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The Hanging Man Dreams 4 reviews David C Hightower
iUniverse, Inc., 2006
So here's the thing...
+ Life's Journey + A Study in Alliteration + "The Hanging Man Dreams" Review
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Discipline: A Novel 56 reviews Paco Ahlgren
Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2007
A book I wish I would have written
+ Great! + DISCIPLINE
As I hungrily browse the new release aisles I usually find nothing but detective/murder stories, political/terrorist thrillers, or stories of love lost, yawn! I'm always looking for great new novels but rarely find any that offer new ideas, life lessons, and philosophy. This book was exactly what I ...
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You Know Better: A Novel 29 reviews Tina Mcelroy Ansa
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Eh
"You Know Better" by Tina Ansa is about three generations of women: Lily, Sandra and LaShawndra. The story focuses on LaShawndra and her mischevious behavior as a young teen.
For the bulk of the story, LaShawndra ran away from home. She was trying to get to Freak Nik in Atlanta. She was a teen ...
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What Moves at the Margin: Selected Nonfiction Toni Morrison
Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd), 2008
What Moves at the Margin collects three decades of Toni Morrison's writings about her work, her life, literature, and American society. The works included in this volume range from 1971, when Morrison (b. 1931) was a new editor at Random House and a beginning novelist, to 2002 when she was a professor at Princeton University and Nobel Laureate. Even in the early days of her career, in between ...
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 278 reviews Barack Obama
Three Rivers Press, 2004
It's even better than 5 stars
+ i loved it but it took me forever + Past politics, this is an entertaining and educational, readable book + Dreams from My Father
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Blue Corn Woman Sage Sweetwater
AuthorHouse, 2007
BLUE CORN WOMAN is a lesbian novel that cries for the blind raven, a story of handicap, abandonment, and revival.BLUE CORN WOMAN animates the desert lesbians in the rugged Superstition Mountains of Arizona where the character of Blue Corn Woman operates her trading post to feed her and her two wolf-dogs, Peyote Two Buttons and Kachina Four Corners.Played out in a seductive game of Desert Monopoly ...
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Coincidence of Memory 16 reviews
Perceval Press, 2002
Beautiful and intriguing
+ Shades of His Mind in Clouds + Viggo FAN must have + Coincidence of Memory
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 176 reviews Junot Díaz
Riverhead Hardcover, 2007
spanglish Is Swonderful
+ WOW! I loved it! + I Loved Oscar - 4.5/5 stars + I Have Never Read a Book Like This One
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The Last Renaissance Man 2 reviews Michael Guy
Infinity Publishing, 2005
Literary Style Plus Musical Passion Equals One Brilliant Novel
+ a nice "sail" but waiting for book two
It is a rare case when an author can combine pure musical grace with informed historical perspective to create the kind of superb literary art that Michael A. Guy does in "The Last Renaissance Man." If, however, any explanations are required, one need only consider that in addition to being a ...
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose 1238 reviews Eckhart Tolle
Dutton Adult, 2005
Enlightening and Worth the Read
+ Good book + New Earth
This book, at least at first, is not easy to get through. It's dry, written in a kind of monotone (which is also how Tolle speaks), and a bit dense in terms of language. But Tolle is, truly, an enlightened being, and for people who are open to what he has to say, his words ring true in very ...
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The Dylarian Chronicles: The Tale of Karryn 1 review Paul H. Kogel
PublishAmerica, 2008
Bonechilling!
This is a fantastic book.
I found it bonechilling. You'll not fall asleep reading this one for sure.
Highly recommended by me.
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The Bridge of Silver Wings (Songs of the Angelic Gaze)
Black Skylark Singing, 2007
THE BRIDGE OF SILVER WINGS is a poetic flight into the exploration of how human beings manage, or sometimes fail to manage, the transition from imminent personal destruction to unaccountable personal victory. FROM THE INTRODUCTION: âThe truth is we do not always know how we go from falling off the edge of one cliff to running with determination beside the ledge of another. The ...
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Blood Kin, A Savannah Story 1 review Robert T.S. Mickles Sr.
iUniverse, Inc., 2007
A great, relaxing read
A great relaxing read that transports you back into Savannah's history.
A story told through the eyes of two seemingly opposing characters because of the color of their skin, only to learn the many similarities that bond them together in blood, mind and soul.
Perfectly written in a touching and ...
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The Appeal (John Grisham) 427 reviews John Grisham
Random House Audio, 2008
Great Entertainment
+ Surprise! Surprise! + Fantastic!!!!!
Mary Grace and Tom Payton are a husband and wife legal team and for years they've been representing a woman in Bowmore, Mississippi who lost both her husband and child to cancer which was supposedly caused by Krane Chemical's deliberate chemical spills into the town's water supply. The cancer rate ...
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Your Chance to Hear The Last Panther Speak 28 reviews
Von Chase Publishing Company, 2007
Bold, Gripping, Powerful
+ The Last Panther Not Only Speaks, He Also Writes! + Passionate and Versatile Poet + Your Chance to Hear the Last Panther Speak by Chase Von is a masterpiece of poetry and prose! + Watch Out! The Title of This Book May Fool You!
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My Best Friend and My Man: A Novel 6 reviews Cydney Rax
Three Rivers Press, 2008
A New York Times Best seller in the making!
+ "Best" Friend + With friends like this! + Friends Til The End???
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Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World
Black Skylark Singing, 2007
Enter the world of Danny Blue and you enter one where few things are exactly as they seem and yet everything is filled with powerful meaning and significance. A work of paranormal fiction that combines popular music culture, fantasy, and horror, the novel Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World was first published on the Black Skylark Singing imprint via Luluâs print-on-demand ...
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All About Love: Favorite Selections from In The Spirit on Living Fearlessly 4 reviews Susan L. Taylor
Urban Books, 2008
Taylor's "All About Love" Provides Harvest of Empowering Inspiration
+ Men can feel the Spirit too! + An inspirational classic for women and men alike! + Excellent Words of Wisdom and Encouragement!
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The American Poet Who Went Home Again
Black Skylark Singing, 2008
Just like modern literary life, The American Poet Who Went Home Again expands beyond the safety of pages bound by predictability to explore and often confirm exciting creative possibilities. A shimmering collage of memoir, creative nonfiction, literary journalism, and dizzying flights into poetic observation, this is the amazing story of one writerâs rediscovery of his family, his ...
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Harlem Gallery and Other Poems of Melvin B. Tolson 3 reviews Melvin Beaunorus Tolson
University of Virginia Press, 1999
The Melvin B. Tolosian Review
+ Harlem Gallery and Other Poems + A superb anthology of an outstanding Black poet.
Melvin B. Tolson was recognized as one of the first African American poets whose poetry has been classified as being in the esoteric category. The implication of this statement means that Tolson was writing poetry in a format which would be acceptable by the greatest English and American poets. ...
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