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Black Water (2004)
So, i'm just going to plunge again into the world of Pendragon with book #5 Black Water. Let's see how this one goes....Here is the summary:Just when fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler -- to protect the territories of Halla from the evil Saint Dane ...
Death in the Setting Sun (2005)
First Sentence: Like many seasons that are destined to be severe, the winter of 1764 started moderately enough with mild evenings, crisp leaf falls, and a lot of fine clear sunshine in the daytime.Apothecary John Rawlings is father to a very intelligent daughter, Rose, married to Emilia and expe...
What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line (2003)
If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a Hollywood film producer does, check out this short work by Art Linson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Heist, Heat and Into The Wild). Subtitled, “Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line,” it’s smarmy, snarky and uncompromising as it upends the biz to expos...
The Foreign Correspondent (2007)
The Foreign Correspondent opens with an assassination. The reader sees it unfold through the eyes of its mastermind: a shadowy figure seated at the back of a luxury sedan, the silver medal of the Italian Fascist Party pinned to his lapel. With icy satisfaction he watches his victim enter a Par...
India: A Million Mutinies Now (1992)
Two months ago, I’d lemmed this book in frustration and declared passionately on GR that this was the only book I’d abandoned so far with the clear intention of never picking it up. Now you can see that I’ve not only finished it in a day, but also given it a hefty 4 star rating. And that too to N...
Evolution's Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World (2003)
There are different echelons in the fame that men win. For his work on evolution, Charles Darwin is among the gods, who, however assailed my true believers of the fundamentalist religious persuasion, will be remembered alongside Newton, Galileo, and Harvey. But what of the man who was the Captain...
Desire (1993)