By Bruce Willis
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Thursday, 12 April 2012
Die hard 2 - Die Harder (UMD for PSP)
By Bruce Willis
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Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Die Hard [UMD for PSP] (DVD)
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By Bruce Willis
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Sunday, 25 March 2012
Solaris (Kindle Edition)
By Stanislaw Lem
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New 2011 English Translation.
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until NOW the only English edition was a 1970 version, which was translated from French and which Lem himself described as a "poor translation." This wonderful new English translation (by Bill Johnston) of Lem's classic Solaris is a must-have for fans of Lem's classic novel.
Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life.
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.New 2011 English Translation.
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until NOW the only English edition was a 1970 version, which was translated from French and which Lem himself described as a "poor translation." This wonderful new English translation (by Bill Johnston) of Lem's classic Solaris is a must-have for fans of Lem's classic novel.
Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life.
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts. Read more
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Sci-fi Action Aventure) Illustrated and Annotated the Author's bibliography with his selected work plus the story adapted in film in 2008 (Kindle Edition)
By Jules Verne
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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne is the subterranean adventure genre, a classic of 19th century science fiction. Originally published in 1864 as Voyage au centre de la Terre, there are two principal English translations. The most commonly reprinted translation, published by Griffith and Farran in 1871, changed the names of some of the characters, and added and deleted passages ad lib.
Verne looms large in the literature of the hollow earth, not only because of his fame, but because the book is so well written, and, despite some creaky science, is not a complete departure from reality, compared with Etidorpha, or even the Pellucidar books of Egdar Rice Burroughs.
This kindle edition is special to add his bibliography and all his selected work. And brief story in film 2008. The new illustrated pictures are including for increasing your imagination reading.
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne is the subterranean adventure genre, a classic of 19th century science fiction. Originally published in 1864 as Voyage au centre de la Terre, there are two principal English translations. The most commonly reprinted translation, published by Griffith and Farran in 1871, changed the names of some of the characters, and added and deleted passages ad lib.
Verne looms large in the literature of the hollow earth, not only because of his fame, but because the book is so well written, and, despite some creaky science, is not a complete departure from reality, compared with Etidorpha, or even the Pellucidar books of Egdar Rice Burroughs.
This kindle edition is special to add his bibliography and all his selected work. And brief story in film 2008. The new illustrated pictures are including for increasing your imagination reading.
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Monday, 19 March 2012
The President Has AIDS (Kindle Edition)
By Joan Meijer
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The story of the biggest cover up in presidential history.
When Investigative Reporter David McLaughlin is told by his ex-wife's new husband - Doctor Reginald Hotchkiss - that he has evidence of something world changing, McLaughlin doesn't believe him. Not until the man and McLaughlin's ex are brutally tortured and murdered does the mystery become real.
In a desperate run - McLaughlin must keep himself and his daughter Beth alive long enough to find out what Hotchkiss knew, who the information threatens and where Hotchkiss hid whatever it is he found.
The investigation takes McLaughlin all the way to the Oval Office and a cover up that threatens the validity of an election.
This is a story about what voters have the right to know before they make their decision to choose a leader.The story of the biggest cover up in presidential history.
When Investigative Reporter David McLaughlin is told by his ex-wife's new husband - Doctor Reginald Hotchkiss - that he has evidence of something world changing, McLaughlin doesn't believe him. Not until the man and McLaughlin's ex are brutally tortured and murdered does the mystery become real.
In a desperate run - McLaughlin must keep himself and his daughter Beth alive long enough to find out what Hotchkiss knew, who the information threatens and where Hotchkiss hid whatever it is he found.
The investigation takes McLaughlin all the way to the Oval Office and a cover up that threatens the validity of an election.
This is a story about what voters have the right to know before they make their decision to choose a leader. Read more
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
2012 Featurette: The End of the World - The Actor's Perspective (Amazon Instant Video)
By Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Isolation (Paperback)
By Dallas Releford
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When Jess Carter, husband of Laura Carter of Carter Mills, West Virginia decides it is time to find out who has been trespassing on his isolated farm, he encounters strange creatures that propel him into a nightmare that seems never-ending. When the aliens capture him, he discovers that they are attempting to control the weather as part of an extensive invasion from space scheme. The aliens are ghost-like shadow people who interrogate Jess and use a strange machine to program his mind. Before the process is completed, Randall Coleman, the County Sheriff leads other deputies to rescue Jess. Hot on the trail of the aliens, they soon discover that another race, called the Amorgs are also here to destroy the human race. The big question that arises is; are they both part of the same invasion force or are they operating autonomously? Believing that the aliens have programmed his mind so he will perform a horrible deed for them, he struggles to remember what that task might be. Hearing voices in his mind, Jess hopes that he can capture a few of the aliens in hope of using their technology to save his wife Laura. She is dying from ovarian cancer. Jess begins a desperate crusade to capture the leaders of the alien armada so he can save her life. Jess, Randall and others discover tall, strange towers that seem to have something to do with controlling the weather. Nobody can get close to the towers without getting sick, or dying. After countless battles to defeat the aliens, they learn more and more about them and their terrifying agenda. It soon becomes apparent that both races are part of the same invasion plan. As a humongous blizzard strikes the area and buries it under several feet of snow, they struggle to survive. Joining forces with Leslie Frederick, a meteorologist and United Earth Military Forces they deal with the deep snow, an avalanche that buries Carter Mills and they must defend themselves from the aliens who attack them. As Laura Carter's life drains away, Jess¾with the help of the military and others¾attempts to destroy the towers, rescue Randall and Leslie from an isolated farm under attack by dozens of alien warriors and prevent the aliens from taking over the earth. As an enormous alien armada nears the vicinity of the moon, an anxious military commander, Commander Wesley Boughman waits for them knowing they are outnumbered. With time running out for Laura and the rest of the world, Jess wonders if they can destroy the towers and stop the storm so the military can fight a ground war while a space war is being conducted. Just as he thinks they might have a chance, the aliens launch an attack from space and destroy one of the armies that has been sent to rescue them. The aliens use micro-robots to their advantage. Can the military and human guerrillas defeat the aliens before it is too late? The only hope they have is a victory against the invading armada and the total destruction of the weather making machinery. That hope looks slim as everything nears the end. Read more
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Redemption Day (Paperback)
By Steve O'Brien
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Redemption Day is a highly paced thriller set in Washington DC. The story is founded upon historical events and documented teachings of the Posse Comitatus. The Posse was an anti-government militia group in the 1980 s that tried to convince farmers that banks could not lawfully foreclose on their properties. Their beliefs led to the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on a date of significance to the group April 19. Read more
The Seventh Pillar (The PROJECT) (Kindle Edition)
By Alex Lukeman
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A fanatical terrorist has visions commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days...
