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    Over the last generation, sex has been mainstreamed into a multi-billion-dollar industry yet remains a war zone of fear and scandal.

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    “Ms. Sommer’s reference book is both time and student tested. It is also intended to both assist and amuse. These factors make the work unique . . .”

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    If all of Garrison Keillor’s reports from Lake Wobegon were strung end to end, the result would be something remarkably similar to The Whole Town’s Talking, Fannie Flagg’s latest novel.

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    “. . . if instead you follow the fairy tale of making straw into gold, you have a chance at a life that is full, meaningful, and pleasantly finite.”

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    “Caution: Reading this book will make your blood pressure rise and launch you on the warpath—directly to your legislator’s front steps.”

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    As humbling as it is to write about Eleanor Roosevelt, her own words best represent her to the world.

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    “Some books are great, and this is one of them.”

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     Richard Clarke served in the White House for four presidents and was appointed National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism under Bill Clinton, and the first

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    What Were We Thinking will give you a fascinating overview and analysis of the books that explain where we are now, how we got here, and where we might be headed.”

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    “I didn’t read her book. All those reviews . . .” said a 60-something man.

    “I never liked her. She’s too pompous,” said a middle-aged woman.

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    The rise of Barack Obama to the office of the presidency in 2008 heralded, to the talking heads whose pronouncements much of the populace uses to form its opinions, the final indication that racism

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    What It’s Like to Be a Dog is a well-written, enthusiastic account of a scientific study sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to image dogs’ brains by Magnetic Resonance Imager

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    There is a thin line between whining and problem solving. It is unfortunate that Mooney and Kirshenbaum never crossed that line. In fact, they may never have seen the line in the first place.

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    Eloquent Books, June 2009

    A Picture Book That Encourages Children to Believe In Themselves

    “. . . the kind of book that teachers, librarians, and booksellers will be talking about all summer.”

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    The preface of Mathematics Without Apologies is certain to discourage readers that are expecting a “popular” mathematics text from reading further.

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    In this cozy police procedural set in the cozy French town of St. Denis, we have book nine of the cozy series about Bruno, Chief of Police.

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     At the outset of this review this reviewer should confess his prejudices: he is a fan of C. K. Williams.

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    “. . . The set-up is delicious . . . [but] Manuscript Found in Accra lacks one of the most fundamental elements of the classic novel: a story.”

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