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Book Review: “The Deceiver” by Frederick Forsyth
The Deceiver by Frederick Forsyth My rating: 5 of 5 stars Forsyth has done an outstanding job of detailing the circuitous paths of the old espionage game along with giving us a lot of reasons why our world of the technocrat spy really isn’t… Continue Reading “Book Review: “The Deceiver” by Frederick Forsyth”
Book Review: Jury of Six by Matt Braun
Jury of Six by Matt Braun My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here’s an excellent fast read that both enhances and rehashes the fables and mystique surrounding the 1878 Lincoln County war in New Mexican Territory along with the colorful characters of William Bonney,… Continue Reading “Book Review: Jury of Six by Matt Braun”
Book Review: Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos
Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Professor Losos has done a very interesting job of trying to elucidate historical and modern convergent evolution studies and experiments in a manner that the… Continue Reading “Book Review: Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos”
Book Review: The Blue Eyed Shan by Stephen Becker
The Blue-Eyed Shan by Stephen Becker My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here’s an amazing historical fiction adventure about some of the little known sections of “old” Burma. If you have visited modern Myanmar in the south of the country, don’t expect this to… Continue Reading “Book Review: The Blue Eyed Shan by Stephen Becker”
Book review – Traitor’s Kiss – by Gerald Seymour
Traitor’s Kiss by Gerald Seymour My rating: 5 of 5 stars Here’s a writer who has definitely found his groove in the modern spy, suspense world. A position that rivals John LeCarre’s original supreme level. You’ll want to dig out the world atlas and… Continue Reading “Book review – Traitor’s Kiss – by Gerald Seymour”
Book Review: Condition Black by Gerald Seymour
Condition Black by Gerald Seymour My rating: 4 of 5 stars Here’s a really well written book showing the flaws in Whitehall’s old boys methodology of handling an active shooter and spy suspect. A good insight into the differences in the way the US… Continue Reading “Book Review: Condition Black by Gerald Seymour”
Book Review: Bowdrie’s Law, by Louis L’Amour
Bowdrie’s Law by Louis L’Amour My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is probably one of L’Amour’s better books. At the beginning of each tale about Chick Bowdrie, L’Amour puts a historical note about the old west. Not all relate exactly to his 15… Continue Reading “Book Review: Bowdrie’s Law, by Louis L’Amour”
Book Review: Broken By Messines, by Dr. Mark Wardlaw
Broken by Messines in WW1 – The Grandparents I Never Knew by Mark Wardlaw My rating: 4 of 5 stars A book that best fits into the category of genealogical memoir. In doing his research, Dr. Wardlaw has tried to open up the secrets… Continue Reading “Book Review: Broken By Messines, by Dr. Mark Wardlaw”
No Middle Ground! – Teaching Hate or Not – It’s not something we can be Wishy-Washy about!
As we watch with awe, grief and anger as radical “White Supremacy Hate Groups come out in the open and try to take political power, we are reminded by history and literature that there is and will continue to be a constant… Continue Reading “No Middle Ground! – Teaching Hate or Not – It’s not something we can be Wishy-Washy about!”
The Ghosts of Ukuthula by Rick McBee
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Book Review Title: The Ghosts of Ukuthula Author: Rick McBee Genre: Action/Historical/World Literature Rating: ***** Review: The opening of The Ghosts of Ukuthula was great, there is politic intrigue, espionage and murder all in the opening chapter and I was…
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