Winner's Way Review

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Winner's Way ReviewFollowing in a long tradition of spiritual revolutionaries comes Sensei, a living contradiction--soldier for peace, organizer of chaos, friendly stranger, powerful nobody. He can't be measured with any of mankind's limited tools because he is truly free, and the story of Winner's Way is a story of a mentor who helps a young man find a path to freedom in a world overgrown with obstacles. Like a Zen koan, Sensei casts into young Mark's darkness a ray of hope in the form of nonsensical truth, of serious play. Sensei is a spiritual survivor--creative in his love, gentle in his instruction, understanding of suffering, patient with the follies of youth, impatient with violence, and compassionate even in the face of evil. Winner's Way is a meditation on mentorship, youth, romance, family, duty, sickness both bodily and spiritual, and ultimately on the redemptive power of love--the only sane response in a world full of illusion.Winner's Way OverviewIn this inspiring coming-of-age novel, Mark, a young man who thinks his life is full of walls, obligations and dead-ends, comes to realize that there is something more. Mark is a freshman in college, studying business--a field that doesn't interest him at all. Family obligations have turned him from his real interests. Boring classes and medical problems make him feel vulnerable and unable to make long-term decisions. With the words, "You are not who you think you are," a chance meeting with a mysterious man named Sensei shakes up Mark's world-view and changes his life-course in ways he never imagined.Winner's Way received a Hewlett Foundation Grant for incorporating life enrichment skills in a novel. Although this engaging novel can be read for pleasure, the extensive author's notes at the end contain information, humor and self-help resources.

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The Malacca Conspiracy Review

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The Malacca Conspiracy ReviewIt's the Fourth of July, and rather fitting that I've just turned the final page of Don Brown's new geopolitical thriller, The Malacca Conspiracy, as the book has a decidedly patriotic feel. With our nation's capital, Washington, DC, as one-quarter of the exotic, landscape quartet along with the far-flung destinations of Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, Mr. Brown has the reader traveling the globe without ever having to leave the comfort of her bedroom slippers.
And true to form, the rockets glare and the fireworks explode off each page of this novel leaving me satiated, but still wanting more. From reading all five of Mr. Brown's novels, I have discovered that he is the master of the plot, moving the story along seamlessly with grace and detail, and the skill of the masters of his time. He had me chomping at the bit to know what was going to happen next.
The book has something for everyone. With a flair for the dramatic and penchant for sniffing out percolating controversy, Don Brown keeps the reader on the edge of his seat. Gentleman readers will love the high-stakes action and the geopolitical implications. Although the author has a knack for seeing the future having predicted the 2008 shooting war between Russia and Georgia in his novel, Black Sea Affair, I hope his crystal ball is on the fritz this time around, and our country is safe from the any of his fictional fireworks.
As for the ladies, don't be fooled by political and military undertones. The author has brought back two popular characters from his first three books in The Navy Justice Series, Zack Brewer and Diane Colcernian, and the sexual tension between the two sizzles like the burgers and dogs on your grill. Happy 4th and enjoy this and all four other Don Brown novels.The Malacca Conspiracy Overview

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Roswell or Bust Review

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Roswell or Bust ReviewHenry Melton just won the Darrel Award for his first novel Emperor Dad. Melton is a writer who has traveled all over the United States and across many countries, and has just begun to put those travels to good use in the form of Young Adult Science Fiction. He started the Small Towns, Big Ideas series with Emperor Dad and followed it up with this month's Roswell or Bust.
Joe Ferris, a teenager trapped in the family business, wants to see the country. He hates his life because all his siblings seem to have escaped the life of helping out in the family's Railroad Motel in Las Vegas, New Mexico. When one of the regulars "John Smith" disappears suddenly leaving behind a strange device that looks like a remote control (but not his room key), life quickly becomes un-mundane.
Joe meets John Smith's daughter, Judith, who, even though she is mute, has a knack for leading Joe into strange situations and then leaving him stranded. The story takes us all over the Southwest exploring the secret bases set up by Men in Black suits who are keeping the country's biggest secret--the alien survivors of the crashed spaceship of 1947.
The secret society known as the Trust, is falling apart at the seams because the well-loved and respected leader is losing his health and his son has not garnered the same loyalty as he took the helm of the Trust.
Reading Roswell or Bust will give let you enjoy Science Fiction, even if you haven't been a big fan in the past, and will clue you into why Melton was chosen for an award from the SF community in his first outing as a novelist. It's a great escape (and not only for the aliens who've been kept captive for many decades). (Actual rating = 4.75.)Roswell or Bust OverviewTeenager Joe Ferris was raised to help guests -- he was third generation in the motel business -- but once he connected with mute Judith, they were off on an epic thousand mile road trip through the Southwest, all to help the most unique guests of all -- the Roswell aliens stranded far from home since 1947.With the Men in Black hot on their trail, and discovering that the aliens had more tricks up their sleeves than their captors had ever discovered, Joe and Judith have to wonder just who is taking whom on the ride of their lives!

