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My fantasy novella
The Quintessence of Absence
has been out barely a week and it's already garnered its first review.Kathleen Keenan gave it five stars and said:
"The Quintessence of Absence" features a seriously flawed protagonist--Lothar, a wizard who is addicted to nepenthe (a bit like opium). Lothar is reluctantly drawn into a mission to rescue his former employer's daughter, who has myste... read more »
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It Happened in Missouri
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A Fine Likeness
— published 2011 — 2 editions |
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Outlaw Tales of Missouri: True Stories of the Show Me State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats
— published 2009 |
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Byzantium: An Illustrated History
— published 2004 |
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Medieval Handgonnes: The First Black Powder Infantry Weapons
— published 2006 — 3 editions |
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Armies of the Adowa Campaign 1896: The Italian Disaster in Ethiopia
by Sean McLachlan (Goodreads Author), Raffaele Ruggeri — published 2011 — 2 editions |
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American Civil War Guerrilla Tactics
by Sean McLachlan (Goodreads Author), Gerry Embleton — published 2009 |
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Missouri: An Illustrated History
— published 2008 |
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The Last Ride of the James-Younger Gang & Jesse James & the Northfield Raid 1876
— published 2012 |
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Tombstone - Wyatt Earp, the O.K. Corral, and the Vendetta Ride 1881-82
— expected publication 2013 — 2 editions |
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"S.M. wrote: "I may regret asking but, who or what is GWAR? I should be better with acronyms, I know! LOL!"
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Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (*spoilers*)
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"I found the survivors' lack of initiative frustrating too, but it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book. In fact, it made it all the more belie...more
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| This is a tale of a young Missourian coming into his own in the years following the Civil War. The book spans a couple of decades from his first wanderings as a callow youth, through various romantic relationships, his friendship with Frank James, an...more | |
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| Brian Aldiss never disappoints. This novel, which first came out in the U.S. with the title THE LONG AFTERNOON OF EARTH, won the Hugo Award in 1962. Rich in style and evocative in its imagery, it follows a band of some of the last survivors of humani...more | |
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This academic tome is an in-depth look at Rome's architectural and social development in the fourth century AD, a time when paganism was waning and Christianity became the dominant religion. The first half looks at how the imperial capital, replete wi...more |
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| This book about the Coalition occupation of Iraq was written by Bing West, a Vietnam veteran and former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. He examines the changing strategy and tactics of the occupation from its troubled beg...more | |
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All the Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born, by Ayi Kwei Armah, is an excellent read and the second-best book I read all year, after Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo. Armah wrote this novel in 1968, only eleven years after Ghana got its independence, a...more |
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When I was researching my book Ride Around Missouri, Shelbys Great Raid 1863, this title served as background reading. With Fire and Sword: Arkansas 1861-1874 by Thomas A. DeBlack is a detailed account of the period from just before the war to the end...more |
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"Assuming that the characters are balloon animals makes a lot of bad book..."
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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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