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May 09, 2009

Wormwood: A China Bayles Mystery
by Susan Wittig Albert

Murders past and present with a Shaker link intersect in alarming ways in Albert's 17th China Bayles Mystery. Recent painful events help prompt China to visit her herbalist friend Martha Edmond at Kentucky's Mount Zion Shaker Village, whose board president, Rachel Hart, wants to turn the quaint Shaker museum center into an upscale spa, contrary to the spirit of the original believers.

The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive
by Marvelyn Brown with Courtney E. Martin

At nineteen years of age, Marvelyn Brown was lying in a stark white hospital bed at Tennessee Christian Medical Center, feeling hopeless. A former top track and basketball athlete, she was in the best shape of her life, but she was battling a sudden illness in the intensive care unit. It never occurred to Brown that she might be HIV positive.

Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life
by Gail Blanke

In this helpful book Gail Blanke takes us through each room of the house, from the attic to the garage, and even to the far reaches of our minds. Through poignant and humorous stories, she inspires us to get rid of the things we've allowed to build-up there.