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Hollywood and Sunset
By Luke Salisbury
www.shamblinggate.com
(Fiction)
Witty and well written story about a writer from the East who takes a life-altering tour of 1916 Hollywood-- in the company of D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, and Howard Gaye, an actor who likes to dress up as Jesus Christ.
Axiom: The Second
American Civil War
By T. Edward Allen
www.axiom-thenovel.com
(Fiction)
Dystopian tale about one man and his family who are caught in the middle of chaos as the world economy collapses and America is brought to the brink of World War III.
Wealth Odyssey
By Larry R. Frank Sr., MBA, CFP
www.wealthodyssey.com
(Nonfiction)
A practical, no-nonsense guide for individuals who want to develop a personal definition of wealth and create an effective strategy for long-term financial success.
Paloma
By Linda A. Lavid
www.lindalavid.com
(Fiction)
Fast-paced romantic suspense novel about a woman with three identities who is being pursued by an assassin.
September and Other Stories
By Julie Ann Dawson
www.bardsandsages.com
(Fiction)
Unique collection of horror stories, spooky role-playing, and dark fantasy....Read Reviews
The Little Book of He and She
By Wade Stevenson
www.booksurge.com
(Fiction)
Part poetry, part romance, part self-help, this short but passionate book describes the profound sense of being in love....Read Reviews
Military State: Society on
The Verge of Collapse
By Kevin Warren
www.wethepeople.la
(Fiction)
Frightening, dystopian tale about American patriots who fight against a ruthless military dictatorship in a post-apocalyptic world.
Extradition Between Canada
and the United States
By Gary Botting
www.transnationalpubs.com
(Nonfiction)
A detailed and valuable examination of the tumultuous relationship between the United States and Canada regarding their extradition systems, histories, issues, conflicts, and controversies.
Club Fascistland
By Kevin Brink Nielsen
www.authorhouse.com
(Fiction)
Imaginative, modern day version of the Wizard of Oz told from a progressive viewpoint, featuring a young man in search of a true home who gets help from an idiot savant, a humanoid/robotic mercenary, and a truck driver.
Offshore
By Don Corace
www.emeraldink.com
(Fiction)
Fast-paced thriller about a corporate raider who will stop at nothing to exact revenge and destroy a Houston oil family dynasty.
A Reason for Living
By Laurent Grenier
http://laurentgrenier.com/ARFL.html
laurentgrenier@rogers.com
(Nonfiction)
Inspirational true story about an athletic man who pursues wisdom and happiness after he is left disabled from a diving accident....Read Reviews
Puget Sound
By C.C. Long
www.pleasureboatstudio.com
(Fiction)
A unique and bizarre collection of 15 short stories that involves cows falling from the sky, whales exploding, and boys becoming sasquatches in the watery landscape of the Pacific Northwest known as Puget Sound.
The Empire Menaced:
The Unauthorized Autobiography of Dearth Nadir
By Sean Miller
dearthnadir@yahoo.com
(Fiction)
Imaginative parody of the Star Wars saga told through the eyes of Darth Vader....Read Reviews
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Notable Books 2005
Where Three Roads
Meet: Novellas
By John Barth
(Fiction)
Latest tales from the master
of metafiction.
Read Review
The Next Attack
By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon
(Nonfiction)
The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting
It Right
Read Review
Thin Ice
By Mark Bowen
(Nonfiction)
Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
Read Review
The Tibetan Empire
in Central Asia
By Christopher I. Beckwith
(Nonfiction)
A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages
Read Review
All Alone in the
World: Children of
the Incarcerated
By Nell Bernstein
(Nonfiction)
Read Review
Kafka on the Shore
By Haruki Murakami
(Fiction)
A young boy's Kafkaesque journey of self discovery.
1491: New
Revelations of the
Americas before Columbus
By Charles C. Mann
(Nonfiction)
Read Review
5 Days That Shook
the World: Seattle
and Beyond
By Alexander Cockburn and
Jeffrey St. Clair
(Nonfiction)
Read Review
Veronica
By Mary Gaitskill
(Fiction)
"Rumination on the relationship between beauty and cruelty."
Read Review
The DaVinci Code
By Dan Brown
(Fiction)
Still going strong, the controversial murder mystery takes the reader on a circuitous journey in search of the
Holy Grail.
Read Review
The Truth, With Jokes
By Al Franken
(Nonfiction)
Big Al takes on the Bush Crime Family and the usual gang of right-wing desperadoes.
Read Review
Rights of Man
By Thomas Paine
(Nonfiction)
Classic must read for all Americans interested in individual liberties.
Read Review
Fooled Again
By Mark Crispin Miller
(Nonfiction)
How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We
Stop Them)
Read Review
Camus and Sartre
By Ronald Aronson
(Nonfiction)
The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It
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Book of the Year
(Nonfiction 2005)
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Bush on the Couch
By Justin A. Frank, M.D.
noelle.murrain@harpercollins.com
A compelling and insightful look into George W. Bush's psyche, and how his deep-seeded fears, insecurities, and megalomania have undermined the safety of our country.
Book of the Year
(Fiction 2005)
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Clearing Customs
By Martha Egan
www.papalotepress.com
A sinister, yet amusing tale of an ex-hippie owner of a small, struggling Latin American imports store who joins with her friends to fight corrupt custom officials whose harassment threatens to put her out of business.
Books of the Year
(Nonfiction 2004)
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The Assassination of
Julius Caesar
By Michael Parenti
www.michaelparenti.org/Caesar.html
Pulitzer-prize nominated author and scholar examines ancient Roman history from a populist viewpoint, arguing that Caesar was assassinated for being a champion of the people.
The War on Freedom
By Nafeez Mossaddeq Ahmed
www.progressivepress.com
Riveting and well-researched expose of how and why America was attacked on 9/11, including information about faked terrorism and mass media manipulation by the Bush administration.
Crossing the Rubicon
By Michael Ruppert
www.fromthewilderness.com
Hard-hitting, iconoclastic editor/publisher of "From the Wilderness" strips the power elite to the bone and takes a shocking look at the decline of the American empire at the end of the age of oil.
Books of the Year
(Fiction 2004)
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Candle in a Dark Time
By Virginia Stuart
www.redhummingbirdpress.com
Compelling, emotionally charged story of how a Danish woman risks her life to save Jews from Nazis during World War II.
My Life: A Story
By Jesus Christ
By Christopher Miller
www.mylifebyjesuschrist.com
Innovative and provocative story of the life of Jesus Christ told as a first person narrative.
The Others at Monticello
By Esther Franklin
www.xlibris.com
franklin80@comcast.net
Award-winning historical novel that explores the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his slaves, especially Sally Hemings and her children.
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