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    Diane's reviews, blogs and articles have appeared (over the past three decades) in VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates), Popular Woodworking, GRIT, The Bookwatch, Children's Bookwatch, and more. She now edits Children's Bookwatch and California Bookwatch for The Midwest Book Review, and her regular column Donovan's Bookshelf in the monthly publication MBR Bookwatch profiles the best in upcoming new releases!

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  • Review: The Sugar Maple Grove: A Powerful Saga Of Confrontation, Uprising, And Change

    Review: The Sugar Maple Grove: A Powerful Saga Of Confrontation, Uprising, And Change0

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    • December 11, 2020

    Historical fiction readers interested in 20th century small-town Kentucky’s struggles with racial strife will find The Sugar Maple Grove a powerful saga of confrontation, uprising, and change. It holds a frightening message for modern times as it outlines the possibility of the kinds of prejudice this nation may be returning to. As such, John E. Espy’s message,

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  • Review: The Four Trials Of Henry Ford: A Hard-To-Put-Down Account That Captures The Henry Ford Story

    Review: The Four Trials Of Henry Ford: A Hard-To-Put-Down Account That Captures The Henry Ford Story0

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    • October 28, 2019

    The Four Trials of Henry Ford is a highly recommended pick for any collection strong in American, legal, or transportation history, focusing on the litigation process at the turn of the 20th century. In this era, Ford was not a giant company, but a man whose development efforts threatened the existing Seldon patent on the

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  • Review: Eat The Evidence: First Book In True Crime Trilogy Chronicles Life Of Suspected Serial Killer

    Review: Eat The Evidence: First Book In True Crime Trilogy Chronicles Life Of Suspected Serial Killer0

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    • March 21, 2019

    Bar Jonah was a suspected serial killer. Author John Espy is considered one of two experts in the United States in the area of pedophilic and paraphilic OCD. Eat the Evidence represents hundreds of hours of interviews with Bar Jonah and those who knew him well, and captures the extent of his life, actions, and

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  • Review: The Last Devadasi Evokes The Sights, Smells, And Sounds Of Indian Culture

    Review: The Last Devadasi Evokes The Sights, Smells, And Sounds Of Indian Culture0

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    • October 15, 2018

    Picture contemporary India, where popular star Kamala Kumari is also a member of the Devadasi caste, an ancient cult operating in modern times, dedicated to having girls placed in South Indian temples to serve gods and men. Kamala’s modern world seems to preclude such activities; but she becomes caught between tradition and romance in The

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    • June 19, 2020
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  • Review: The Swan Keeper: A Daughter Seeks Justice For Her Father's Murder In 1920s Montana
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