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Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm...and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed....
DIABLO
Driven by nightmares to the ruins of a mysterious tomb, Lord Aldric Jitan hopes to awaken a terrible evil that has slept since the fall of Tristram. Drawn by the growing darkness in the land, the enigmatic Necromancer, Zayl, stumbles upon Jitan's plot -- unaware that one of his own brethren has set these dire events in motion. Now, as the celestial Moon of the Spider rises, the nefarious demon, Astrogha, prepares to unleash his minions upon Sanctuary.
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An original tale of swords, sorcery, and timeless struggle based on the bestselling, award-winning M-rated computer game from Blizzard Entertainment. Intended for mature readers.
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More great fantasy paperback.......2007-04-01
This novel is the spiritual sequel to the last Diablo series novel written by Knaak. The story continues the comedic adventures of the necromancer Zayle and his talking skull Humbart. Although not as good as some of his previous work, Knaak thoroughly entertains. His desciptions are superb, allowing his reader to easily visualize any sort of described locale or monstrosity. Despite the fact that the reader can easily guess who the villan might be and how it might end, the story is still worth reading, and the comedy value of a talking head in a sack alone is worth it.
An Outstanding Book, Best in the Series.......2006-09-11
This has to be one of the most suspenseful and exciting books in the series (thus far). The necromance Zayl and his animated friend Humbart return in this book and fight against an even greater evil than in their last adventure (see Kingdom of Shadow).
In this book, a powerful lord looks to unleash a demon back into the mortal world. Zayl is drawn to this evil and encounters a lovely noblewoman who somehow ties into all of this, but unbeknownst to him, one of his own is masterminding the sinister plot and find out the connection that the noblewoman has to the evil demon Astrogha before all of Westmarch is engulfed by the evil.
Totally awesome book, and the end will make you hunger for more.
This is definetly a 10/10.
Excellent book.......2006-03-28
Read through it in less than a day. Storyline is always on track, and good characters as well(wb Zayl & Humbart).
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It's pretty well understood that mysteries come with an implied contract. Authors, for their part, promise to deliver plots and resolutions, however improbable, with some degree of plausibility. Readers, in turn, give an author a 50-50 shot by turning down the gain on their innate disbelief. Then along comes Grandmother Spider and all bets are off.
Southern Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon has a problem. It seems that, thanks to the imprudent squishing of a wayward spider, the giant spirit Grandmother Spider has risen from her cave below Navajo Lake and exacted revenge on humanity by snatching the research scientist William Pizinski and Tommy Tonompicket, the local carouser with whom he was drinking. Charlie knows this because the squisher was Sarah Frank, the 9-year-old ward of his elderly, shamanic, and altogether elsewhere aunt, Daisy Perika. And Daisy got it straight from a dwarfish spirit called a pitukupf.
The pitukupf half smiled, exposing jagged rows of yellowed teeth. He vigorously stirred the crooked stick in the embers under the apparition, kindling new flames. The dwarf ceremoniously lifted the helical baton like a conductor calling dark chords from an unseen orchestra. The glowing sparks swirled up the column of heated air... and the hideous image of the eight-legged creature followed. As it ascended, the grayish form took on the bright orange hue of the yellow flames beneath it. The apparition grew larger, the entrapped man struggled vainly in hope of release. And screamed piteously for someone to help him.
And that's not the half of it. Before long, Charlie and his friend, Granite Creek Police Chief Scott Parris, are up to their gun belts in national security issues, mutilated bodies, hideous creatures roaming the countryside snatching sandwiches from the mouths of 80-year-olds, and the bizarre reappearance of the two missing and now-amnesiac tipplers. And, happily, that's still not the half of it.