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The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone Review

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The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone ReviewI am neither a parent nor a fan of Broadway, but I still found much in this book to relate to. (I *was* a "Life Goes On" fan.) The way Maile projected so much of her emotion onto one person/idea is something I think many of us do for various defensive and protective reasons. Maile's writing is honest, intimate, smart and funny even when she's revealing her rather painful experiences. It's so compelling that I read it in two sittings. I really hope to read more of her in the not too distant future. I feel like she could write about anything and I'd enjoy it immensely.The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone OverviewIn The Unreachable Star: My Unauthorized Travels with Patti LuPone, author Maile Hernandez shares her story of following a Broadway legend on tour with star-struck enthrallment and her struggles as a mother to an autistic child.Dramatic in all the right ways, this poignant and reflective memoir reads as a deeply felt confession that wades through the waters of what it means to sail upon the shores of self-revelation.As lively and lilting as a memoir can be, there is an often self-deprecating tone, which reads as the tender weight of a life that inadvertently went off-course.A lawyer-turned-overwhelmed-parent began to renew her old singing and acting career after realizing a long-sought childhood dream of seeing Patti LuPone (of Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, and Evita) live on Broadway.With poise and grace, Hernandez paints a vivid picture of what success is - as a wife, as a mother, and as a performer - and shares an inspired tale of what it takes to keep reaching for unreachable stars.

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In the Summer of Brian Hyland Review

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In the Summer of Brian Hyland ReviewThe book was an easy read and combined a nice story with really good descriptions of the locations. I felt like the author researched and must have visited the places he wrote about as it was easy to imagine them. There were one or two places that a chapter ended abruptly (I felt I needed more information or that perhaps a page was missing in the editing) but I would recommend this book and would read another book by this author.In the Summer of Brian Hyland Overview"My caller ID read San Juan but it was not my father's number", so begins the story and the journey of the now adult Levi children-Lillian, Jack and Dashell, in search of their father. The three part ways in San Juan, where Lillian, following her father's path, embarks on a path of her own-to Mexico and then to Cuba only to discover the path she is following is the one driven by her own heart. What greater gift than freedom can one person give to another? That is one question only Lillian can answer.

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Global Reset: A Suspense Novel Review

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Global Reset: A Suspense Novel ReviewGlobal Reset is an entertaining and suspenseful story filled with lots of action and interesting facts from around the world. Some of the characters could perhaps have been better developed but the book was nonetheless a great read. Less technobabble than the typical Clancy but the main character, Peter Walker, is more like Jack Ryan than a Bond/Ludlum hero. What I liked about the book was that Raybourne was able to write a suspenseful story without resorting to graphic language, violence and sex. The plot was also quite interesting and raised some potentially scary political scenarios. I read the last 150 pages - the best part of the book - in one sitting as I couldn't put the book down. The final scene was amazing. I strongly recommend Global Reset to readers who look for commercial entertainment and suspense in an international setting.Global Reset: A Suspense Novel OverviewIs it possible that one single individual could ultimatelydetermine the fate of our increasingly fragile planet? Explosive populationgrowth, a dramatic shift in the global economic equilibrium, acceleratingtechnology advancements, global warming, and escalating political, cultural andreligious tensions all contribute to making this world gradually more volatile.Could these terrifying and complex issues spark a catastrophic event that wouldset us back 200 years or more? Is it possible that the United States, perhapseven the White House, could somehow be the catalyst for such a horrifyingapocalypse? Raybourne explores this chilling scenario in his debutfiction thriller, Global Reset. Asoftware entrepreneur, Peter Walker, is unknowingly drawn into a treacherousmaze lined with murders, terrorism and high-tech sabotage, but does not realizehe is nothing but a pawn in much bigger plot designed to destabilize the world.He soon becomes the target of assassins and ultimately the entire U.S.government and, while desperately fighting to stay alive, travels the globe inan attempt to unravel the intricate web he finds himself trapped in. In theend, it is left to Peter to avert the imminent global Armageddon. Inspiration for the book came from the author's manytravels and provides the reader with a suspenseful and entertaining yetthought-provoking and interesting story. The exciting plot is set in a backdropof current global issues, domestic politics and high technology. Global Reset is a fast-paced suspensenovel that takes the reader on an electrifying journey filled with surprisingtwists and turns to every corner of the world.Please visit my web site www.nickraybourne.com for moreinformation.I hope youenjoy the book! -Nick