An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears...
A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination...
The PROJECT sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa, the back streets of San Diego and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush, before a final confrontation that will decide the future of Western civilization.A fanatical terrorist has visions commanding him to begin the Apocalypse and bring about the End of Days...
An ancient brotherhood of assassins hidden for centuries reappears...
A truck carrying a terrible weapon leaves Sudan for the lawless mountains of Algeria and an unknown destination...
The PROJECT sends Nick Carter and Selena Connor to the burning wastelands of Western Africa, the back streets of San Diego and the bitter mountains of the Hindu Kush, before a final confrontation that will decide the future of Western civilization. Read more
Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (Kindle Edition)
By Mark Bowden
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Killing Pablo is the story of the fifteen-month manhunt for Colombian
cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, whose escape from his lavish,
mansionlike jail drove a nation to the brink of chaos. In a gripping,
up-close account, acclaimed journalist Mark Bowden exposes the
never-before-revealed details of how U.S. military and intelligence
operatives covertly led the mission to find and kill the world's most
dangerous outlaw. Drawing on unprecedented access to the soldiers,
field agents, and officials involved in the chase, as well as hundreds
of pages of top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's
intercepted phone conversations, Bowden creates a narrative that reads
as if it were torn from the pages of a Tom Clancy technothriller.
Killing Pablo also tells the story of Escobar's rise, how he built a
criminal organization that would hold an entire nation hostage -- and
the stories of the intrepid men who would ultimately bring him
down. There is Steve Jacoby, the leader of Centra Spike, the
ultrasecret U.S. special forces team that would use cutting-edge
surveillance technology to find one man among a nation of 37
million. There is Morris Busby, U.S. ambassador to Colombia, who would
convince the Bush administration to approve the deployment of the
shadowy Delta Force operators who would be the key to the drug lord's
demise. And there is Escobar's archenemy, Col. Hugo Martinez, the
leader of Colombia's federal police, who would turn down a $6 million
bribe, survive countless attempts on his life, and endure a
humiliating exile while waging his battle against the drug lord's
criminal empire. It was Martinez's son, raised in the shadow of
constant threat from Escobar's followers, who would ultimately track
the fugitive to a Medellin rooftop on the fateful day in 1993 when the
outlaw would finally meet his end. Action-packed and unputdownable,
Killing Pablo is a tour de force of narrative journalism and a stark
portrayal of rough justice in the real world.
Readers of Black Hawk Down know Mark Bowden can tell an exciting story about as well as any writer at work today. Killing Pablo is further proof. It describes the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, a notorious Colombian drug lord who became one of the narcotic trade's first billionaires. Pablo--Bowden refers to him by his first name throughout the book--started out as a petty thief and wound up running a massive smuggling empire. At his height in the 1980s, he owned fleets of boats and planes, plus 19 separate residences in Medellin, each with its own helipad. Violence marked everything he did: "He wasn't an entrepreneur, and he wasn't even an especially talented businessman. He was just ruthless." He bought off police, politicians, and judges throughout his country, and killed many others who wouldn't cooperate. The Colombian government tried to capture him, but without much luck; he evaded them time after time. "Now and then the police achieved enough surprise to catch him, literally, with his pants down. In [1988], about one thousand national police raided one of his mansions," writes Bowden. "Pablo fled in his underwear, avoiding the police cordon on foot." He got away, again, but his days were numbered. He was making powerful enemies in both Colombia and the United States. The final straw probably came when Pablo's men murdered a popular politician and, three months later, planted a bomb on a plane, killing 110 people, including two Americans.
