comes to probing the sexual darkness in...
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Newsday reviews
'Warsaw Anagrams' and more hit shelves  BY ED SIEGEL | NEWSDAY From Poe and Doyle to Cornwell and Nesbx, the crime genre has assured us that for all the...
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Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip-Hop
Radikal reviews
Ce livre est un must pour tout aficionado desireux de savoir comment le sud a gagne sa place face a New York et Los Angeles.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch reviews
Some authors dazzle with a debut novel, only to find themselves never able to replicate their first effort. Others start out with a fairly good effort and improve...
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The Calligrapher’s Daughter
Library Journal reviews
Kim, Eugenia. The Calligrapher’s Daughter. Holt. Aug. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8912-7. $26. F Kim’s debut is the first-person chronicle of Najin, a young...
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Head Games
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
Craig McDonald, a genuine expert on the history of crime fiction (with a wonderful book of author interviews, "Art in the Blood," to prove it), gives...
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