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Non-Fiction

Who were the true founding fathers?
Fur, Fortune, and Empire by Eric Jay Dolin
Reviewed by Dennis Rizzo

Who were the greatest horsemen?
Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne
Reviewed by Jack Shakely

Oh, my! They have rights too?
Travels in a Gay Nation by Philip Gambone
Reviewed by Doris E. Pavlichek

Fatwhat?
From Fatwa to Jihad by Kenan Malik
Reviewed by Bob Sanchez

Who’s surprised?
Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
Reviewed by Nigel Hamilton

Are our landfills overflowing?
The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
Reviewed by Dawn Goldsmith

Hello? Hello?
The Eerie Silence by Paul Davies
Reviewed by Jane Woodward Elioseff

What else do they call the “City of Poets”?
The Eastern Stars by Mark Kurlansky
Reviewed by Joe Short

Who was the mastermind?
Innocent Until Interrogated by Gary L. Stuart
Reviewed by Eric Petersen

How did she wish she could kill him?
Denial by Jessica Stern
Reviewed by Bill Williams

What matters most for doctors?
The Kitchen Shrink by Dora Calott Wang, M.D.
Reviewed by Ruth Douillette

How long will it last?
Washington Rules by Andrew Bacevich
Reviewed by Carter Jefferson

Fiction

What scary thing is next?
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Reviewed by Dawn Kingsbury Attean

Halcyon days?
Elysiana by Chris Knopf
Reviewed by Ann Hite

Beware the God of Irony?
Shadow of the Swords by Kamran Pasha
Reviewed by Marty Carlock

In the mood for a fairytale ending?
Juliet by Anne Fortier
Reviewed by Madison Bush

How do you learn the lesson?
The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby
Reviewed by Denise Yagel

What did he see in her?
The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno
by Ellen Bryson
Reviewed by Jayne Pupek

Poetry

What fresh hell is this?
Dorothy Parker Complete Poems
Introduction by Marion Meade
Reviewed by Judith Kelly Quaempts

How do you cook an eel?
Exposition Park
Introduction by Roberto Tejada
Reviewed by Patricia L. Johnson

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