The bulk of Killing Pablo describes what happened when the U.S. government put its resources behind the hunt for Pablo. Bowden describes the search in gripping detail, from the massive electronic-surveillance effort to bureaucratic infighting between rival U.S. agencies. This is an outstanding work of reportorial journalism, too: in the epilogue, Bowden drops tantalizing hints that it was an American--not a Colombian--who delivered the killing shot to Pablo in 1993. Readers looking for a real-life thriller--or any kind of thriller, for that matter--won't do much better than Killing Pablo. Killing Pablo is the story of the fifteen-month manhunt for Colombian
cocaine cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar, whose escape from his lavish,
mansionlike jail drove a nation to the brink of chaos. In a gripping,
up-close account, acclaimed journalist Mark Bowden exposes the
never-before-revealed details of how U.S. military and intelligence
operatives covertly led the mission to find and kill the world's most
dangerous outlaw. Drawing on unprecedented access to the soldiers,
field agents, and officials involved in the chase, as well as hundreds
of pages of top-secret documents and transcripts of Escobar's
intercepted phone conversations, Bowden creates a narrative that reads
as if it were torn from the pages of a Tom Clancy technothriller.
Killing Pablo also tells the story of Escobar's rise, how he built a
criminal organization that would hold an entire nation hostage -- and
the stories of the intrepid men who would ultimately bring him
down. There is Steve Jacoby, the leader of Centra Spike, the
ultrasecret U.S. special forces team that would use cutting-edge
surveillance technology to find one man among a nation of 37
million. There is Morris Busby, U.S. ambassador to Colombia, who would
convince the Bush administration to approve the deployment of the
shadowy Delta Force operators who would be the key to the drug lord's
demise. And there is Escobar's archenemy, Col. Hugo Martinez, the
leader of Colombia's federal police, who would turn down a $6 million
bribe, survive countless attempts on his life, and endure a
humiliating exile while waging his battle against the drug lord's
criminal empire. It was Martinez's son, raised in the shadow of
constant threat from Escobar's followers, who would ultimately track
the fugitive to a Medellin rooftop on the fateful day in 1993 when the
outlaw would finally meet his end. Action-packed and unputdownable,
Killing Pablo is a tour de force of narrative journalism and a stark
portrayal of rough justice in the real world.
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Monday, 27 February 2012
PITCHFORK JUSTICE (Kindle Edition)
By Alexander Harkavy
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@biggamecoach The weather looks good for the first game tomorrow eve.
Godspeed!
The message jolted the otherwise calm countenance of all who "followed"it. Hearts began to race. Minds flickered with long made plans. Coded
confirmation calls zipped across the country. Within an hour, anyone who had
not seen the tweet was still notified. The big plan had been set into motion.
"It's a go."
"Hey, Tom. You up to a little poker tomorrow night?"
"Yeah. Sounds good. I've already talked to C.J. He's closing his shop a
little early. Has to go pick up some beer and pretzels."
"Sounds like a plan. See ya tomorrow."
"It's a go."
And so it went. In four disparate cities spanning the country, plans that were sealed in the memories of 3 and 4 man groups were about to be deployed. Though separated by miles, they were all of the same mindset. The
country appeared to them as a revisited Rome as it was crumbling to its
knees in the fourth century. The decadence of the rich and the corruption of the system were rampant. The glory days were over. They and the majority of the population had been betrayed. The currency should never have been taken off the gold standard. Inflation was a hidden tax that was eating the sinew of the nation from the inside. Cronyism was rampant. All the money was headed in one direction, to the wealthiest. Whether misguided or not, whether extreme or not, this band of few was a proxy for many and they knew it. As each had done before, they were hell bent on showing their version of patriotism, again. The societies on the earth have aged poorly. Greed, complacency and laziness have supplanted a once eager spirit A few have tried to change this death spiral. This is their story.
@biggamecoach The weather looks good for the first game tomorrow eve.
Godspeed!
The message jolted the otherwise calm countenance of all who "followed"it. Hearts began to race. Minds flickered with long made plans. Coded
confirmation calls zipped across the country. Within an hour, anyone who had
not seen the tweet was still notified. The big plan had been set into motion.
"It's a go."
"Hey, Tom. You up to a little poker tomorrow night?"
"Yeah. Sounds good. I've already talked to C.J. He's closing his shop a
little early. Has to go pick up some beer and pretzels."
"Sounds like a plan. See ya tomorrow."
"It's a go."
And so it went. In four disparate cities spanning the country, plans that were sealed in the memories of 3 and 4 man groups were about to be deployed. Though separated by miles, they were all of the same mindset. The
country appeared to them as a revisited Rome as it was crumbling to its
knees in the fourth century. The decadence of the rich and the corruption of the system were rampant. The glory days were over. They and the majority of the population had been betrayed. The currency should never have been taken off the gold standard. Inflation was a hidden tax that was eating the sinew of the nation from the inside. Cronyism was rampant. All the money was headed in one direction, to the wealthiest. Whether misguided or not, whether extreme or not, this band of few was a proxy for many and they knew it. As each had done before, they were hell bent on showing their version of patriotism, again. The societies on the earth have aged poorly. Greed, complacency and laziness have supplanted a once eager spirit A few have tried to change this death spiral. This is their story.
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Sunday, 26 February 2012
The Drop (Harry Bosch) (Kindle Edition)
By Michael Connelly
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Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two.
DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court.
Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation.
Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2011: With his retirement looming, LAPD's Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch takes on two seemingly unrelated cases. The first is a botched DNA test from a 1989 rape and murder, which has been pinned on a convicted rapist who was only eight years old at the time of the crime. Harry's pursuit of that case is interrupted by the apparent suicide of a councilman's son. A former police chief and no fan of Harry's, the councilman insists that Harry investigate his son's death. In pursuit of the truth, and an elusive killer, Bosch and his partner uncover secrets and a political conspiracy deep within the police department. Connelly's aging hero is a flawed, haunted, and unforgettable character; his creator is a master craftsman. --Neal Thompson
Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two.
DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court.
Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation.
Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department. Read more
The Recruiter (Kindle Edition)
By Roger Weston
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Review & Description
Making amends for his horrible past...betrayed by his employer...torn from the woman he loves...spy recruiter Chuck Brandt is down, but not out. Now he will have to recruit the only man alive that can help him - the man he used to be.Making amends for his horrible past...betrayed by his employer...torn from the woman he loves...spy recruiter Chuck Brandt is down, but not out. Now he will have to recruit the only man alive that can help him - the man he used to be. Read more
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Winters in Shanghai (Kindle Edition)
By Rich Whitney Turner
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"Winters in Shanghai" is the exciting story of a former World War I RAF pilot who learns to prosper in the corrupt and dangerous city of Shanghai in 1927. Jake Winters, an American, is present at many of the most brutal moments in modern Chinese history. This novel takes you, page by page, through Jake's life. It begins on the day Chiang Kai Shek attempts to exterminate all the Communists in Shanghai and ends with the Japanese invasion. Shanghai is the headquarters of Jake's arms distribution company and it is there he makes the political compromises which go against his upbringing . He is witness to atrocities that manage to shock a Great War veteran. Anything goes as Jake's world is changed overnight by an incident in Manchuria the Japanese use as an excuse to annex China. He falls in love with a beautiful Chinese woman, Hong Lin and watches as the seeds are planted for WWII. In these pages you will meet Nationalist and Communist Generals, as well as common Chinese who are simply trying to survive in a dangerous moment in time.
Jake Winters lives in a culture far removed from his native Iowa. In a society where the British and French encourage opium sales, you see colonialism at its most horrid. Shanghai has its excitement, but the Kuomintang (Nationalist) government is kept in power by a ruthless gang, which targets and his business. Jake finds the limitations of an upbringing in a "guilt" society on his survival in a "shame" society.
"Winters in Shanghai" is the exciting story of a former World War I RAF pilot who learns to prosper in the corrupt and dangerous city of Shanghai in 1927. Jake Winters, an American, is present at many of the most brutal moments in modern Chinese history. This novel takes you, page by page, through Jake's life. It begins on the day Chiang Kai Shek attempts to exterminate all the Communists in Shanghai and ends with the Japanese invasion. Shanghai is the headquarters of Jake's arms distribution company and it is there he makes the political compromises which go against his upbringing . He is witness to atrocities that manage to shock a Great War veteran. Anything goes as Jake's world is changed overnight by an incident in Manchuria the Japanese use as an excuse to annex China. He falls in love with a beautiful Chinese woman, Hong Lin and watches as the seeds are planted for WWII. In these pages you will meet Nationalist and Communist Generals, as well as common Chinese who are simply trying to survive in a dangerous moment in time.
Jake Winters lives in a culture far removed from his native Iowa. In a society where the British and French encourage opium sales, you see colonialism at its most horrid. Shanghai has its excitement, but the Kuomintang (Nationalist) government is kept in power by a ruthless gang, which targets and his business. Jake finds the limitations of an upbringing in a "guilt" society on his survival in a "shame" society.
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On The Brink - War With Iran - Vol llI (Kindle Edition)
By Gerald Greene
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Israel becomes impatient with America's reluctance to bomb Iran's supected nuclear development facility near Qom and strikes with a 200kt nuclear weapon. Iran retaliates with a nuclear strike against Israel using bombs secretly developed with the help of rouge Russian scientists.This leads to escalation in the use of nuclear weapons which devastate Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and three cities on the US east coast. The war takes on a human face as seen and experienced through the eyes of a military family. The gripping action adventure war story is fiction but ripped from today's headlines.Israel becomes impatient with America's reluctance to bomb Iran's supected nuclear development facility near Qom and strikes with a 200kt nuclear weapon. Iran retaliates with a nuclear strike against Israel using bombs secretly developed with the help of rouge Russian scientists.This leads to escalation in the use of nuclear weapons which devastate Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia and three cities on the US east coast. The war takes on a human face as seen and experienced through the eyes of a military family. The gripping action adventure war story is fiction but ripped from today's headlines. Read more
Friday, 24 February 2012
Ishmael Toffee: A Novella (Kindle Edition)
By Roger Smith
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ON A KNIFE-EDGE
Ishmael Toffee has killed more men than he can remember. His knife put him behind bars and kept him there for twenty years as a prison gang assassin until he lost his taste for blood. Paroled, he finds himself with no money and no family. And no knife in his hand.
He gets a job as a gardener at the luxurious home of a prominent lawyer and makes an unexpected friend--Cindy, the lawyer's six-year-old daughter. When Ishmael discovers that Cindy is being raped by her father he must choose: abandon the girl and walk away, or do what he does best . . .
