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An absolutely remarkable story of love, passion and struggle against tyranny.It is without doubt a book to be read and read again .Only a person without soul could remain unmoved by the heroism within it's pages .The characters are totally absorbing and the tragedy heartbreaking .This work is now a part of my life and will remain so until my death. I can think of no better book to put into the hands of someone wanting to know about what happened during those foresaken years.
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With publication of The Religion War, millions of long-time fans of Scott Adams's Dilbert cartoons and business best sellers will have to admit that the literary world is a better place with Adams on the loose spreading new ideas and philosophical conundrums. Unlike God's Debris, principally a dialogue between its two main characters, The Religion War is set several decades in the future when the smartest man in the world steps between international leaders to see if he can prevent a catastropic confrontation between Christianity and Islam that would destroy most of civilization. The parallels between where we are today and where we could be in the near future are clear. Adams says The Religion War targets "bright readers with short attenti... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This novel is set in present day Chicago. The protagonist is a middle-aged black man, Ashanti Ra, who, because he is on the run from the law accused of a crime he did not commit, is forced to live with a young Puerto Rican gay man, Phillip a.k.a. Phyllis, whom he met at a Latin bar a couple of days earlier. He was at the bar because he had just had an argument with his white girlfriend of several years. She wanted to get married; he did not. The story concerns Ashanti’s slow realization that, although he himself is not gay, he does care for Phyllis, and eventually accepts Phyllis as a lover. The theme of the book is that things in life happen, often with no explanation or apparent reason, and the story is laced with philosophical and r... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Nudist Among Us is an old-fashioned approach to humor. Pick a lovable character and place him in unusual situations that spawn absurd reactions. In the collection of stories and comments, the main character finds himself drifting through life haplessly awaiting his next disaster. Coupled with his family of straight men, the laughs are continuous and boisterous. Chester is our new hero, a man who leaves much to be desired in the way of proper and safe planning. He executes many of his daily activities with the skills usually contained in emergency room customers. As much as we like Chester, just about everyone loves Karalynn. Anyone who can withstand the likes of Chester must be an angel waiting for her wings. She follows her husband into on... Rest of this review on the detail page
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