Adam Walsh's kidnapping and murder in 1981 are very well known, in large part because John Walsh later went on to become rather famous as host of America's Most Wanted and an advocate for missing children. He's also the reason why parents today are much more fearful about stranger abduction than ...
I really liked this book. It is a limited biography of Charles Dickens and the events surrounding his writing of A Christmas Carol. I enjoyed the story of how that came to be - but it is much broader than just that. I only gave this book three stars because at times it reads a bit like a term pap...
Perhaps this is unfair, but I wanted this book to be more than what it was. I guess I wanted more of the invention of the Christmas holiday than about Dickens finances and legal battles over copyright. If I had let the book be what it was intended to be, I might have liked it more. For what it...
Frankly, I have no idea how I ran across this very interesting book. Henry Flagler, one of the last great industrialists and oil barons, built a railroad across the Florida Keys, a feat that had been considered impossible, in order to capitalize on the proximity of Cuba to the nascent Panama Cana...
This is another fun John Deal story by Les Standiford. To start, I am a big Les Standiford fan. In fiction and non-fiction. This is the first book of his I would say is a disappointment.In 'Deal on Ice' there's lots of action and another heavy handed punch to religious faith by an author. When I ...
This book is about John Deal, a small-time Miami contractor. In an unlikely series of events he ends up in a ceremony that goes awry. Both he and the first lady are kidnapped by shadowy crooks and taken to a Caribbean island. Meanwhile his friend, Vernon Driscoll, an ex-cop, searches for him. Dir...