A gut-wrenching novella of violence and redemption from the award-winning author of DUST DEVILS, WAKE UP DEAD and MIXED BLOOD.
BONUS CONTENT: FALLING, a previously unpublished short story.
PRAISE FOR ROGER SMITH
"Smith writes with the brutal beauty of an Elmore Leonard in a very bad mood. " THE WASHINGTON POST
"If you are a fan of George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane, give Roger Smith a close look." BOOKPAGE
"Smith's writing is astonishing." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
"Roger Smith is the shooting star of the crime scene." RADIO EUROPE
ROGER SMITH was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now lives in Cape Town. His thrillers MIXED BLOOD, WAKE UP DEAD and DUST DEVILS are published in seven languages and two are in development as movies in the U.S. His books have won the DEUTSCHER KRIMI PREIS (German Crime Fiction Award) and been nominated for SPINETINGLER MAGAZINE BEST NOVEL awards. His fourth novel, CAPTURE, will be out in mid-2012. Visit his website: rogersmithbooks.comON A KNIFE-EDGE
Ishmael Toffee has killed more men than he can remember. His knife put him behind bars and kept him there for twenty years as a prison gang assassin until he lost his taste for blood. Paroled, he finds himself with no money and no family. And no knife in his hand.
He gets a job as a gardener at the luxurious home of a prominent lawyer and makes an unexpected friend--Cindy, the lawyer's six-year-old daughter. When Ishmael discovers that Cindy is being raped by her father he must choose: abandon the girl and walk away, or do what he does best . . .
A gut-wrenching novella of violence and redemption from the award-winning author of DUST DEVILS, WAKE UP DEAD and MIXED BLOOD.
BONUS CONTENT: FALLING, a previously unpublished short story.
PRAISE FOR ROGER SMITH
"Smith writes with the brutal beauty of an Elmore Leonard in a very bad mood. " THE WASHINGTON POST
"If you are a fan of George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane, give Roger Smith a close look." BOOKPAGE
"Smith's writing is astonishing." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
"Roger Smith is the shooting star of the crime scene." RADIO EUROPE
ROGER SMITH was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and now lives in Cape Town. His thrillers MIXED BLOOD, WAKE UP DEAD and DUST DEVILS are published in seven languages and two are in development as movies in the U.S. His books have won the DEUTSCHER KRIMI PREIS (German Crime Fiction Award) and been nominated for SPINETINGLER MAGAZINE BEST NOVEL awards. His fourth novel, CAPTURE, will be out in mid-2012. Visit his website: rogersmithbooks.com Read more
A Very Good Man (Dead End) (Kindle Edition)
By P.S. Power
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First tagged by D. L. Power
Customer tags: end of world, action thriller, zombie apocalypse, horror, action, survival
Review & Description
“This is the most incredible take on a Zombie Apocalypse I've ever seen or heard of. If you've ever read or even just watched, anything else about zombies, read this and be prepared to have your mind blow.”
Nathaniel Burns
At the end of the world Jake struggles to keep the people close to him, a group of strangers, alive. It isn't as easy as it sounds, since most of them are more than a bit stuck in the old world. But the luxury and laxity of that time has gone forever.
And Jake is the only person strong enough to keep them all in line.
Or so they think. What they don't know about Jake is how kind and special he truly is, A Very Good Man, come to help them all survive. Even if they he has to kill them to do it.
*This is book one in the continuing series Dead End. Book two is already available, “Dead End: A Very Good Neighbor”. This is a very popular series, so get it and share with friends.
This full length novel also includes sample chapters from
“Abominations” Gwen Farris book one. By P.S. Power
In which Gwen wakes up in a world she definitely didn't fall asleep in.
And
“The Infected: Proxy” First in the Infected series. By P.S. Power (Book two due for release in March 2012)
Brian Yi finds out he's Infected. It gives him super powers, but also a horrible emotional liability. Most people with this affliction are monsters, but Brian might just pull off being something different.“This is the most incredible take on a Zombie Apocalypse I've ever seen or heard of. If you've ever read or even just watched, anything else about zombies, read this and be prepared to have your mind blow.”
Nathaniel Burns
At the end of the world Jake struggles to keep the people close to him, a group of strangers, alive. It isn't as easy as it sounds, since most of them are more than a bit stuck in the old world. But the luxury and laxity of that time has gone forever.
And Jake is the only person strong enough to keep them all in line.
Or so they think. What they don't know about Jake is how kind and special he truly is, A Very Good Man, come to help them all survive. Even if they he has to kill them to do it.
*This is book one in the continuing series Dead End. Book two is already available, “Dead End: A Very Good Neighbor”. This is a very popular series, so get it and share with friends.
This full length novel also includes sample chapters from
“Abominations” Gwen Farris book one. By P.S. Power
In which Gwen wakes up in a world she definitely didn't fall asleep in.
