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Imagine yourself walking home during a thunderstorm knowing lightning will strike you at any given moment. You try to rush to safety, but the faster you walk the more susceptible you are to being struck. The scary thing is, you can never outrun the lightning, it is always ready to strike. In "I Hate This Feeling, " Joe Rodriguez details his battle with his personal lightning strikes in the form of epilepsy, which plagued him for years. He deta...

Outlaws and smugglers have sought refuge in the United States-Mexico Borderlands since the days of the Wild West. Five Americans facing bankruptcy and homelessness retreat to the Southwest desert badlands to grow marijuana. A modest crop of buds (sin semilla) can net a small fortune, if the group can find water and hide from the Border Patrol (la migra) as well as poachers."Growing the American Way" is an adventure novel, a survival narrative ...

Outlaws and smugglers have sought refuge in the United States-Mexico Borderlands since the days of the Wild West. Five Americans facing bankruptcy and homelessness retreat to the Southwest desert badlands to grow marijuana. A modest crop of buds (sin semilla) can net a small fortune, if the group can find water and hide from the Border Patrol (la migra) as well as poachers."Growing the American Way" is an adventure novel, a survival narrative ...

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A downtown homeless shelter, the Settlement, is targeted for demolition during the Great Recession. In its place, the city wants to build a sports complex. Reverend Stephen Bentham, the Settlement's founder and director, draws on the loyalty of his assistant, the house physician, and a visiting archeology professor to save the hundred beds. A school-age boy also joins the effort. Fending off the bulldozers tests each character. Their own troub...

A downtown homeless shelter, the Settlement, is targeted for demolition during the Great Recession. In its place, the city wants to build a sports complex. Reverend Stephen Bentham, the Settlement's founder and director, draws on the loyalty of his assistant, the house physician, and a visiting archeology professor to save the hundred beds. A school-age boy also joins the effort. Fending off the bulldozers tests each character. Their own troub...

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In this engrossing novel about the Vietnam war, soldiers not only have to contend with the enemy on the battlefield but must contend with the enemy within. Anglo, Black, and Hispanic soldiers converge on a second common enemy: their top sergeant. His acts of brutality and racism polarize his troops into a deadly conspiracy.

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