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The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best Traveled Review

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The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best Traveled ReviewThere is a new and growing trend. Men and women leaving their homes for vacations that will take them to other lands and other peoples. Then instead of simply seeing the sights, they participate in directly helping those communities by volunteering their labor and expertise to accomplish whatever tasks are needed to elevate the standard of living and/or the quality of life for the people who reside there. In "The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures From The Road Best Traveled", Nola Lee Kelsey has compiled and edited the personal stories of more than twenty men and women who have engaged in traveling around the globe to become more than simple tourists, participating in helping, often through the focus of a charitable organization, those communities they have visited. As 'volunteer travelers', their personal service brought memories and feelings of accomplishment that ordinary tourists and recreational visitors could never know. From Thailand, India, South Africa, and the Marshall Islands, to Mexico, Romania, Nepal, and Cambodia, these are personal stories that illustrate and exemplify what volunteer travel is all about. Of special note is the final section profusely listing additional volunteer organizations, resources, opportunities, and more. For anyone seeking adventure beyond their own local communities and ordinary lives, reading "The Voluntary Traveler" can be the first step towards making a difference when and while journeying to anywhere else in the world.The Voluntary Traveler: Adventures from the Road Best Traveled OverviewPart anthology and part travel guide, this book opens new worlds through intriguing real-life stories by travelers who have walked the walk of volunteer travel. The collection also includes a detailed volunteer guidebook section, listing charities needing volunteer assistance and organizations coordinating service-oriented travel.

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Travels in Siberia Review

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Travels in Siberia ReviewI also read the excerpts in the New Yorker and was very anxious to get the complete book. I was not disappointed. This is easily one of the best nonfiction books (or books of any kind, for that matter) I have ever read. I am always wary about using the overworked word "masterpiece," but I truly believe this is one. Frazier takes us on a wonderful journey: his gradual discovery of Russia through its literature, history and by meeting several native Russians in New York; his deciding to visit the country with Russian friends; his efforts to learn to read and speak the Russian language; and his first trip to eastern Siberia by crossing the Bering Strait from Alaska to Chukotka. The longest journey he takes is by van with two Russian guides across the entire length of Siberia in 2001, arriving at the Pacific Ocean on September 11th. He returns to Siberia in 2005, traveling from Yakutsk to the village of Oimyakon, "said to be the coldest place on earth outside Antarctica," and along the Topolinskaya Highway to the see the abandoned prison camps of Stalin's Gulag. His last visit is in 2009, when he travels by himself to Novosibirsk, Siberia's largest city. Throughout the book, Frazier's descriptions of the forests, the steppes, the taiga, the mountains, the rivers and lakes, the cities, the villages, the monuments and outposts, as well as the horrific mosquitoes and the often questionable food, are simply riveting. He meets a truly remarkable assortment of men and women from all walks of Siberian life, learning how they survive, and often thrive, in such a difficult, unforgiving place. He recounts tales of many figures, both famous and obscure, from Siberia's incredible past: Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes, the revolutionary Decembrists of the 1820s, exiles like Dostoyevsky and those who died in the horrific Soviet prison camps, Czar Nicholas II, Rasputin, Rudolph Nureyev, and even Yul Brenner. And like all great writers of nonfiction, Frazier sees things that others would miss and makes discoveries that will take your breath away; he is always looking for the unobvious and finding the most fascinating wherever he goes. Consequently, we are treated to a unique portrait of an amazing place by one of our finest writers. Ian Frazier has written a great, great book.Travels in Siberia Overview