Grandmother Spider is Charlie Moon's sixth, strangest, and perhaps funniest airing (from 1994's The Shaman Sings through 1999's The Night Visitor). With mystery and mysticism enough to satisfy Hillerman's fans, and humor, memorable characterization, and good writing enough to satisfy everyone else, who's going to quibble about a silly old contract? -- Michael Hudson
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A lawman with a hardy appetite for life and an unshakable faith in the explicable, Southern Ute Acting Chief of Police Charlie Moon is not prepared to accept a purely supernatural explanation for the recent strange events of April 1. Nevertheless, something carried off Tommy Tonompicket and his unlikely drinking companion, research scientist William Pizinski, in the black chill of the Colorado night. And something ripped the head off a man outside a lonely cabin in the mountains...and left two large, fanglike punctures in his chest. And though Charlie's eccentric old aunt, the shaman Daisy Perika, claims the gargantuan avenging arachnid Grandmother Spider has risen up from the depths of Navajo Lake, the hulking, good-natured tribal policeman feels in his gut that this is murder, pure if not simple, and most probably by human hands.
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Love the whole Charlie Moon series.......2007-06-21
Magic, mystery, crime, inticate plots dosed with laugh-out-loud humor set on the Ute Indian reservation in SW Colorado. James Doss' characters are wonderful. Charlie Moon is big, brave, smart and lovable (the big jug head) and always gets his man (or woman). Even though he's a lawman, he doesn't always follow the law (but no one is supposed to know that). His elderly Aunt Daisy Perika gives a wonderful depth with her cantankerous wit and shamanistic dreams. When she teams up with her friend Louise-Marie, you know trouble's on the way. Part mystery, part western, part spooky, always tricky. Once you start this series, you'll hunger for more.
gotcha.......2006-06-16
This was interesting, and very readable. I enjoyed it, although I still say the author uses foreshadowing way too much. But in this story, the author plays some really good tricks on the reader - Charlie Moon keeps repeating there is a reasonable explanation for everything, but we get sidetracked by the metaphysical - the visions, shamans, symbolism, dreams and so on. I usually can figure out just about any mystery, but the author had me on this one. I was surprised at the resolution of the mystery, and had a good laugh, too.
Grandmother Spider: A Charlie Moon Mystery.......2005-08-04
Doss does it again. Charlie Moon is a wonderful character and Doss knows how to spin a yarn!
Great fun! perfect summer reading.......2004-05-28
Finally...a mystery so outrageous it seems unsolvable without breaking the bounds of reason...and a solution outrageous enough to work!! I loved how this book mixed elements of a modern police/detective story with Native American shamanism and even a little of the supernatural. I also enjoyed the characters, especially the old shaman Daisy ,a cranky, fiesty woman with a shrewd sense of humor, and Charlie Moon, the soft-spoken Ute police chief with an appetite for unhealthy food.
After Daisy's young charge Sarah smashes a spider with her biology book, the Shaman tells her of how Grandmother Spider will rise from Navaho Lake to revenge her spider people. That very night something carries off two men...and then the strangely mutilated body of a third victim is found--the victim of a spider attack? Soon, Charlie Moon finds himself sorting through evidence so bizzare, even HE is starting to believe in Grandmother Spider...
Fun Story.......2003-06-20
This book was an easy read. I liked the mystery, but there was little build up of suspense. He's not as good as 'early Hillerman', but it falls in line with some of Hillermans more recent work. I think Kirk Mitchell probably does a little better job of building suspense. I do plan to read one of his other books.
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Spider-Man versus his most implacable enemy! Norman Osborn is a respected businessman, the owner of several companies, including the New York Daily Bugle. He is also secretly the super-villain known as the Green Goblin--a foe who has turned Spider-Man's life upside down more than once, and one who knows that Spider-Man is really Peter Parker! Osborn's latest scheme is his most ambitious yet: to make himself mayor of New York. But where many see that as a laudable goal, Spider-Man knows that Osborn's goal is nothing less than absolute power. Spider-Man can defeat the Green Goblin, but Osborn refuses to act himself, preferring to remain above the fray and let the mercenaries known as the Rat Pack do his dirty work. The wall-crawler must find a way to stop Osborn's machinations before it's too late!
