Book Reviews
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“Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds” Reviewed by Matthew R. Brown
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICK TRAIL Whenever I think of our United States soldiers, regardless of branch, five things come to mind:…
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A Note from the Book Review Editor (July/August ’17)
This summer’s reading is focused on quality, yet I find myself listening almost daily to book podcasts as an efficient,…
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“Addie and Me” Reviewed by Lori White
Have you ever had a “dragon” in your life? A task that seemed daunting, and you weren’t sure how you…
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“Hillbilly Elegy” Reviewed by Kendall Middlemas Henley
Ever since the candidate nominations, pundits have analyzed the 2016 presidential election ad nauseam and perhaps to our collective exhaustion.…
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“Peplum” Reviewed by Cody Smith
Our modern, technologically advanced society poses a new set of challenges such as identity theft and forgery. Who would have…
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“When Breath Becomes Air” Reviewed by Linda Peterson Prowse
Dr. Paul Kalanithi wrote When Breath Becomes Air (2016) in the last two years of his life. The first page…
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“The Bookshop at Water’s End” by Patti Callahan Henry, reviewed by Laura Roesch
Author Patti Callahan Henry’s twelfth novel, “The Bookshop at Water’s End” presents complex and multilayered insights about best friends, good…
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A Note from the Book Review Editor (May/June ’17)
Traveling and reading are amiable companions. “Being in transit” offers a prime opportunity to spend quality time with a book,…
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Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song Reviewed by June C. Lloyd
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL BOOINI “Dear Prudence” (2015), by Prudence Farrow Bruns, is an intimate and candid and, at times, graphic…
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We are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph Reviewed by Janice L. Lucas
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL BOOINI “A better world can come from this battered church in the heart of the Holy City.”…
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