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Critique: An inherently interesting and entertaining read from beginning to end, "Morning Coffee at the Goldfish Pond" is unique, extraordinary, and unreservedly recommended for community library collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists
that "Morning Coffee at the Goldfish Pond" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $5.99).

Gift from the Garden
Bernie DuBois
Trellis Publishing
PO Box 280, New York Mills, MN 56567
www.trellispublishing.com
9781930650268, $12.95, PB, 84pp, www.amazon.com

Synopsis: Bernie DuBois is a former college educator whose teaching and writing
experience has given her a great feel for exploring the lives of women and phases of a woman's life. In the pages of "Gift from the Garden" she has deftly
written a gentle
book that compares various plants to stages in a woman's life, exploring issues
of life and belonging. Women of all ages can relate to how we change and grow with our various roles, but adds a contemporary twist. DuBois' style combines deeply serious yet
comic moments, and helps readers move to a new understanding of building their own lives.

Critique: With underlying messages and values that are both timely and timeless, "Gift from the Garden" is an extraordinary, thoughtful and thought-provoking read from cover to cover -- and one that is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists
as well as community library collections.

A Spiritual Hypothesis
Daniel Punzak, P.E.
AuthorHouse
1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403-5161
www.authorhouse.com
9781524652388, $44.95, HC, 966pp, www.amazon.com

Synopsis: Traditional Western religion explains that each human has a spiritual
aspect called a soul. However, several passages in the Bible allude to humans having a soul and a spirit. In "A Spiritual Hypothesis: An Inquiry into Abnormal and Paranormal
Behavior", Dan Punzak explores this idea and presents numerous modern psychological findings that support this notion. Shamanism and some Eastern religious concepts also support this idea. Diverse concepts such as creativity and mental illness can be
explained by the idea that two spiritual forms are in each human.

Critique: A massive and detailed study, "A Spiritual Hypothesis: An Inquiry into Abnormal and Paranormal Behavior" is an extraordinary work that author Daniel Punzak spent more than four decades in researching near-death experiences, dissociative
identity disorder, mystery experience and shamanism in preparation for. An absorbing and inherently fascinating read, "A Spiritual Hypothesis" is exceptionally well written, deftly organized and impressively comprehensive, making it an especially
recommended addition to community and academic library collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of academia and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "A Spiritual Hypothesis" is also available in a
paperback edition (9781524652371, $31.95) and in a digital book format (Kindle,
$3.99).

The Mammoth Letters
Jennifer K. Crittenden
Whistling Rabbit Press
PO Box 910756, San Diego, CA 92191
www.whistlingrabbitpress.com
9780984736089, $17.95, PB, 260pp, www.amazon.com

Synopsis: Questions arise when a big city family moves to a remote mountain town in the Eastern Sierra: Why is there a bear in the grocery store? What happened to the missing school teacher? Where do you buy soccer socks around here?

Skillfully blending anecdote, history, and description, "The Mammoth Letters: Running Away to a Mountain Town" is an amusing and sensitive portrayal by author Jennifer K. Crittenden of an eclectic town and its colorful inhabitants.

An inspired and inspiring read anyone who has wondered about making the leap from one world to another, "The Mammoth Letters" is deftly written with a wide emotional range that will engage the readers in a discovery of mystery, beauty,
and tragedy, and
how a majestic but unforgiving alpine wilderness affects those living at its edge.

Critique: An inherently fascinating and entertaining read from cover to cover, "The Mammoth Letters: Running Away to a Mountain Town" is an especially recommended addition to community library collections. It should be noted that a one-dollar donation
will be made to the Southern Mono Historical Society with the purchase of each new paperback edition of "The Mammoth Letters". Is should also be noted that "The Mammoth Letters" is available for personal reading lists in a digital book
format (Kindle, $9.
99).

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