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A tangled web of intrigue and lies..........2003-12-23
Spider-Man has always been my most favorite comic-book super hero (in the Marvel universe). This book has confirmed for me just why he's my favorite. This time, the web-slinger is against an implacable foe who can't be so easily disposed of because he's successfully convinced nearly everyone that he never was the Green Goblin. Worse, he strikes at Spider-Man and his alter ego with impunity, given that if Spidey tries to do anything about him, then he'll be seen as a criminal and Norman Osborn will get away clean. The dilemma he presents Peter with is diabolically clever: Either take the opportunity for financial security and leave behind his responsibilities, or continue being Spider-Man and possibly jeopardize his current position at the Daily Bugle. I was really rooting for Spidey to take down Osborn after he secretly poisoned Mary Jane. All in all, this is a very satisfying novel.
Well Written Story.......2003-06-24
I really enjoyed this book. The story wasn't earth-shattering, but what really made the book for me was the writing. Busiek and Archer made the characters very real and interesting. For the first time I felt that I really had a sense of what it would be like to swing through New York on web lines or see the world through Spidey's mask.
True to Spider-Man's legacy this book wasn't about the hero as much as it was about Peter Parker. Also, I thought it brilliant that the villian in the book was Norman Osborn and not really his alter-ego, the Green Goblin.
I enjoyed the detective-type efforts that Peter went through to figure out the case. The books seemed as much of a mystery as it was an action story. I'm glad that I read it and would definitely recommend it.
Parker vs. Osborn in a battle of wit.......2001-07-18
I, like a lot of Spidey fans, think Peter Parker is a pretty smart guy. But, up until the very end, Parker is made out to be a no-brain super-hero who can't stand up to the intellect of his opponents. But hey, Norman Osborn ain't no fool, and he is depicted in the book as one of Spidey's greatest foes. And in this, I think Busiek is right on the button. But still, I think Peter is depicted all wrong for most of this book, but I guess he comes out alright in the end.
Goblin Moon.......2001-05-28
The book was very good. But if you knew anything about Spidey than you would know Norm's behind the Rat Pack...
Ok, but plot drowns it.......2001-02-09
Something as played out as the Spider-man/Goblin wars has always been a plotline for novels, and this one is no exception. The problem is that sometimes they get stupid. How could the Green Goblin get unmasked as Norman Osborn, "come back from the dead," and all he does to get away with it is lie? Oh, come on, how stupid are the people in these books? Note: the last two sentences don't tell anything about the book, just the history before it. Now as for the book itself, it does okay with the plotline. The story begins as a group of terrorists called the Rat Pack spring a reign of terror, not even Spider-Man can stop it. Meanwhile Norman Osborn is running for mayor and his Green Goblin persona seems to have resurfaced, leaving Spider-Man on edge. But that's only the begining of this attempt at a thriller. I say this because one big problem is the plot is way too predictable. You know what's going to happen before it does. Plus, another problem is that it's not very thrilling; Spidey stays on edge the hole book and doesn't actually fight the Goblin until near the end. They also add extra little parts here and there, which have nothing to do with the overall story. Yes, despite all I said, I still give it 3 stars, but only because the writing quality is pretty good and I like Spider-Man novels. Otherwise, the plot just isn't that good.
