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January 13, 2026

The Season: A Fan’s Story by Helen Garner **** (of 4)

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Helen Garner is an accomplished screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and journalist. In her late 70s searching for something to write about she settled upon...

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December 28, 2025

Firefly by Henry Porter *** (of 4)

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In the mid 2000-teens, migrants from the Middle East, Asia, and North Africa risked their health, security, and livelihoods in hopes of finding better lives...

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December 26, 2025

The Heart of a Stranger by Angela Buchdahl **** (of 4)

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This book, with its very Reform take on Judaism, inspired me to be a better practitioner of Reform Judaism’s highest ideals. More importantly, Rabbi Buchdahl...

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December 15, 2025

Squash Bread for the Experienced

My daughter Leah is prone to raising too many squashes and gives me some at about the same time that the only vegetables worth purchasing...

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December 15, 2025

How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dale *** (of 4)

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A parody, satire, stand-up comedy, history lesson, and vital social commentary in one book. The protagonist Anders, is a white teen during the Civil War...

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December 7, 2025

The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball by Christian Sheppard (NR)

Sheppard is an occasional college-level instructor of classical literature and a longtime baseball fan. His book underscores the parallels between the actors in Homer’s Odyssey...

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December 7, 2025

1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin *** (of 4)

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Andrew Ross Sorkin’s approach to the Great Depression is to follow some great men, day by day in the year leading up to the crash....

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December 4, 2025

So Far Gone by Jess Walter **** (of 4)

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Rhys Kinnick, a cantankerous, retired, environmental journalist, fed up with the world, and especially his son-in-law, leaves society behind to live off the grid in...

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December 4, 2025

The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Sharp *** (of 4)

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What started after 9/11 as the U.S. War on Terror has declined into an interminable excuse for targeted killing, assassinations, and undercover attempts by the...

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