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Year: 2015

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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Jeff Grim / 0 Comment

Although Cornwell is known for his fiction writing, he shines in this latest endeavor in historical writing. He is one of the best writers that I know in descri...

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Quick Review: I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place by Howard Norman

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Norman's literate, slightly odd, but ultimately humane style makes for easy and thought provoking listening on the daily commute. It was both captivating and re...

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Rowan Williams: the case for blasphemy

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

If you are forbidden to voice the hard questions, this might suggest that faith survives only by never being challenged. The person who actually expresses their...

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Review: Rumours of Glory: A Memoir by Bruce Cockburn

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Anyone with an interest in Cockburn and his music will want to read Rumors of Glory. Anyone interested in the interplay between life, art, music, and politics w...

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Review: Rumours of Glory: A Memoir by Bruce Cockburn

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

Anyone with an interest in Cockburn and his music will want to read Rumors of Glory. Anyone interested in the interplay between life, art, music, and politics w...

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The Blind Contessa's New Machine by Carey Wallace

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Kevin Holtsberry / 0 Comment

A light, even playful, but elegant story of family, romance, and the complicated nature of love. For a first time novelist, Wallace is amazingly sure footed and...

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