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THE GREAT CYPRUS

THINK TANK

by Larry Lockridge

Second of four standalone yet

interrelated satirical novels, The

Enigma Quartet. “Mindful of all

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COURAGE AND

COMPLICITY

The Simple Truth Is Complicated

by Claudette Languedoc

One teacher’s Indian Residential

School story.

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VICTOR PRESS

OFF TELEGRAPH

A Novel of Berkeley in the Sixties

by Joseph Rodricks

A tale of scientific fraud that twists

its way through the cultural and po-

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the wakening rebellion against the

scientific worldview. These themes

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JUDGMENT IN BERLIN

A Spy Story

by Noel Hynd

The extraordinary “Berlin” espionage

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A CANON’S TALE

by Marilyn A. Schneider

Twelfth-century historical figures

and events come vividly to life as a

young canon convinces his chapter

to adopt the celibate communal life

and build the beautiful cloister of

Saint-Trophîme at Arles.

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SPARKS AND

DISPERSES

by Cathleen Cohen

“The perfect poetic reflection of

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Book Review

“Each poem... opening an entire

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WA I T I N G F O R

THE MUSE

Poems of Anna Akhmatova

by Frances Laird

New translations, set in the context

of her often difficult life story, that

follow the changing appearance of

her Muse, the embodiment of her

poetic inspiration.

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VALUES OF THE WISE

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WISDOM

A Very Valuable Virtue That

Cannot Be Bought

by Jason A. Merchey

Wisdom is the surest route to per-

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for an ailing American society. Phi-

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390 Pages • Non fiction/Philoso-

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YA D

by Daniel Karpinski

Historiographic metafiction about

“the truth” of Narciso Tome—El

Transparente architect—love and

life of Goya, El Greco, Gusmao, and

Casanova in Spanish Toledo.

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KICKING ASSPERGERS

One Meltdown at a Time

by Jeremy Tolmie

A story of a young man’s journey

with autism and overcoming ex-

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NO MORE

MUSHROOMS

Thoughts About Life Without

Government

by Kirkpatrick Sale

“One overriding fact about govern-

ment condemns it to being forever

wrong : it is a contrivance abhorrent

to nature, including human nature,

and cannot be formed in any such

way to prevent it being so.. .”

978-1570273902 • Paper, $11.95 •

58 Pages • Political Theory

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CREATESPACE

A BEAR ON TRIAL

by Jiannina Camillo

A bear charges, two are wounded

and stranded, the alpine town re-

volts and Zita, the mayor, finds her

fate sealed with that of the bear.

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SDS

Students for a Democratic Society

by Kirkpatrick Sale

“This big, painstakingly researched

history... easily qualifies as the de-

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“Gives the best overall sense of what

was transpiring.” —Abbie Hoffman

978-1570273865 • Paper, $27.95 •

758 Pages • History

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WA K E T U R B U L E N C E

An Alcubierre Metric Connection

Novel

by Frank Merceret

Good science enhances good fiction

when a superluminal alien space-

craft’s optical wake blazes over the

Indian Ocean generating a human

wake of its own.

9781737185826 • Paper, $13.98 •

528 Pages • Hard Science Fiction

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