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INDIE
Released: April 4, 2011
Kirkus Star DEATH WITH DIGNITY: THE CASE FOR LEGALIZING PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING AND EUTHANASIA
by Robert Orfali
"A lucid, powerful argument for letting dying patients go gentle into that good night."
Orfali's compelling manifesto explores the fraught ethics and surprisingly convenient practical details of physician-assisted dying. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: March 2, 2011
Kirkus Star AMERICAN INFERNO
by Bret Lowery
"Deserves to be a cult classic."
A crazy, wild journey up an Appalachian Trail paved with the stones of a philosophical quest. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Feb. 18, 2011
Kirkus Star THE INSURGENCY IN CHECHNYA AND THE NORTH CAUCASUS: FROM GAZAVAT TO JIHAD
by Robert W. Schaefer
"A tour de force in breadth and depth."
Schaefer's debut is an in-depth critical assessment of the Russo-Chechen conflict that reflects a deep understanding of counterinsurgency in general and how it relates to that region specifically. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Jan. 27, 2011
Kirkus Star THE SHIELD THAT FELL FROM HEAVEN
by William S. Kerr
"A delightfully playful cross-genre novel whose science fiction is every bit as enjoyable as its historical fiction."
A French journalist encounters the American Civil War--and something even stranger--in 1861 Kentucky. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Jan. 14, 2011
Kirkus Star SIRENS' SONGS
by Elisabeth Stevens
"A triumphant and eloquent collection that never shies away from the emotional and intellectual entanglements of love and lust, connection and manipulation, the momentary and the eternal.
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A compact yet thematically and stylistically wide-ranging verse collection that contains lyrical and nuanced explorations of love, power, impermanence and aging. Read full book review >
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INDIE
Released: Dec. 22, 2010
Kirkus Star ITZIG: AN HISTORICAL NOVEL 1900-1935
by Lona Flam Rubenstein
"A quietly harrowing dissection of the Nazi madness."
The nightmare of German history creeps up on a family in this agonizing drama. Read full book review >