And
“The Infected: Proxy” First in the Infected series. By P.S. Power (Book two due for release in March 2012)
Brian Yi finds out he's Infected. It gives him super powers, but also a horrible emotional liability. Most people with this affliction are monsters, but Brian might just pull off being something different. Read more
Wothlondia Rising 2: A Rose in Bloom (Kindle Edition)
By Gary F. Vanucci
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First tagged by Gary Vanucci
Customer tags: young adult fantasy, action thriller, action adventure, thief, realm of ashenclaw, epic fantasy, young adult, rogue
Review & Description
A Rose in Bloom recounts the thrilling events of a young Rose Thorne, not yet a woman, who is trying to find her way in the city of Oakhaven. Orphaned and discarded, she finds refuge in a kind madam at a local brothel and eventually meets a man who is more than she bargains for…
Wothlondia Rising is a series of short stories set in the original fantasy setting entitled the Realm of Ashenclaw. This series of short stories details life altering, significant events from the past that shape the course of these important heroes, setting them on the path that will alter their lives forever!
A Rose in Bloom recounts the thrilling events of a young Rose Thorne, not yet a woman, who is trying to find her way in the city of Oakhaven. Orphaned and discarded, she finds refuge in a kind madam at a local brothel and eventually meets a man who is more than she bargains for…
Wothlondia Rising is a series of short stories set in the original fantasy setting entitled the Realm of Ashenclaw. This series of short stories details life altering, significant events from the past that shape the course of these important heroes, setting them on the path that will alter their lives forever!
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Thursday, 23 February 2012
Convicted (Impact Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Tim Hughes
Buy new: $7.77
196 used and new from $7.76
First tagged by Benannah Bagsov
Customer tags: crime drama(2), murder, suspense, christian fiction, adventure, action thriller, conviction, conspiracy, parable, good samaritan
Review & Description
Declan Elliot is an ordinary man trying to survive in 2025. His life is turned upside down one night on the way home from work. The night's events thrust him headlong into a perilous journey fraught with murder, catastrophic weather and out of control crime. In this 21st century retelling of the classic parable of the Good Samaritan, Declan battles to overcome rejection, betrayal and a high powered politician who will stop at nothing to see him dead.Declan Elliot is an ordinary man trying to survive in 2025. His life is turned upside down one night on the way home from work. The night's events thrust him headlong into a perilous journey fraught with murder, catastrophic weather and out of control crime. In this 21st century retelling of the classic parable of the Good Samaritan, Declan battles to overcome rejection, betrayal and a high powered politician who will stop at nothing to see him dead. Read more
Visions (Kindle Edition)
By Anne Thompson
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First tagged by J. Thompson "Anne Thompson"
Customer tags: mystery, suspense, chick lit, action thriller, action, fiction, drama, adult fiction
Review & Description
Samantha and Daniel were childhood sweethearts. Daniel had two obsessions in life, Samantha and the treasure of Captain Victor Bartholomew Jones. But, in that pirates treasure there lies something supernatural. Powerful magic lies in wait to bestow upon the one that finally raises the treasure from its depths and possibly the spirit of Captain Victor Bartholomew Jones. The lore tells that the treasure will either bless or bring madness to those who find it.
Samantha’s life turns from fairytale perfect to a living nightmare. Determination fills her with the strength that she needs to fight off the fear to save herself and her child from what has become of her loving husband.
Mac, looking for peace, quiet and solitude finds that retiring from the FBI is one thing but there will always be bad guys and someone will always need saving.
Samantha and Daniel were childhood sweethearts. Daniel had two obsessions in life, Samantha and the treasure of Captain Victor Bartholomew Jones. But, in that pirates treasure there lies something supernatural. Powerful magic lies in wait to bestow upon the one that finally raises the treasure from its depths and possibly the spirit of Captain Victor Bartholomew Jones. The lore tells that the treasure will either bless or bring madness to those who find it.
Samantha’s life turns from fairytale perfect to a living nightmare. Determination fills her with the strength that she needs to fight off the fear to save herself and her child from what has become of her loving husband.
Mac, looking for peace, quiet and solitude finds that retiring from the FBI is one thing but there will always be bad guys and someone will always need saving.
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Angels Gate (Kindle Edition)
By Andrew J. Rafkin
Buy new: $4.95
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First tagged by Andrew J. Rafkin
Customer tags: suspense thriller, action thriller, suspence, true crime, thriller, mystery, crime thriller, action adventure, heist, crime drama
Review & Description
Based on a true story of: The GREATEST heist–NEVER TOLD!
In 1983, the rapidly growing city of L.A. and beachfront communities were active in the illicit drug trade, successfully operating through Angels Gate Lighthouse, and LAX, the gateway to the City of Angels. This true story is a recounting of the largest monetary heist in history, carried out by four local surfers, and August Taracina, a successful marijuana smuggler. The heist progresses with only minor hitches, until they open the bags of loot. Much to the thieve’s chagrin, there is no cash, no gold, nothing but financial instruments, unable to be cashed.
While still in command of one of the larger marijuana smuggling operations on the West Coast, August begins a whirlwind, worldwide tour with his connections to organized crime, the Medellin Cartel, and international bankers, as he attempts to fence the items.
Other gangs, along with their treachery and murder, as well as FBI Agent Nick Cutler’s team, the Treasury Department, and Interpol pursue him. During this maelstrom, August devises an incredible plan to satisfy everyone’s interest and fulfill their dreams. Now, all he has to do is MAKE IT HAPPEN!Based on a true story of: The GREATEST heist–NEVER TOLD!