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A Glint In Time Review

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A Glint In Time ReviewThis review has a dual focus -- the book itself as well as formatting issues on the kindle2.
The science is interesting but relationships of the story feel forced. Our heroine: a young, attractive, intelligent young business owner, from a large city, has an attraction for an older man within hours of meeting him on a business trip a remote location in Alabama. They hold hands and walk on the beach. But then, she develops a love interest on the other male just a short while later on the same trip. She comes, she sees, she loves.
Other than some forced relationships and dialogue, the Kindle version is unacceptable. Wherever quotations were used, dingbats appeared. Then, during a key part of the book a time warp occurs...not in the story, but on the Kindle. A sentence begins with the characters in a conference room discussing technology and shifts mid-sentence to another scene entirely - an attempted kidnapping at another location. It appears that a page or two were omitted when the book was scanned. One conversation did not end and we do not know how they came to peril. In another spot, you read the same 4-5 paragraphs twice.
Overall, my experience with "Glint" was a little disappointing. The author would have benefited from a more attentive editor.A Glint In Time OverviewI'm thrilled with the way my new novel, "A Glint in Time" came out. Here is the premise: It is true that today, in university labs around the world, graduate students in physics are experimenting with freezing light and time. (Google the phrase Bose-Einstein).My one assumption beyond present science fact in this book is that a new technique gives experimenters the ability to send a small item to be sent back into time. All commonlaws of physics still apply... the farther back in time the less accurate.. great power is needed.. significant heating is takes place.So, if you could send a tiny white hot object back into time, what COULD you do with it? What WOULD you do with it. And, if you were successful in changing something, how would you know?(The paradox is that if you successfully changed an event, then it never happened, so you didn't need to change it.. so you didn't.)The action takes place in a US Air Force setting, in Florida, in the Pentagon,and around the world. There are good strong male and female characters who are easy to like. And, as you would expect, there are some bad guys who are easy to hate.The story is full of historical and place detail.It touches on the causes of the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, 911, and other major events in history.The action is swift, and you'll find the plot line very interesting.If you like military thrillers, if you like historical fiction, if you like alternative history, you will like this book.It also makes a great gift for anyone who might fall into those categories.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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The Gargoyle Prophecies, Part I, The Savior Rises Review

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The Gargoyle Prophecies, Part I, The Savior Rises ReviewFantastic story -- it is a fast pace adventure that you won't want to put down containing a few surprises along the way. I received this book from the author (thanks, Mr. Payne) and found his style of writing made the story flow as you became engrossed in the adventure of Stefani finding about herself or did she? Can't wait for the next book in the series and hope Greg gets his -- definitely one bad dude!The Gargoyle Prophecies, Part I, The Savior Rises OverviewWith a tattered Raggedy Ann doll as her only companion, Stefani has spent her entire life immersed in self isolation. As a 10-year-old child she was the lone witness to her mother's murder. She vowed to find the man who robbed her of all she held dear in the world and ensure he suffers as she has before he takes his final breath. Her childhood is consumed with training in the hopes of one day finding the scar-faced killer. But her world up-ends as her 21st birthday looms when she discovers she isn't the hunter. She is the one being hunted, and her predators are not human. Stefani finally opens herself up for the first time, allowing Dennis into her life, revealing her emotions to her hopeful protector. But her fear and confusion mount when he reveals he is a gargoyle - and she is, as well. Dennis claims Stefani is the key to the future of the gargoyle world. She is the Chosen One, and she is in danger. Dark forces covet her imminent power and will use any means to steal it. Stefani's mind swims with peril she neither understands nor is sure she believes. She questions everything, including her grip on reality. As Stefani battles the damned across the globe, she searches for answers about her identity. Is she truly the savior of an inhuman race or has her solitude and the trauma of her mother's death finally infected her sanity?

