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Home by Marilyn Robinson, Picador,
2010 - Reviewed by Judi Morrel
Winner of a 2004 Pulitzer Prize for her novel Gilead,
Marilyn Robinson has written a companion novel, Home,
which is set in the same small Iowa town and populated with some of
the same characters. This time the action takes place in the
home of Reverend Robert Broughton, a retired Presbyterian pastor .
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Frankl, Beacon, 2006- Reviewed by Allison O'Malley
Readers seeking a turn away from the happiness movement's
hedonistic orientation will cherish Viktor E. Frankl's timeless,
graceful reminder that meaning can be found in the most miserable
of conditions. Frankl, a renowned Viennese psychiatrist, recounts
his experiences in the concentration camps . . .
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Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana
Franklin, Berkley Publishing Group, 2008 - Reviewed by Richard
McGowan
CSI meets medieval England! A series of children's murders
puts Catholics and Jews on edge in Cambridge. King Henry II
requests aid from his cousin, the King of Sicily, who sends him a
forensic scientist.
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People, Parks and Perceptions: A History and
Appreciation of Indiana State Parks
by Glory-June Grieff, Trafford Publishing, 2009 -
Reviewed by George Geib
The search to determine what makes Indiana different is a
favorite topic for local readers, and a question that has engaged
some of the nineteenth state's best local writers. Glory-June
Greiff suggests that an important part of the answer lies in our
state park system.
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