In 1983, the rapidly growing city of L.A. and beachfront communities were active in the illicit drug trade, successfully operating through Angels Gate Lighthouse, and LAX, the gateway to the City of Angels. This true story is a recounting of the largest monetary heist in history, carried out by four local surfers, and August Taracina, a successful marijuana smuggler. The heist progresses with only minor hitches, until they open the bags of loot. Much to the thieve’s chagrin, there is no cash, no gold, nothing but financial instruments, unable to be cashed.
While still in command of one of the larger marijuana smuggling operations on the West Coast, August begins a whirlwind, worldwide tour with his connections to organized crime, the Medellin Cartel, and international bankers, as he attempts to fence the items.
Other gangs, along with their treachery and murder, as well as FBI Agent Nick Cutler’s team, the Treasury Department, and Interpol pursue him. During this maelstrom, August devises an incredible plan to satisfy everyone’s interest and fulfill their dreams. Now, all he has to do is MAKE IT HAPPEN! Read more
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Katniss the Cattail: An Unauthorized Guide to Names and Symbols in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games (Kindle Edition)
By Valerie Estelle Frankel
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First tagged by JJ
Customer tags: ya fiction(4), dystopia(4), childrens ebook(4), ya fantasy(4), kindle(4), young adult(4), dystopian(4), hunger games(4), childrens books(3), childrens fantasy(3), literary criticism(3), movie(3)
Review & Description
Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s roses and Peeta’s bread? What about Katniss’s last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds light on the deeper meanings behind Panem’s heroes and villains in this hottest of YA trilogies. In her series, Collins not only weaves a heroic tale of deep complexity but harnesses the power of Shakespeare and Rome to retell an ancient epic of betrayal, violence, and glory on the stage of an apocalyptic future.
The perfect treat for fans of all ages. Everything Hunger Games, packed into one volume.
From Alma Coin to Wiress you’ll learn about
• Why roses are a flower of death
• How eighteen of the characters are used in Shakespeare’s plays
• Katniss’s nickname Catnip
• The meaning of “The Hanging Tree”
• Peeta’s pearl and Katniss’s salvation
• Effie the saint and Finnick the Irish hero
Who was Cinna? What do the hawthorn and primrose symbolize? Or President Snow’s roses and Peeta’s bread? What about Katniss’s last name? Bringing details from myths, herbal guides, military histories, and the classics, English professor and award-winning pop culture author Valerie Estelle Frankel sheds light on the deeper meanings behind Panem’s heroes and villains in this hottest of YA trilogies. In her series, Collins not only weaves a heroic tale of deep complexity but harnesses the power of Shakespeare and Rome to retell an ancient epic of betrayal, violence, and glory on the stage of an apocalyptic future.
The perfect treat for fans of all ages. Everything Hunger Games, packed into one volume.
From Alma Coin to Wiress you’ll learn about
• Why roses are a flower of death
• How eighteen of the characters are used in Shakespeare’s plays
• Katniss’s nickname Catnip
• The meaning of “The Hanging Tree”
• Peeta’s pearl and Katniss’s salvation
• Effie the saint and Finnick the Irish hero
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Blindspot: A Novella (Novella Series) (Kindle Edition)
By Michael McBride
Buy new: $0.99
First tagged by McBride
Customer tags: creature(2), action thriller(2), jeremy robinson(2), james rollins(2), mystery(2), evolution(2), action adventure(2), military fiction(2), michael crichton(2), men s adventure(2), action(2), horror(2)
Review & Description
At 2:31 a.m., seismic monitoring stations in China and South Korea detect a magnitude-4 event consistent with a nuclear detonation in the southeastern corner of North Korea, within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. With the threat of full-scale war escalating by the minute, the United Nations Security Council dispatches an elite unit of peacekeepers to cross the border, penetrate the cloud of dust hanging over the site, and determine the exact nature of the seismic disturbance. What they find triggers a series of events that culminates in a civilian biomedical engineer boarding a transport carrier at Ft. Detrick, Maryland, bound for the Far East.
His name is Dr. Parker Ramsey and he is uniquely qualified for this mission.
He is the brains behind a secret project—Code Name Hindsight—developed under the oversight of the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Hindsight has never been field-tested, but with global catastrophe looming on the horizon, the only chance of averting it lies in utilizing the project’s extraordinary capabilities. If it works, Dr. Ramsey will be able to unravel the mystery behind the detonation and identify the responsible party.
For, thanks to Hindsight, Dr. Ramsey will be able to see something that no one has ever seen before…
He’ll be able to see the moment of death through the eyes of the dead.
If he’s able to survive long enough to do so.
BONUS MATERIAL
*Excerpts from Bloodletting and Vector Borne, also by Michael McBride
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL McBRIDE
“A taut, fast-paced thrill ride” - Famous Monsters of Filmland
“Writing with the soul of a poet and the imagination of a demon, Michael McBride creates terrifying enchantments.” - Bruce Boston, author of The Nightmare Collection
“Michael McBride literally stunned me with his enigmatic talent and kept me hanging on right up until the end.” - Midwest Book Review
“McBride just keeps getting better!” - Hellnotes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael McBride is the author of the novels Burial Ground, Bloodletting, Innocents Lost, Predatory Instinct, and Vector Borne, as well as the novellas The Calm Before the Swarm, Brood XIX, and Zero. He lives in Westminster, Colorado with his wife and children.