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In The Dawn's Early Light Review

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In The Dawn's Early Light ReviewIn the Dawn's Early Light
by J. Albert Handford
As reviewed by New York Times best selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh
Imagine a novel that combines the military thriller fiction of Tom Clancy with the science fiction of time travel as well as the allegory / fairy-tale / adventure story of Alice in Wonderland. Then imagine a novel that contains the unlikely pairing of an intercepted aircraft carrier and a first lady named "Snow White." Imagine the kind of situation that would cause the United Nations to deploy peace-keeping troops in the United States--all as a result of a chain of events beginning with the machinations of someone known as "Dr. Whosh." Imagine these things, and you will have the beginning--but just the beginning--of an idea of what you will encounter in J. Albert Handford's debut novel, In the Dawn's Early Light.
The story begins on board the U.S.S. Constitution, which--as part of a secret military operation known only as "Project Wonderland"--is transporting a mysterious component known as a "sandbox" to Pearl Harbor. En route, the purportedly invulnerable aircraft carrier is intercepted and ultimately transported to Guam--in the year 1421, even as the president of the United States attempts feverishly to reestablish contact with the missing vessel.
And that is just the opening of Handford's astonishing novel; it would be far too involved a task to recount all the twists and turns of a plot which so skillfully combines a series of disparate literary genres and which becomes--as it seems with every page--"curiouser and curiouser," in the words of young Alice. From the very first page reality is disrupted as Handford brings in not Lord Jim or Captain Nemo to get to the bottom of "Project Wonderland" and the aircraft carrier's disappearance, but Dr. Whosh--and a whole cast of other characters with the kind of allegorical names one would not expect in a military thriller.
It is a very difficult task for a first-time novelist to so radically combine such disparate modes of fiction and make them work in seamless progression. And yet, because Handford tells such a compelling and page-turning tale, and because he knows how to disrupt expectations from the very beginning, he is quite up to the task. Surprisingly, admirably, In the Dawn's Early Light--a novel which takes its title from the National Anthem--remains a military thriller that delves intriguingly into the notion of what freedom is and what it means, and how it can be taken from us (think of the double meaning in this novel of the phrase "missing Constitution"). But in its use of science fiction and characters out of allegory, Handford has elevated the concept of freedom above mere realism or timeliness, and given it the timeless resonance of a fairy tale.BookSurge LLC, An Amazon.com company
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In The Dawn's Early Light OverviewIn the Dawn's Early Light is the new debut science fiction fantasy that takes a bold leap into adventure on the high seas. Wildly original, J. Albert Handford creates a unique blend of happenstance and sheer ingenuity in this time warp space epic that reads like a humanitarian peace mission. Ultimately, this is a story about the American dream and what it truly means to be bold and patriotic.

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Desperate Highway Review

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Desperate Highway ReviewDesperate Highway
This book is an amazing true story of a man that didn't believe in anything or anyone. He lived his life in a manner that became challenging just to get through the day without the prospect of being locked up or worse. God put him through the ultimate test that would easily break any normal human being. This man is a true inspiration to anyone that is facing tough times; whether it be incarceration or otherwise. Props to the author, Jesse Stretch. Awesome read! Should be made into a movie!Desperate Highway Overview

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A Mission for Delta Review

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A Mission for Delta ReviewMission for Delta proves that being a career soldier with a career full of good stories to tell doesn't make you a good storyteller.
James Jones (From Here to Eternity) wasn't a career soldier but that didn't make his book any less powerful.
Bucky Burruss was a career soldier (lord knows Clark Kent's beat that horse to death) but even that can't make Mission for Delta a book that anybody whose nom de plume ain't in it would stick with long enough to finish.
The writing is stiff and stilted...downright clumsy. Burruss makes a night parachute jump seem boring and that's an achievement.
The characters with the most life to them are women. The characters given the most suck-up time (and sex scenes) are officers. Logical because Burruss was an officer and other officers are the men he wanted most to impress. The characters Burruss develops least and seems to understand least are the operators themselves. Also logical because Burruss was not an operator.
The missions are cold-war stuff. Interesting only to us old guys because of who Burruss was and what he knows. But the book we really wish he would write is about the mission that was beginning as the book ends:
Burruss is one of the few men alive who might know the real story about the ultimately sabotaged Delta mission to rescue the POWs left alive in Vietnam in the late 1980s.A Mission for Delta OverviewAn action packed thriller about nuclear terrorism during the Cold war. Follow Delta Force members Dave Ames, Matt Jensen, and Rebecca Brown as they try to track down a terrorist nuclear device with the potential to change the history of the world. From guerrilla camps in Nicaragua to the halls of Congress, divided Berlin, and Cyprus, these secret warriors risk their lives and love to prevent the ultimate terrorist act. Written with an insider's knowledge by the former Deputy Commander of the Army's elite anti-terrorist group, the Delta Force. Exciting, fast paced adventure for men and women alike.

