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| Power of fantasy >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Close your eyes. Fantasize. Try fantasy for fall.
No one stretches and adorns that literary genre better than Jim Webster, pictured, who in two new paperback novel ...more |
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| Life's history or God's vision? >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
People, not preaching, promises or pessimism, form the rapidly beating, reassuring heart of Gospel Memories -- The Future Can Rewrite Our Past, a book deceptively larger than ...more |
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| Foodie/critic writes first culinary thriller >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Mark Spivak, author of Friend of the Devil (Black Opal Books) instantly proves to hungry skeptics that it Is possible for a journalist to cook, eat, drink fine wine and write ...more |
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| Stopping just one more "hit" >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy--
Warfare uses many weapons, and internal battles are the most difficult.
That is the major lesson perhaps in The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are REAL by longtime ...more |
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| How Stark Bros. changed its business model >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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| Reading the Sweet Oak >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
| FACINATION WITH A RIVER
Recommending a particular book specifically for holiday gift-giving could be a limiting idea given that every day is a good excuse for buying a book. For any excuse and ...more |
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| Master vs. dog: Who really wins? >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Anyone who likes dogs, colorful characters and good writing will read A Dogs Choice by Allan Meyer. (Arizona Vintage Investments)
The book is the perfect prescription for a ...more |
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| Ghost author probes the unconscious mind >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Life can be a dream, or a nightmare, a varied and vivid cast tells readers in LucidOthernaturals Book Two self published by author Christina Harlin, pictured at left. One ...more |
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| Battling cynicism with faith >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Good real estate is often difficult to find today.
The most elusive, debatable plot, perhaps, is common ground, Rachel Held Evans says, forcefully, faithfully and from ...more |
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| Romantic novelist Inglath Cooper woos fans >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Working together builds individual strengths, but life is not always harmonious, even for rising music groups.
If you like country music, romance and soap operas, you ...more |
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| Growing older, living well >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Magnetic books have many faces.
From Working to Wisdom by Brendan Hare (Jappa Flats Publishing) is like a mirror, reflecting the march of time. Its sub-title, "The ...more |
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| What happened to Jody Bucklin? >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
History blends with mystery, nostalgia with charm in Craig Ewalds historical novel, Only Jody Knows. (Author House)
Anyone with a broad appetite for good writing, simply ...more |
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| Surviving the RAGBRAI >> Book Reviews | teverow |
| Brian David Bruns thought riding into the mist during the nearly 500-mile bike ride across Iowa "was cooling." Everyone else, he writes, thought it was like "riding into a steam bath."
by Paul ...more |
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| Exploring St. Louis and the Ozarks in pictures >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
| Gift-giving can be a frustrating experience: What to get that person who has everything. Two books have crossed our desk that solve gift-giving for someone who also enjoys art books.
"Days of ...more |
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| Author pens new poem for Christmas >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
| Molly McAme with her pet mouse, Nibbles, confronts Santa on Christmas Eve.
Is there a child, preferably a little girl, whom you would like to become excited over the reading of books? Well, 'tis ...more |
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| Author gains fame as military biographer >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Four words the reader might not readily associate with military subjects perhaps best describe both Hal Moore, A Soldier Once and Always and its young, widely recognized author, ...more |
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| Pope Benedict XVI's beliefs examined >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Books can capture both the heart and the head, and often do both.
Mind, body and soul are all elements in a concise, caring, literate and loving approach to several ...more |
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| Pet advice made easy >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Finding reliable and readable advice in print is not always easy.
Sometimes, alleged experts offer their vast or half-(v)ast knowledge in very authoritarian ways, as ...more |
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| Defining the modern day church >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
In a sense, Colin Brown has written an at times unconventional travel book.
His feelings are evident early in Outside the Camp, subtitled "The wisdom, humility and power ...more |
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| Debunking animal myths >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
Some alleged experts often are barking up the wrong tree when they give advice about pets.
There are many misconceptions (a.k.a. old wives tales but why not credit ...more |
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| lily--a true hero of the Joplin tornado >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
| Many stories have been written about the ferocious tornado that cut through the center of our town, Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011, but they were written mainly for an adult readership. Carolyn E. ...more |
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| Escape to a galaxy far, far away >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy--
Do you ever feel worlds apart from someone? Or do you suspect those around you are from another planet at times?