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Spider Moon
John Shirley
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JOHN SHIRLEY IS AN AUTHOR TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR!!!.......2002-12-03
SPIDER MOON by John Shirley is the tragic tale of Slim Purdoux, an ex-con who served a year-and-a-half in a Texas state penitentiary and who's now working as a book editor for a publishing firm in San Francisco. Slim's world begins to fall apart one morning when he's informed by his new boss that he can either accept a transfer to New York City-away from his ex-wife and son-or lose his job because of cutbacks within the company. Then, within the next hour, Slim discovers to his dismay that the child he loves so much has just died from drug poisoning. He naturally blames himself for the unexpected tragedy, but most of all he blames the people who sold his son, Frankie, the bad drugs. When Slim returns to work from the hospital to hand in his resignation, he's shocked to discover that another employee has gone on a wild shooting spree, killing several co-workers. One unfortunate event swiftly leads to another and the police suddenly think that it was our Texas cowboy doing the actual killing in the office building. Barely escaping with his life, Slim decides that he now has nothing to lose by going after the drug dealers who killed his boy, and he's prepared to do whatever it takes to collect some sweet revenge. Before the week is over San Francisco is going to find itself in the middle of a bloodbath that will make the shootout at the OK corral look like a beach picnic. SPIDER MOON is one of those pleasant little surprises that every reader hopes for when discovering a new author. Though short in length (170pp), it's a whirlwind of a novel that delivers with in-your-face intensity. I could feel the anger and frustration boiling beneath the surface as Slim Purdoux tries to keep himself from going ballistic at the drop of a hat. He has to force himself to pull it together just long enough so that his mission of revenge can be accomplished with deadly accuracy. To the author's credit, he knows how to keep the tension building within the story and the pace moving quickly toward its exploding climax. I couldn't help but find myself getting caught up in Slim's emotional anguish, and this led to me care about him. Also, I was amazed at the degree of sympathy that evolves for the street people that Slim gets involved with while hunting down the individuals who were responsible for Frankie's death. The character of Wendell clearly stands out. Even with Wendell's violent temper, crudeness, and street savvy, it doesn't take long for the reader to start liking him. All in all, SPIDER MOON proved to be one of those wonderful experiences that catch you off guard and causes you to anxiously search for other books by the same author.
Post-Modern Poe Strikes Another Daring Pose.......2002-11-30
Another great outre' outing by one of today's foremost Masters of the Macabre. Recommended for those who like their fiction daring and edgy. See also his short story collection, "Black Butterflies."
Street Level Realism Brought Into Unflinching Focus.......2002-11-14
This slim little book packs a whallop. The First Part alone has plenty enough memorable turns of phrase to please the Shirlian reader, or any other reader, for that matter. I was so caught up in Slim's odyssey of vengeance that I felt as if I were in the same state of mind he is. When everthing just stops mattering, and something primal awakens within you, and you are carried along with it, your former personality suddenly taking a back seat to this new, more focused you. I found myself relishing every page even as the dismay mounted as the remaining pages diminished by the minute. It's as if I was trapped in a locked vehicle skidding out of control and my seat belt was stuck: I could see the crash-test-dummy brick wall straight ahead of me and a part of my mind knew the collision was inevitable so the other part just resigned itself to the adrenalized thrill of the ride.
Whatever you wanna label this genre, "streetwise" or whatnot, let me just say that in my opinion, the author is in his element here. SPIDER MOON is the gritty, street-level, real deal. It is trim, wound tight, and written as if the author were dipping a scalpel into his own blood. John's book is decidedly 21st-century, written from a viewpoint that places the reader's perspective in the cradle of the bullet itself. It's as if upon reading this novella, I have been carefully picked up, loaded into Slim's .44 chamber, and thoughtfully fired down the barrel along w/the story, to become imbedded into the heart of all that has awakened Slim's sense of injustice in this world.
This book is a one-sit read at a fast-paced 170 pages. And one of the best things about it is, what a goddamned satisfying resolution! All I can say is "Thanks, John Shirley!" for providing such a necessary tale of redemption and oulaw justice. I am not kidding when I say that the whole story is effective enough to produce real tears in the reader...and I'm not talking about those old snuffly "sad" tears: I'm talking about that one droplet of saline squeezed out of a duct that has everything to do with "Right On!" and little to do w/the tearjerker mentality of artificially induced sorrow.
