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Category Archives: Revisited
Revisited-Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment – Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The militias referred to in the Second Amendment were intended as a means for white people to eliminate Indigenous communities in order take their land, and for slave patrols to control Black people.” American historian Roxanne … Continue reading
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Tagged Dayton, Donald Trump, El Paso, Gilroy, gun control, gun violence, mass murders
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America, Join us today for a National Day of Action!
(Reviewed by JD Jung) The future of our country is in danger! Trump committed impeachable offenses from Day 1 by not even attempting to protect the integrity of our elections from Russian interference. Then there was the family separation at … Continue reading
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Revisited: Verklempt – Peter Sichrovsky (Author), Ari Roth (Foreword), John Howard (Translator)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thomas remained a man without a past, without memories, without old photographs and without stories from earlier years.” He is just one of the many Jews who chose to live in a land where their parents … Continue reading
Job 2.0: God and Lucifer battle again for a single soul – Del Staecker
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “God really liked Lucifer, despite the bad jokes, the rancorous departure, all the efforts to misdirect humankind, and even his plan to take over Heaven. But God did not want to encourage Lucifer’s bad … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Job, God, humor, inspirational, Lucifer, philosophy, short books
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Revisited: The Pursuit of Ordinary – Nigel Jay Cooper
(Reviewed by JD Jung) The Pursuit of Ordinary has been announced as a finalist in The People’s Book Prize for Fiction. Congratulations, Nigel! “With me inside him, he didn’t feel dislocated like he used to. It was like he was … Continue reading
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Tagged ADULT FICTION, book reviews, British literature, mental illness
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Revisited: Mygale (City Lights Noir) -Thierry Jonquet (Author), Donald Nicholson-Smith (Translator)
Ah, revenge can be so sweet. Now mix it with obsession and a touch of madness, and it turns utterly twisted and bizarre. Such is the case with the intense and fascinating novel, Mygale, written by the late French crime … Continue reading
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Tagged dark, French noir, sordid
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Five Night Stand – Richard J. Alley
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “There are four people as similar as they are unique—one at the end of his career, one lost in the middle, one who dreams of beginning, and the fourth, a child, not knowing what is ahead … Continue reading
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Tagged Historical fiction, jazz
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An UnderratedRead Revisited:The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time – Brooke Gladstone
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “American history is picked with ferment, battles and brawls over with is true. But at this moment, the nation seems to waging Civil War over reality itself. It is thrilling to watch, and tough to sit … Continue reading