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10 best books like Map of My Heart (John Porcellino): Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1, Why Art?, American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 1, The World Treasury of Science Fiction, Janissaries, Honor of the Regiment: Bolos 1, Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War, The Polygamous Wives Writing Club: From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women, Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies.

Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1
AuthorCarly Usdin
ISBN1684151414
When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she’s surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime!

Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants:...
Why Art?
AuthorEleanor Davis
ISBN1683960823
What is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent, goofy, serious, altruistic, evil, or expressive, or any number of other things....
American Elf: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries, Vol. 1
AuthorJames Kochalka
A deluxe compilation of the first five years of James Kochalka's ground breaking daily diary comic strip.
Since October 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these strips perfectly capture the rhythm...
The World Treasury of Science Fiction
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
ISBN0316349410
Table of contents

Introduction 1988 essay by David G. Hartwell
Harrison Bergeron 1961 story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Forgetfulness 1937 story by John W. Campbell Jr
Special Flight 1939 story by John Berryman
Chronopolis 1960 story by J.G. Ballard
Triceratops 1974 story...
Janissaries
AuthorJerry Pournelle
ISBN0671877097
Some days it just didn't pay to be a soldier. Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission—only to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their...
Honor of the Regiment: Bolos 1
AuthorKeith Laumer
ISBN0671721844
Anthology: Bolos 1 (Bolo, Bk 4) Chronicles the history of the Bolo, a futuristic man-made machine that symbolizes brute force, defiance, and rigid will, and is responsible for defending humanity. The future of war, and the fate of man, lies with one machine: the Bolo. With plated armor, a laser cannon,...
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
ISBN1568650396
Note, Dec. 17, 2016: I edited this review just now to correct two misspelled words.

July 2, 2011
Hartwell is a respected anthologist in the field of speculative fiction, so when I got a good deal on this collection a couple of years ago, I grabbed it up. His objective here (set forth in his short...
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War
AuthorBruce Henderson
ISBN0061571369
From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of And the Sea Will Tell comes Hero Found: the incredible but true story of Dieter Dengler, the only pilot to escape captivity from a POW camp in the Laotian jungle during the Vietnam War. This amazing story of triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds...
The Polygamous Wives Writing Club: From the Diaries of Mormon Pioneer Women
AuthorPaula Kelly Harline
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints renounced the practice of plural marriage in 1890. In the mid- to late nineteenth century, however--the heyday of Mormon polygamy--as many as three out of every ten Mormon women became polygamous wives.

Paula Kelly Harline delves deep into...
Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. Or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies.
AuthorMatt Rothschild
ISBN0307405427
What fresh hell is this?

I stopped, dumbfounded. My grandmother was at my bedroom door. “What the hell are you doing?” she asked, surprised but not angry. I looked down at my dress. “Playing school.” My grandmother began stroking her chin. Clearly, there were several ways she could...
Boundless
AuthorJillian Tamaki
ISBN1770462872
Jenny, post-breakup, becomes obsessed with the mirror Facebook of herself seeing a life that could be hers. An anonymous music file surfaces on the internet and a cult springs up in its wake. A group of city animals briefly open their minds to us. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser,...
Killing and Dying: Stories
AuthorAdrian Tomine
ISBN1770462090
"One of the most gifted graphic novelists of our time." —Wired

Killing and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes...
Wolfwalker
AuthorTara K. Harper
ISBN0345482336
Dion was a healer and a wolfwalker, and the unique telepathic bond that she shared with the wolf Gray Hishn sometimes seemed to amplify her sensitivity to her patients. But she never guessed how strong that bond could be, or what kind of power it could wield, until she found herself lost in the wilderness,...
Rescuing Emily
AuthorSusan Stoker

Renting out the apartment over his garage shouldn’t be a life-changing decision, but when Delta soldier Cormac “Fletch” Fletcher meets Emily Grant, he feels an instant connection. He can’t stand the thought of Emily and her young daughter living anywhere unsafe. Offering cheap rent...
Scraps of Paper
AuthorKathryn Meyer Griffith
Abigail Sutton’s beloved husband walks out one night, doesn’t return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of a long ago crime. It’s made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.
Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when...
The Scotch Series: The Complete Series
AuthorPenelope Sky
For a limited time only -- Get all 3 books in The Scotch Series in one boxset

The Scotch King
Joseph Ingram made the mistake of stealing from me—four million dollars. He took my intelligence without paying for it. And thought he could get away with it.
Think again.
Now I’ll...
Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals
AuthorRob Thompson
ISBN0500513759
Today's product designers are presented with a myriad of choices when creating their work and preparing it for manufacture. They have to be knowledgeable about a vast repertoire of processes, ranging from what used to be known as traditional "crafts" to the latest technology, to enable their designs...
وحي الأربعين
Authorعباس محمود العقاد
لا يكاد يُذكَر مصطلح «تجديد الشعر» إلا ويُذكَر «العقاد»؛ فقد سار بشعره بعيدًا عن التقليد الفَجِّ، والتقيُّد المذموم. وديوانُ «وحي الأربعين» يمثِّل ذروة...
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