You have to understand that we didn't mean for it to happen. We knew it was stupid. We knew it was wrong. Views: 34
A wicked concoction of down-home hilarity and scathing political satire is served up in this provocative and entertaining look at the South's pervasive influence on America from one of the nation's funniest political observers. Views: 34
Postnuclear America has changed little since the primal leveling of the twenty-first century. Warrior survivalists Ryan Cawdor and his band live by a code that honors the kind of absolute freedom only a raw frontier can provide. Until rumors of a wider, more prosperous world than the Deathlands thriving deep in Mexico, untouched by the nukecaust, lure them into uncharted waters..Captured by the pirate foot soldiers of the mysterious Lords of Death, Ryan Cawdor and his companions sail into a surreal world where electric lights blaze but blood terror reigns. In Veracruz, Mexico, Ryan is marked for slaughter, his effigy linked to an ancient deity. Helpless, Krysty, Dix and the others await a horrifying fate at the hands of whitecoats manipulating pre-dark plague warfare. As the Lords of Death unleash their demonic vision, hope - for Ryan, the others and nascent civilization - appears irrevocably lost. Views: 34
From Publishers WeeklyIn this eloquent tribute, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist McAllester (Blinded by the Sunlight: Surviving Abu Ghraib and Saddam's Iraq) takes a break from global conflict to address a much more intimate struggle, his late mother's descent into mental illness. After learning of her death, McAllester pores through his mother's old collection of cookbooks in an attempt to reconnect with the loving woman he remembers. Using the wise work of British celebrity chef Elizabeth David, his mother's true north in all things culinary, McAllester masters cassoulet, lobster, elaborate omelets, and steak with bordelaise sauce, gaining not only in confidence and ability but in understanding and acceptance. The process involves McAllester's touching descriptions of his mother's dishes and the memories they elicit: strawberry ice cream, homemade bread and a stolen taste of fresh parsley all provoke fond stories of his mother in her prime. As he tries to makes sense of his mother's declining years, visiting past residences and even requesting her medical files, McAllester loses some of his enthusiasm for cooking, but brings his mother's complicated, troubled soul into focus. With this memoir, McAllester makes a fine, food-centric testament to the redemptive power of grief and acceptance. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FromHe may have garnered a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of grim and gritty wars in the Middle East, but McAllester’s emotional life still focuses on his late mother. Her debilitating mental illness left her nearly incapable of unconditional love for Matt and his sister, but her unflinching devotion to Elizabeth David’s cookery principles cut through the horror and left her son a remarkable bequest to enlighten his life. The family started out in London, but they soon decamped for the primitive Scottish Atlantic coast. As he recounts his mother’s life, McAllester interleaves her story with that of his own marriage and the couple’s attempts to have children via in vitro fertilization. McAllester’s own deeply conflicted religious attitudes surface often, but his day-to-day practical psychological anchor is the sustenance that comes from cooking as his mother did. The book’s many sensitive photographs are a legacy of McAllester’s father, a professional photographer. --Mark Knoblauch
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It starts with a knock at the door – something reclusive ex-detective Garrison Gage hates. When it's his teenage neighbor, whose girlfriend has gone missing just before Thanksgiving, Gage gets reluctantly pulled back into his old line of work - and ends up facing some fears of his own in Oregon's dark woods...Includes an extended preview of THE GRAY AND GUILTY SEA, also featuring Garrison Gage.*****JACK NOLTE is the mystery and suspense pen name of award-winning writer Scott William Carter. Critics raved that The Gray and Guilty Sea, the first book featuring the crippled and curmudgeonly Garrison Gage, was "irresistible" and "a fascinating character study." Under his own name, Carter's first novel, The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys, was hailed by Publishers Weekly as a "touching and impressive debut" and won the prestigious Oregon Book Award. Since then, he has published nine novels and over fifty short stories, his fiction spanning a wide variety of genres and... Views: 34
Sniper:The True Story of Anti-Abortion Killer James Kopp
By Jon Wells
Publisher: Wiley
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2008-06-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470155469
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470155462
Product Description:
The True Story of Anti-Abortion KillerJames Kopp
Sniper opens in October 1998 nearBuffalo, NY. A man is alone in the darkin a forest. He clutches an assault rifle and is thinking about his mission."You can cut holes in the fences around the death camps," he thinks."A trickle of relief in the abortion holocaust. It is your duty to doit." He nestles the rifle into his shoulder and shoots at his targetthrough the back window of a house, then flees. Barnett Sepia, a doctor whoprovides abortions, is fatally wounded.
The shooter is James Kopp, the sonof a Marine, who came to embrace the pro-life cause and ultimately the notionof "justifiable homicide: against abortion providers. Kopp fancies himselfa lone wolf in the movement; a celibate man driven to "defend theunborn." He is nicknamed "Atomic Dog" in the movement and helpsorchestrate assaults on abortion clinics. As the story unfolds, he becomes thecentral figure in an international manhunt for multiple shootings in Canada. Onthe FBI's Top Ten Most Wantedlist, Kopp flees to Mexico, Ireland, and France. Award-winning journalist Jon wells followed Kopp's footsteps, traveled to his hometown, andinterviewed investigators in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and France to tell thisgripping detective story and dark psychological drama. Views: 34
Harry Pigg, the only surviving brother from
the Big Bad Wolf attacks, has set up business as a private detective in
Grimmtown, only things aren't going too well. Down on his luck, with
bills to pay and no clients in sight, the outlook is poor. But then in
walks local businessman Aladdin who needs someone to help him track down
an old lamp. What follows is far from an open-and-shut case. Funny,
thrilling, and always entertaining, Harry Pigg is an old breed of hero
for a new generation. Although written for older children, Harry Pigg
will appeal to grown ups as well with plenty of in-jokes for all ages. Views: 34