Even those readers who may see science fiction as galaxies ...more |
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| Battling Lyme disease after a late diagnosis >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
Books, like the authors who pen them, can have both good and bad moments. This is certainly true of A Twist of Lyme, by Andrea H. Caesar and edited by Nancy Grossman ...more |
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| Grab a life vest for a journey of a lifetime >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the ice-ridden Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic and ...more |
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| Prosecution of incest is subject of gripping novel >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
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by Mari Winn Taylor
"You know what they say about the Bootheel?" Elsie Arnold asks her police detective friend Bob Ashlock in a scene revealing the possible location of one of the abused ...more |
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| Need ideas for improving education? >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
If good books are a banquet, The Foxes of Caminus by Laura Burroughs (Burroughs Books) has something for all tastes and ageswith a dash of surprise and spice. There are enough ...more |
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| Books for lovers of detective stories >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
You cannot judge a judge by his cover.
That is one of the themes of The Judges Wife is Missing by the late Dale German (Abbott Press, division of Writers Digest.) It is ...more |
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| Thriller keeps reader at edge of his seat >> Book Reviews | sbranch |
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by Susan Branch
For a thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, you can't do much better than Ripples in Opperman's Pond by Douglas P. Zipes. You'll keep turning pages as the ...more |
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| Churches: Beyond brick and stone >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack L. Kennedy
The most lasting structures are preserved by the memories of people, built of bricks and stones but mortared together by faith.
That may be the major message of the small ...more |
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| Learn the art of raising horses >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy--
Faith and relationships build upon each other.
Joe Camp, a St. Louis native, is the father of several successful movies about Benji, the loveable little canine. Camp ...more |
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| Mish-mash media >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
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You may be too prissy to follow the suggestions offered in the travel book, Naughty Girl's Guide to Los Angeles by Sienna Sinclaire (Naughty Girl Press, 2012). Although the Ozarks are a long ...more |
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| Everyone loves a tale of the rich and famous >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| The Nation of Brunei, with a population nearing a half million in 2012 and extensive petroleuum and natural gas fields--Forbes ranks it as the fifth richest nation out of 182 with such resources--is ...more |
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| Spy vs. spy is a page turner >> Book Reviews | sbranch |
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by Susan Branch
Spycraft and insider medical knowledge combine to give the reader of this thriller something special. In the book Osprey (EXLIBRIS, 2012) Peter Williamson has dedicated his ...more |
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| Hattie Kauffman surmounts a difficult life >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
Sometimes, a few words can describe modest but powerful books.
Falling Into Place by Hattie Kauffman, pictured, (Baker Books) is such a volume. Yes, she is an Emmy ...more |
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| Creating a fantasy; Gardham's inaugural attempt >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack Kennedy
The premise of The Actor by Douglas Gardham (iUniverse Inc.) starts out promising.
The Canadians first novel has intriguing autobiographical elements. We are told that ...more |
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| Surviving family dysfunction >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| by Jack Kennedy
Life has been a complex, emotional, paradox for Denver newsman/editor M.J. Burke Sr.
Funeral in a Feminine Dress is labeled a memoir. The often physically and emotionally ...more |
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| Reminisces of an orphaned life >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
Anyone who has ever been a small, confused, but maturing child will be drawn in to Little Joe by Michael E. Glasscock III.(Greenleaf)
The initial premise is powerful yet ...more |
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| A spy or not a spy, that is the question >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
| In December of 1991 the Soviet Union (the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or U.S.S.R.) was officially dissolved. From it emerged Russia (the Russian Federation) and a number of independent ...more |
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| Book is treat for historical fiction fans >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
History is basically made by people.
Recalling the narrative, we cite big events, headlines, global crises, wars and tragedies. But Widow Walk by Gerard LaSalle ...more |
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| Many faces of blood in Nam >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
Paul J. Pitlyk fought two wars, simultaneously.
One was in Vietnam, as a neurosurgeon in 1965. The other conflict was constantly within himself.
The stark tale that ...more |
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| Revolution and the demise of Cuban landownership >> Book Reviews | mariwinn |
| by Mari Winn Taylor
HAVANA, 2003
Author Celso Gonzalez-Falla must have felt pleasure in being able to report that one of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's more brutal followers, one that took ...more |
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| Meet Uncle Martin's Family >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
The past always leaves something for the present. We may not realize the value of the legacy until many years have gone by.
Uncle Martins Family, a Memoir by Joyce ...more |
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| 50 and still smiling? >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
Few people have fond memories of reaching age 50.
Jan Atkinson, author of Menopausal Killer Sharks, (iUniverse) has many diverse, often profane, sometimes witty ways ...more |
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| Dave Heeren is more than a statistician >> Book Reviews | jkennedy |
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by Jack L. Kennedy
The word hustler in sports or other human endeavor usually relates to energy, willingness, and other virtues physical or mental.
But in The Sporting Stings (Black ...more |
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