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"Great quote - good way to get sense of a book. Why ding it 1 star?"
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karl
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| The last 1/3 was great. The first 2/3 was slow, disoriented, back and forth with respect to era and whether baseball or family. The book needs an edit and a condensed version. In defense of the author, it took her 20 years to get the book out the doo...more | |
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I had read a glowing review of this 20-year old novel some time ago, finally ordered it and got hooked. It got bit too detailed in sniper and assault guns, bullets, and trajectory math. But, that is part of the story. A loner, Bob (a Viet Nam veteran...more |
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My heart loves fiction shoot’em ups. My head makes me read nonfiction. I slogged through this well-searched biography of Jefferson (TJ), who I admire and respect. When I was about to write this short review I looked at Wikipedia. It said it all about...more |
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rated a book 5 of 5 stars
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Wow, this now 50-year old historical-fiction book was fascinating. Almost shocking! I have read a few of Manfred’s other books – my favorite was Lord Grizzly – but this trumps LG. The facts upon which he crafted this novel take place in SW Minnesota i...more |
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rated a book 5 of 5 stars
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I finally read a book by CJ Box. He has a lot of them. Fun! Exciting! Those books like this one in a series are centered on a DNR officer i(Joe) n Wyoming. His area is SW of Sheridan in the Big Horns. This yarn is set in modern days. A former special...more |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This reads like fictionalized history. The setting is Malaysia. Mostly about three time periods in the life of the main character (Chinese ethnicity woman, but Malaysian): 1. late 30's and early 40's - the Japanese have invaded and she is a prisoner,...more | |
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karl
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines & the Secret Mission of 1805
by Richard Zacks
read in February, 2013
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| Tripoli Libya in the very early 1800’s was the headquarters of Barbary Coast pirates. The Gaddafi-like ruler of those days forced nations and shippers to pay fees to avoid having the pirates plunder them and from taking the crew and passengers and se...more | |
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| This was written in 1959 by Thesiger, some 10 years following his nearly 5-year exploration of the Arabian Desert, or as some refer to it, the Empty Quarter. The territory stretches roughly 600 by 400 miles, from Yemen in the SW and Oman in the SE th...more | |
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rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Somehow I could not get Goodreads to locate this book when I tried to write a review. Hmm. It just came out. Well, anyway, it came out as ebook in November 2012. I have enjoyed Baldacci's books in the past and this one was a good one too. If you like...more | |
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