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Peaks and
Valleys Fact,
Fiction, and Fantasy by Stephanie Dray |
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Reviews The title of this
book is a misnomer. First, the book is
exclusively about firearms, not weapons in general. But at least the cover drawing of a revolver
gives a clue about its true focus.
Nothing warns the reader that the book really isn’t much of a writer’s
guide either. Political Revolution and
Nautical Fantasy Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders Series: Hearkening back to the political and
environmental challenges faced by the founding fathers of the American
Revolution, Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders series tells a story of family grit
and emerging nationhood that would be compelling even if it were lifted out
of its fantasy setting. Movie Review of the Month—Titanic: James Cameron's Titanic is a good flick, but not for any of the traditional
reasons. It's not well written. The villains are one-dimensional and the
modern day aspects of the movie are contrived. There are also unsatisfying
omissions in the plot larger than the holes that sank the ship. Still, you
walk away from the movie glad that you went because where Titanic is strong, it absolutely
shines. Jesse Dearborn James is a mother and
respected psychotherapist from a small Canadian town. She fears her mortality, has a strained
relationship with her daughter, and feels that she lacks conviction. All this begins to change when Jesse rebelliously
steps between a chainsaw and her favorite trees. The story chronicles Jesse’s fight to save
the trees and her eventual acceptance of mortality as a beautiful part of the
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