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Bargain with the Devil ReviewF.J. Chase has done it again, even better than before, with BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL. From page one Peter Avakian takes us into his world of action packed, believable adventure. I thought he was thrilling in China..........well, his escapades in South Africa are unimaginable, and yet so real. Anyone who knows anything about South Africa knows how dangerous situations there can become, and Peter has found them all. If you want a read that can not be put down, this is it. Amazing. How does F.J. Chase come up with these stories? Who knows, but please keep them coming...........
# 1 Fan...............TSBargain with the Devil OverviewSecurity consultant Peter Avakian's job is to keep people safe, and that's not always easy. Even his Special Forces training couldn't have prepared him for a routine business proposal that was anything but. By simply acknowledging the offer, Avakian becomes snarled in a complex plot to stage a political coup in central Africa. With no way out, he turns to the CIA—and is forced to become their mole inside the conspiracy.Pulled into a shadow world of nations battling over the world's oil supply, drug dealers financing revolutions, and gunrunners on sale to the highest bidder, it's all Avakian can do to stay alive. And that may depend less on his lethal skills than on two women: a CIA agent and a South African reporter after a story. Will they save him, or will they betray him?It's anyone's guess, especially his.

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Moon New Jersey (Moon Handbooks) Review

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Moon New Jersey (Moon Handbooks) Reviewthis was my first time using a Moon Guide and i was very pleased. i was impressed with the number of small towns that were included. i found the author's recommendations, from restaurants to sightseeing, to be just as she described them. she was also honest about the "not so great" places. it's a great guide for exploring New Jersey!Moon New Jersey (Moon Handbooks) OverviewOften misunderstood by outsiders, New Jersey has been coming back into the nation's eye over the past few years. A native of the Garden State, Laura Kiniry guides travelers from revitalized Newark, which boasts the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, to the colonial tea-burning town of Greenwich. In between is college hub New Brunswick, which offers everything from fine dining to college pubs, the Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Museum, and Atlantic City's famous casinos and boardwalk. Kiniry also offers unique trip strategies that allow visitors to explore their specific interests, such as the Eight-Day Pop Culture Tour and Recreational New Jersey. From canoeing in The Pinelands to screaming on the roller coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure, Moon New Jersey gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

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Adventure Travel In The Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations Review

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Adventure Travel In The Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations ReviewPrior to my recent retirement from the above agency, I had frequent occasion to familiarize myself with the goings on in the more dangerous parts of the world. And not just to familiarize, but how to survive these parts. Although the U.S. State Department web site has some valuable information, NOBODY had the quality, reality based third world survival oriented information that Jeff Randall does. In fact I purchased one of these books for my office operation. Jeff Randall met an operational training team of mine in Colombia, and I gotta tell you that he made a more favorable impression on them than any of the many Spec Ops types they have met down there. He is truly the real deal.
Adventure Travel In The Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations OverviewJeff Randall and Mike Perrin have years of experience leading travelers deep into the wildest cities and most rugged backcountry of the Third World. In this book, they help you recognize and minimize the many risks that come with venturing way off the beaten path so that you can come home with stories the average tourist will never be able to tell. The authors' hard-earned secrets for staying healthy and happy in remote and dangerous places include researching your destination the right way before you depart; arriving in your host country safely and with all your gear intact; acquiring guides for forbidden travels without getting rebuffed or shot; bribing and smuggling as last-ditch survival tools; dealing with the many and varied temptations of city and nightlife; being safe and self-sufficient while journeying deep in the bush; and much more.

