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Book Review - 9 Dragons

LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the sto [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Book review - The men who stare at goats by Jon Ronson

If ever there was a book which personified conspiracy theory version of Poe's law, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" by Jon Ronson is it. The history of PsyOps in American security forces often stretches credulity. The author starts wi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW - Tuning in to a harmonious life

Are great musicians born or made? Leafing through the pages of this pleasant, appropriately lilting memoir by one of the world's most famous living musicians, I recalled a thought that first came to me in Vienna more than 35 years ago. Forg [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - "Living Waters"

For those of us in the North Country the St. Lawrence River is a summer playground or the wide water below us when we take the bridge to Canada. For author Margaret Wooster, the giant river is part of the Great Lakes watershed, and an ec [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Merchants Of Deception by Eric Scheibeler

What do Amway and Scientology have in common? Actually quite a lot, both are well known, both are very secretive, and both are fiercely defensive to any negative press. Another commonality is that both have had allegations made against the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

The American Civil War - a Military History by John Keegan: ...

In this his latest book, John Keegan has attempted the impossible. The subtitle gives his game away. Instead of adding to the pile of chronicles of the American Civil War, he has written a critique of them, from the point of view of a deep- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Gift of Murder Compiled and Edited by John...

For the fourth consecutive year, Wolfmont Press has released an anthology designed to raise money for the “Toys for Tots” program. Edited by John M. Floyd, this year’s anthology is made up of many familiar names to anyone [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Dracula the Un-Dead

Bram Stoker's Dracula is the prototypical horror novel, an inspiration for the world's seemingly limitless fascination with vampires. Though many have tried to replicate Stoker's horror classic- in books, television shows, and movies-only t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - The Lost Symbol

Sue Dawson rolls up a trouser leg and gets between the covers of the latest Dan Brown blockbuster to hit the shelves for this edition of the Fethiye Times Book Review. This book is so, so much better than The Da Vinci Code. All the f [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Tainted

After her mother died and her father crawled into a bottle, Lily Carlyle did whatever it took to take care of her little sister Rose including stealing and lying. Lily’s promise to protect her sister wasn’t enough to keep Rose s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review Interview Op Sara Williams

One Big Itch (ArcheBooks), a suspense-filled tale of obsessive love, is like a tour of Honolulu between its covers. Sara Williams arrived in Hawaii in the mid-seventies during the 200th anniversary of the Cook Expedition, and was hook [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Crush It! by Gary Vaynerchuk

I bought Gary Vaynerchuk’s first book, Crush It! Why Now Is the Time to Cash In On Your Passion, on the way to the airport today. Cracked it as we were pulling away from the gate at the Portland Jetport. Finished it somewhere over Ohi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

BOOK REVIEW - 'Pluralism is better than secularism'

Crossway Books, $17, 224 pages Reviewed by W. James Antle III Early in "The End of Secularism," Hunter Baker of Houston Baptist University talks about his religious awakening. He came to believe that if the God of the Bible ex [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Book Review: Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana (Today's Superstars:...

Titles in Today's Superstars: Entertainment were selected by a survey of kids and -- of the 24 books produced as a result Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana makes the cut of popularity. For a Grade 3 reading level, this 6 1/2" x 9" [...]