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Author hopes new book inspires readers to be fearless, dream big

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “The Fearless Factor @ Work: Your Essential Guide for Unlocking the Secrets to a Fearless Career and Life,” by Jacqueline...

Spotlight is on nature in book about oak tree

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “Tree” by Melina Sempill Watts, tells the story of 229 years in the life of a California live oak tree. Using...

COVID-19 survivor shares journey of illness, recovery

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “A Second Chance: A Black Woman’s Story of Recovery from COVID-19,” by Gwen T. Samuels, shares the journey of the...

New mystery thriller sheds light on Icelandic culture, DNA databases

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer Twenty-seven-year-old Brynja Palsdottir, is a DNA scientist haunted by her brother’s disappearance. Now, 20 years after his disappearance from an Icelandic...

Suspense mystery takes readers on a journey of self-discovery

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer Smythe Windwalker Daniels is in danger after getting entangled in a pesticide cover-up attempt by a mega corporation. While on the...

Jazz musician finds redemption in fictional ‘The Perfect Fourth’

By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer Preston Gomez, a San Francisco-based jazz musician, finds himself having to relearn to play the piano following a hand injury caused...

Book covers leisure sites for Blacks in California

BOOK CORNER By Victoria Moore Contributing Writer Despite how California is depicted in popular booster declarations, the reality is its history is a combination of the good...

Siblings take exciting adventure in Eastern European fairy tale

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer Mashka and Mishka are siblings who can see each other only, and not themselves in a mirror. One day, they...

Neurosurgeon pens book of poetry about his surgeries

BOOK CORNER By Marissa Wells Contributing Writer “My Surgical Cases Told in Poems,” by neurosurgeon Paul Kaloostian, is a compilation of true medical stories the author encountered...

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