11. Review-Single Guy
September 30, 2013
Single Guy: How to Live Smarter, Date Better and Be Awesomely Happy, Joe Keller, 2013, ISBN 9780984936809
You suddenly find yourself single, either by choice or by divorce. Now what do you do?
If your soon-to-be-ex agrees, hire a mediator or write the divorce agreement yourselves. It...
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12. Review-Extreme College 101
September 28, 2013
Extreme College 101: How to Aggressively Fast-Track Your College Degree by Applying Your Already-Acquired Life Knowledge, Eli Caplin, 2013, ISBN 9781482711998
You have been working for the past several years. You feel that now is the time to get, or finish getting, your college degree. Is th...
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13. Review-The Broken Gift
September 23, 2013
The Broken Gift, Daniel Friedmann, 2013, ISBN 9780978457228
It may seem impossible to reconcile the scientific and religious conceptions of Man's creation. Did Man, in his present form, come into existence as part of a week-long process several thousand years ago? On the other hand, did it h...
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14. Review-Vic: Time Doesn't Matter
September 04, 2013
Vic: Time Doesn't Matter, Jerry Gill and Edgar Rice Burroughs, 2013, ISBN 9781889823591
This is the story of a love that really does span the ages.
The first two parts of this book are actually abridged versions of a pair of Edgar Rice Burroughs novels (that is why he is listed as a ...
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15. Review-The Demon Left Behind
August 31, 2013
The Demon Left Behind, Marie Jakober, 2011, ISBN 9781894063494
Melusine is a female demon. No, she doesn't have horns and carry a pitchfork. She is an otherworldly being who lives on a different plane of existence. As leader of a group of demons who have come to present-day Earth (in human f...
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16. Review-Alternative Lives
August 29, 2013
Alternative Lives, Allen Pollens, 2011, ISBN 9781466417519
This novel is about a journey into a little-known part of the human psyche: what happens when we sleep.
Harold Treadwell is a professor at Jess Hawkins University in Philadelphia. He is known as a workaholic, and has spent hi...
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17. Review-Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction
August 27, 2013
Menial: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction, Kelly Jennings and Shay Darrach (ed.), 2013, ISBN 9780615705613
Most science fiction stories are bout tall, square-jawed adventurers exploring the galaxy and singlehandedly vanquishing the alien foe. What about the people who perform the unexciting "...
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18. Review-The Writer
August 26, 2013
The Writer, Emily Sun Li, 2012, ISBN 9780988233300
June is your average resident of the planet Pren. It's a beautiful place, with colorful trees and flowers, and birds who tweet Mozart. According to June, it's also really boring. Out of frustration, she fashions something called a pencil out...
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19. Review-Give and Take
August 23, 2013
Give and Take, Adam M. Grant, 2013, ISBN 9780670026555
American business is supposed to be a tough, ultra-competitive arena where only the strong survive, and nice guys get trampled, right? According to this book, that is not totally true.
This book looks at three different kinds of ...
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20. Review-Modern Disciples (Volume 2)
August 21, 2013
Modern Disciples (Volume 2), Ian Anderson, 2013, ISBN 9781432788964
This is part 2 of a series about a group of average humans who are actually offspring of the gods of antiquity. It is not just Greek gods, but also Norse, Japanese and Aztec gods, who are alive and well, and mating with pres...
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Author: Paul Lappen
