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Bill Glose

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Average rating: 4.36 · 164 ratings · 51 reviews · 11 distinct worksSimilar authors
All the Ruined Men: Stories

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Half a Man

4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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Postscript to War

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Personal Geography

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The Human Touch

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Marching Orders: Poems

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Memory of Spring: Poems

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Confronting the Past

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Shadow of the LionsShadow of the Lions, by Christopher Swann


For ten years, Christopher Swann worked on a novel never destined to see a bookshelf. It wasn’t just that the plot—involving the Irish Republican Army descending on coastal Georgia—was convoluted but that the whole story seemed unbelievable. After reading one of the later drafts, his wife Read more of this blog post »
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Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed
Brave Enough
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In this book, Cheryl Strayed has gathered together a crop of life-affirming aphorisms. Overall, it has the dissatisfying feel of reading through a series of fortune cookie wrappers; however, as with the fortunes stowed away in the cookies, one or two ...more
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The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
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Breakfast with Neruda by Laura  Moe
Breakfast with Neruda
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I liked how the main characters had unusual backstories and found myself really pulling for Michael to resolve his situation. Didn't care for the cliffhanger with his father, even though there is a follow-on book to continue Michael and Shelly's stor ...more
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The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook
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The book read like a bit of fluff with vapid, unbelievable characters and unrealistic conversations.
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A View from the Stars by Liu Cixin
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Some interesting concepts, but others were a drag that I slogged through.
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Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer
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Fantastic, quick-paced story with compelling characters, each with their own, rich backstory.
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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire by Lisa Idzikowski
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An excellent book for someone who knows nothing of Roman history and wants to get a primer. It doesn't go deep into any part of Rome's rise and fall, but it covers it all and gives the reader a good grasp of what happened. ...more
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Unforgiven by Edward Buscombe
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Buscombe provides good insight into the style, construct, and backstory of the movie Unforgiven and Clint Eastwood's role as both director and star actor, presenting his arguments and conclusions in easy-to-follow fashion. This is an excellent book f ...more
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