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The New Destroyer: Choke Hold (Destroyer #147) Review

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The New Destroyer: Choke Hold (Destroyer #147) ReviewChoke Hold is a perfect book. Period.
This book has everything a first-time reader or longtime fan of The Destroyer series could possibly want. Cool villains, a sexy heroine, amazing hardcore action, funny social commentary, and (most important) Remo and Chiun, the world's coolest assassins, hitting their stride as they take down the bad guys . . . and girls . . . with no mercy.
Yes, our illustrious defenders of the free world, Remo, Chiun and Smith, are all at it again (and on each other's nerves) with this newest most-awesome installment, which lampoons the wonderful world of Big Tobacco. Laden with thrilling twists and turns, this book is impossible to put down once you start reading.
I once thought that all the best Destroyers were written in the 1970s with Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy. I no longer think that. This book, as was the previous New Destroyer: Guardian Angel, is an instant classic.
This fan is frankly amazed that here we are in 2007 . . . 36 years, 40 million in sales, and nearly 150 books after the first Destroyer hit paperback stands across this country . . . and we are still getting classic Destroyers that carve new territory in action, suspense, politics, satire and humor.
This has to do with the writers: Warren Murphy and James Mullaney. Murphy, who co-created the series in 1971, is back in rare form, and co-author Mullaney, a Destroyer veteran of many adventures, knows all to well how to craft an authentic Destroyer.
The New Destroyer is NOT dumb, two-dimensional, shoot-em-up male action adventure for 12-year-olds. A Destroyer novel is much more intelligent and requires a unique blend of intrigue, satire, politics, social commentary, martial arts, and good old fashioned go-for-the-jugular hardcore action. Choke Hold delivers on all fronts!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!The New Destroyer: Choke Hold (Destroyer #147) OverviewPity poor tobacco tycoon Edgar Rawly. Thanks to lawsuits, government meddling and the inexplicable deaths of many of his best customers,his megabucks industry is gasping its last breath. That is, untilthe introduction of the Cheyenne Smooths, Rawly's latest product. Not quite tobacco, not quite legal,more addictive than crystal meth. Suddenly customers are once more beating a path to his door. That's when the bodies start piling up. Seems people are not only dying totaste the flavor of a Cheyenne Smooth, they're killing for it.Enter Remo Williams, the Destroyer, and Chiun, the deadly Master of Sinanju. They've been sent to kick some butt, butwind up in danger of being snuffed out themselves.Turns out Edgar Rawly is not the only shady character to recognize the value of the Cheyenne Smooths, and things really start to heat up when Remo bumps into a cult of ancient Chinese assassins, an Asian crime lord, and a worldwide addiction that just might send civilization up in smoke...and dump the Destroyer on the ash heap of history.

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Tainted Trail (Ukiah Oregon, Book 2) Review

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Tainted Trail (Ukiah Oregon, Book 2) ReviewTainted Trail is the sequel to Alien Taste and continues the adventures of Ukiah Oregon. When Alicia, a close friend, goes missing in Oregon, Max and Ukiah fly out to try and find her. They quickly discover that Alicia's disappearance is a kidnapping and begin a race against the clock. In their search for her, Ukiah finds out that he may be the legendary Wolf Boy that was lost in 1933. He tries to contact the Kicking Deers, who wrote the original newspaper article and offered a reward for information on Magic Boy, but they think he is another fraud and refuse to speak with him. Meanwhile, Max begins to fall in love with Sam, a private investigator whose ex-husband refuses to believe the marriage is over, and discovers that there have been many unexplained deaths in the area. Is there a link between Alicia and the other deaths? How are the Kicking Deers involved? What is Ukiah going to do with his "father" Rennie when he comes out to protect him? Another great mystery featuring Ukiah Oregon.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I got very attached to Spencer's characters in Alien Taste and was excited to see them again in this book. Ukiah is a fascinating combination of innocence and deadly skills. Readers will enjoy learning more about Ukiah as he slowly discovers who and what he is. It was also great to learn more about Rennie, Ukiah's main Pack contact, and his past. Max Bennett finds a love interest this time and starts to come alive again after his first wife's death. Sam is the object of his affections and I look forward to learning more about her because she is one tough lady. I did miss Indigo and Kittaning in this book, though, as they were back in Pittsburgh.
Wen Spencer has a nice, smooth writing style that reads very quickly and easily. She has a great plot that keeps you glued to this book and many subplots that add to, rather than detract from, this book as a whole. For those of you who haven't read Alien Taste, I highly recommend that you do (because I like to read series in order), but, if you haven't, you can read this book and understand everything because Spencer gives nice synopses throughout. However, it does not detract or bore those readers who already know what she is talking about. Tainted Trail has lovely characterization, nice descriptive details, an exciting plot line - in short, this book has it all!Tainted Trail (Ukiah Oregon, Book 2) Overview

