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Lost in the Stacks: Sweet Hell on Fire

Posted by Julie Nelson on January 1, 2013

Sweet Hell on Fire

You’ll start the book for its raw, insider view of prison life; you’ll finish the book because of its powerful story of personal transformation.

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Lost in the Stacks: In the Sanctuary of Outcasts

Posted by Julie Nelson on November 1, 2011

In the Sanctuary of Outcasts

A prison sentence transformed Neil White’s life forever, but it took a group of outcasts to show him the way.

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    Wednesday, May 22
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    Thursday, May 23
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    Friday, May 24
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