At 2:31 a.m., seismic monitoring stations in China and South Korea detect a magnitude-4 event consistent with a nuclear detonation in the southeastern corner of North Korea, within the Korean Demilitarized Zone. With the threat of full-scale war escalating by the minute, the United Nations Security Council dispatches an elite unit of peacekeepers to cross the border, penetrate the cloud of dust hanging over the site, and determine the exact nature of the seismic disturbance. What they find triggers a series of events that culminates in a civilian biomedical engineer boarding a transport carrier at Ft. Detrick, Maryland, bound for the Far East.
His name is Dr. Parker Ramsey and he is uniquely qualified for this mission.
He is the brains behind a secret project—Code Name Hindsight—developed under the oversight of the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Hindsight has never been field-tested, but with global catastrophe looming on the horizon, the only chance of averting it lies in utilizing the project’s extraordinary capabilities. If it works, Dr. Ramsey will be able to unravel the mystery behind the detonation and identify the responsible party.
For, thanks to Hindsight, Dr. Ramsey will be able to see something that no one has ever seen before…
He’ll be able to see the moment of death through the eyes of the dead.
If he’s able to survive long enough to do so.
BONUS MATERIAL
*Excerpts from Bloodletting and Vector Borne, also by Michael McBride
PRAISE FOR MICHAEL McBRIDE
“A taut, fast-paced thrill ride” - Famous Monsters of Filmland
“Writing with the soul of a poet and the imagination of a demon, Michael McBride creates terrifying enchantments.” - Bruce Boston, author of The Nightmare Collection
“Michael McBride literally stunned me with his enigmatic talent and kept me hanging on right up until the end.” - Midwest Book Review
“McBride just keeps getting better!” - Hellnotes
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael McBride is the author of the novels Burial Ground, Bloodletting, Innocents Lost, Predatory Instinct, and Vector Borne, as well as the novellas The Calm Before the Swarm, Brood XIX, and Zero. He lives in Westminster, Colorado with his wife and children.
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Impact Point: Action-Adventure Thriller (Kindle Edition)
By Simon Rosser
Buy new: $2.99
First tagged by Simon Rosser
Customer tags: environmental thriller, kindle book, action and adventure, oceanography, action thriller, robert spire, space, eco thriller, disaster, si rosser, action adventure, scifi
Review & Description
Robert Spire's second adventure takes him on a roller coaster ride through London, America and the Bahamas as he searches for the cause of some mysterious whale deaths. As the clues unfold, nothing can prepare him or the world for the cataclysm that is revealed.
MYSTERIOUS WHALE DEATHS...
When the World's largest ever creature - a blue whale - dies in front of Robert Spire on his local Welsh beach, the UK's Department of the Environment and local population are ill prepared. When a second whale washes up dead on Myrtle Beach on the opposite side of the Atlantic, the scientific community starts asking questions.
A QUEST FOR METEORITE FRAGMENTS...
Environmental lawyer Robert Spire; newly recruited to the UK's Global Environmental Command Unit - GLENCOM, flies over to South Carolina to investigate. Whilst there, he teams up with marine biologist Dr Sally Rivea, also assigned to the case. Meanwhile, ex-marine Travis Dexter is on the run in Nevada after he discovers the body of his employer - philanthropist Julian Smithies - murdered in his home. The only object missing; a recently discovered, rare and valuable meteorite.
A FUTURE GLOBAL CATACLYSM...
On the island of Exuma In the Bahamas, four sport divers make a startling discovery at the bottom of Mystery Cave blue hole. Sixty miles offshore in the Caribbean Sea, drilling on the Proteus oil rig turns to disaster as the drill penetrates something hard on the ocean floor. Dr Rivea, at a loss to explain the high levels of the mineral olivine discovered in the whale's tissue samples, accompanies Spire to the Caribbean in search of answers, but what they discover doesn't bear thinking about...Robert Spire's second adventure takes him on a roller coaster ride through London, America and the Bahamas as he searches for the cause of some mysterious whale deaths. As the clues unfold, nothing can prepare him or the world for the cataclysm that is revealed.
MYSTERIOUS WHALE DEATHS...
When the World's largest ever creature - a blue whale - dies in front of Robert Spire on his local Welsh beach, the UK's Department of the Environment and local population are ill prepared. When a second whale washes up dead on Myrtle Beach on the opposite side of the Atlantic, the scientific community starts asking questions.
A QUEST FOR METEORITE FRAGMENTS...
Environmental lawyer Robert Spire; newly recruited to the UK's Global Environmental Command Unit - GLENCOM, flies over to South Carolina to investigate. Whilst there, he teams up with marine biologist Dr Sally Rivea, also assigned to the case. Meanwhile, ex-marine Travis Dexter is on the run in Nevada after he discovers the body of his employer - philanthropist Julian Smithies - murdered in his home. The only object missing; a recently discovered, rare and valuable meteorite.
A FUTURE GLOBAL CATACLYSM...
On the island of Exuma In the Bahamas, four sport divers make a startling discovery at the bottom of Mystery Cave blue hole. Sixty miles offshore in the Caribbean Sea, drilling on the Proteus oil rig turns to disaster as the drill penetrates something hard on the ocean floor. Dr Rivea, at a loss to explain the high levels of the mineral olivine discovered in the whale's tissue samples, accompanies Spire to the Caribbean in search of answers, but what they discover doesn't bear thinking about... Read more
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