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No Greater Sacrifice Review

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No Greater Sacrifice ReviewJohn C. Stipa's debut novel, "No Greater Sacrifice" is in the genre of Dan Brown's "The DaVinci Code", "Angels & Demons" and "The Lost Symbol" but is totally original in concept and plot and takes no back seat to any of them. This thing rocks! Take the elements that made those stories so wildly popular, mix them with all of the elements that thrilled fans of the Indiana Jones adventures and you get the tremendously satisfying thrill ride called "No Greater Sacrifice" by John C. Stipa.
This book is a top-notch, exhilarating and (dare I say?) "brilliant" page-turner that kept me up until the wee hours several nights in a row. The plot is complex and deftly crafted. The twists and turns come at a furious pace. The two main characters (charming, ex-helicopter pilot, David Arturo and the sexy, adventurous archaeologist Renée d'Arcadia) have genuine emotional depth. The mystery they're confronted with is a real puzzler steeped in ancient mythology and esoteric lore. The narrative moves along at a quick pace. The action scenes explode across the page with tremendous descriptive power. The writing is impeccable. The final quarter of the book is hold-on-to-your-seat stuff and the ending is worth every minute it took to get there. Have I left anything out? Did I mention this thing rocks? Strap yourself in and hang on. You're in for a terrific ride.
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2012 is coming...Or is it? The clock is ticking...The code must be deciphered!No Greater Sacrifice OverviewWhen feisty archaeologist Renée d'Arcadia is summoned to France to take part in the reading of a will, she is plunged into a maelstrom of deceit and destruction to solve a 100-year-old mystery originating from a sinister church where nothing is as it seems. Renée joins forces with David Arturo, an ex-helicopter pilot with a troubled past, to interpret clues cleverly hidden in tombstones and classic works of literature to find artifacts scattered across Europe. Racing against time, Renée and David must overcome their inner demons to outmaneuver a network of evil bent on destroying them. What they find in each other just might provide answers to some of mankind's oldest myths.

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The Shot Review

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The Shot ReviewAt this point, I have read all of Philip Kerr's in-print works with the exception of the Berlin Noir trilogy (which I have but have not yet read). "The Shot" ranks about average among those works; it's pretty good but doesn't have either the deepness of thought exhibited by "A Philosophical Investigation" or the sheer energetic violence of "The Grid."
The plot, such as can be described in a short review, has been adequately set forth in other reviews: essentially, the anti-hero, Tom Jefferson, is a former U.S. marine turned hitman who in 1960 accepts a contract from the Mob and the CIA to kill Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. That is, until he learns that President-elect Kennedy slept with his wife. All of a sudden, Jefferson is off to kill Kennedy, and the Mob is in the strange position of having to work to protect Kennedy, whom they helped to elect by rigging the election in exchange for calling off the government dogs.
The fact that we know that Kennedy wasn't assassinated in 1960 actually doesn't affect one's enjoyment of the book, because Kerr does a good job of moving the plot along, and because his (for the most part) meticulous research about events in 1960 creates a feeling of verisimilitude. [Someone should tell Kerr that it's the Second Amendment, not the First Amendment, that allegedly guarantees the right to bear arms.]
One gets the feeling that Kerr's spark for writing his novels is something along the lines of "What if . . ." So, we have: (1) What if we could identify a physical characteristic linked to serial killers ("A Philosophical Investigation"); (2) What if there was a building run by a psychopathic supercomputer ("The Grid"); (3) What if there was a supercontagious blood-borne virus for which there was a cure, but the rich purposefully rationed the cure ("The Second Angel"); (4) What if I [Philip Kerr] tried to write a novel like Elmore Leonard ("A Five-Year Plan"); and (5) What if I [Kerr] tried to write a novel like Michael Crichton ("Esau")?
Along those lines, "The Shot" seems to have been inspired by two separate lines of thought: What if I [Kerr] tried to write a novel about an anti-hero like Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley; and what if I [Kerr] tried to write a Kennedy conspiracy novel?
"The Shot" was compelling enough that I read the last 150 pages in a single sitting. But if you haven't read Kerr before, I would suggest starting with "A Philosophical Investigation" or "The Grid," depending on your sensibilities.The Shot Overview

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