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A Personal Culture Clash: An Internet E-Mail Scandal Bears All Author: Rajaa Alsanea Love and sex have long been subjects of interest, but perhaps not more so than in places where both are considered forbidden. The daring of anonymous technology and the Internet is slowly opening oppressive cultures and leading individuals to question not only their heritage, but their religion and place in the world. Taking the Islamic world by storm, and getting itself immediately banned in the process, Rajaa Alsanea’s Girls of Riyadh ‎ is a strange mélange of epistle and narration following the lives of four high class Saudi women, searching [...]

No Joy on Joyeuse Author: Mary Anna Evans Faye Longchamp-Mantooth lives on an island. Not any island – Joyeuse Island off the Florida coast, where she has roots that go back generations. She also has a husband, Joe, and two children, Michael (age 2) and Amande (age 17). She is an archeologist and loves her work. Her world seems perfect. But it isn’t. As we enter Isolation, the 9th book in the Faye Longchamp Mystery Series by Mary Anna Evans, Faye’s world is in shambles. She’s a shell of her former self who wanders the island doing aimless mini-excavations for [...]

There’s a Hacker in the House Author: Rosie Claverton Suppose for a moment that you are agoraphobic.  Leaving your home is a nearly insurmountable fear, accomplished only with the assistance of medication and company.  But the internet – it gives you hope, and friends, and something to do with your time.  If you’re Amy Lane, it also gives you a livelihood and a purpose, because Amy Lane is a hacker. Captcha Thief is the third book featuring Amy and her friend, Jason.  She is a consultant to the police department, sort of.  He is her assistant, sort of.  She definitely [...]