SPIDER MOON, despite it's straightforwardness & brevity (or because of it-?), will from now on sit on the highest shelf of my collection for me, because it says something so damn many of us have wanted to hear, have needed to hear, for a long time now. It's a crash course in poetic justice, and why the hell Quentin Tarantino doesn't collaborate with John Shirley, I'll never figure out.
you can only run as fast as you can.......2002-10-22
John Shirley has written a short novel that seems larger, which is surprising since it is a fast-moving suspense novel. There is a lot happening in it's 170 pages. Spider Moon is a story of vengeance and hard truths, dark and violent. But it is also about remorse, consequences and the price of redemption - which is sometimes very high. Though the story unfolds at a gallop, the characters are very well drawn (some are surprisingly sympathetic) and there is a wealth of details that add depth to the story without slowing it down. Although not for the easily offended, I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys dark, well-written, and intelligent fiction.
It'll Catch You Up In Its Web (sorry).......2002-10-19
This one hits uncomfortably close to home -- so close, in fact, it took me two weeks to read this short (170 pgs) novel because whenever I came upon a particularly "familiar" passage or disturbing scene, I had to put it down and focus on less depressing things. But I did finish it, and I enjoyed every last punch to the gut. And I cried.
John Shirley has written something extremely important here; he, in his usual no-holds-barred style, has written a cautionary tale that manages to horrify without being gratuitous, warn without being didactic, and move without being sentimental.
There is some lovely imagery within Spider Moon, as well, gorgeous lines like: "She was close to crying, as she rocked, the mournful creaking sound of the rocking chair making a torn paisley shape in my mind..."
The combination of rough, realistic dialogue, the sometimes heart-breakingly angry narrative and fluid, lyrical prose is unique and utterly perfect -- Shirley makes cold-bloodedness seem almost noble, almost beautiful, even when he makes clear that it is anything but. He does "Street" better than any author I've read thus far, and he does it with apparent empathy and masterful grace.
Much of Spider Moon will stay with me, and I'll probably find myself still thinking about it weeks from now -- it will linger, as many excellent books do -- but that last page will always, always haunt me.
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The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (The Thirteen Moon)
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This special edition poly bag set was produced as a Value Pack by the Pedigree Gold Collection. It includes three Limited Out-Of-Print Collector Comics. This special edition includes The Amazing Spider-Man issue #354 (guest starring the Punisher), The Amazing Spider-Man issue #357, and Youngblood issue #3.
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Blood Spiders and Dark Moon contains fourteen tales of terror and wonder. From an earth-devouring spider, a forbidden pact with the devil, a golden city across time and space, a night watchman that is much more than he seems, a vengeful janitor, werewolves, werecats and creatures who travel unseen dimensions, Blood Spiders and Dark Moon takes readers on a hell-bent ride to places they have never been.and will never return from unscathed.
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During the evening of October 4, 1980, in the Pacific Ocean nearly 330 miles from Valdez, Alaska, a fire engulfed the engine room of the Prinsendam, a Holland America cruise ship carrying 320 passengers, most of them elderly.As the fire raged out of control, the ships captain faced the most dire decision of his career: Could he give the order to abandon ship in the face of a typhoon bearing down on the Prinsendams position? The story of this disaster at sea, and of the near-miraculous rescue that ensued, is recounted in heart-stopping detail in this powerful book. Drawing on extensive interviews with passengers, crew, and coast guardsmen, combined with exhaustive research, Burning Cold brings to life the last moments of the doomed cruise ship and the heroic efforts of the Coast Guardsmen who managed to transport every passenger to safety before the Prinsendam rolled and slid bow-first to the bottom on October 11. Told in the hour-by-hour style of Walter Lords Titanic classic, A Night to Remember, the book recreates the drama of one of the most memorableand successfulrescue operations ever to be conducted at sea.
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Cruise Ship Prinsendam.......2007-08-23
A very interesting tale of disaster at sea. An enjoyable read with a few technical errors. Having been involved in this event as a member of the U. S. Coast Guard in Juneau at the time of the disaster I was very interested in the story. Overall a very good job on the part of the author.
