Kate Christensen has created a masterpiece with "The Great Man." Ironically, it is really a novel about three great women and one very flawed man. Oscar Feldman is the so called "great man" of this story. Unfortunately for Oscar, he is dead for the duration of this retelling of his life. The story centers [...]

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With "Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution," T.J. English has delivered the most comprehensive look at mob influence in Cuba. He carefully uses history to create a story that you just can’t put down. If you read this book and follow it up with "Telex from Cuba" [...]

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Paulo Coelho is a master at writing stories that provide a glimpse into human frailties. He is a modern parable teller. "The Devil and Miss Prym" is no exception to his style and does indeed provide the most telling view of temptation and our typical response to it.
In this parable of good and evil, a [...]

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