(Nurse) Opinion From One of the Last Off The Ship.......2007-06-08
The Story Of The Prinsedam is one that was long overdue. As the only Nurse onboard the Prinsedam as it caught Fire and Sank I would have greatly enjoyed sharing my accounts of what happened on that day to Mr. Jeffers. The Story is still very intriguing, swaying here and there from the truth. Overall I enjoyed reading about an event in my life that makes a really great story.
a book about the "Prinsendam".......2007-04-17
The book was interesting. Why did it take so long to get a book on the "Prinsendam"?
The reason for four stars is that the author claims that this was "the greatest sea rescue of all time". No, it wasn't. THE GREATEST SEA RESCUE OF ALL TIME WAS IN JULY 1956 WHEN NEARLY 1,700 PEOPLE WERE SAVED FROM THE "ANDREA DORIA"
Blah.......2007-02-06
I was on the Woodrush at the time of this disaster. Nice to see a review by one of my old friends here, who felt the same way I do about this book. This truly was not only a Coast Guard response, but a Sitka response as well; everyone in that town turned out to help, be it hotelier, clothing store, or EMS (kudos to Anne and my former mother-in-law) This book just didn't seem to give much thought to the bigger picture. Purchase the book if you were not there, but my advice would be if you were involved in "The greatest maritime rescue in Coast Guard history," to simply keep your memories of this in your heart.
Fire And Water Don't Mix.......2006-11-13
This book chronicles the October 1980 voyage of the Holland America liner "Prinsendam," the rescue of her passengers and crew, and her ultimate foundering in the Gulf of Alaska. The story certainly has enough substance to be enthralling and suspenseful, but I found the book to be overly wordy; references to authors like Shakespeare pointlessly bloat the book, there are frequent, over-dramatic bits of trivia inserted, and the author reminds the reader in approximately every other sentence that rescuing elderly passengers at sea in bad weather is a difficult proposition. (I got that concept the first time.) There is also seemingly limitless speculation on what movie stars would play what roles if the story was produced as a feature film, a device that I found extremely annoying.
The book relies on press clippings and passenger recollections more than the official Dutch accident investigation, which tends to color and sensationalize some of the events. There are also some factual errors and oversights both on the maritime and on the aviation rescue side of the house, which detracted from the book. The author attempts to personalize the accident with backstories about the passengers, which in many cases backfires: in particular the former New Jersey state senator (Fairleigh Dickinson) who is lionized by the author comes across as a pompous windbag, and appears more insufferable than heroic in my estimation. Characters are great for plot development; the right characters are critical.
One major flaw in the book, which tends to relegate it to the historical litterbin is the complete lack of a bibliography or reference citation system of any sort. In a nonfiction book of this nature, that is an absolutely unpardonable sin, and one that would essentially force any serious maritime historian to take the book with a grain of salt.
Having said all this, I awarded the book three stars: despite the faults, it is the only published account of a noteworthy sea disaster, and does teach valuable lessons about maritime safety on cruise ships. The "Prinsendam" disaster taught the cruise industry a lot about shipboard safety, and the ships of today are safer because of the accident. I recommend this book only with reservations: the storyline is occasionally gripping (though generally bloated with trivialities), but the account could, and should, have been much better. If you are interested in safety at sea, this is a quick and not uninteresting read, but understand that the safety systems in cruise liners have changed substantially since 1980, and many of the lessons learned have now been broadly incorporated in shipbuilding and procedural practices.
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The disaster in the Indian Ocean started with a massive undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia. What followed was a surge of water called a tsunami that killed thousands of people in nearly a dozen countries. Water rose up miles inland and destroyed everything in its path. Children were ripped from their parentsÂ’ arms, husbands and wives were lost to each other forever. This is their story. But more importantly, this is a story of hope, of how people woke up to destroyed cities and missing children and did not give up. They showed what they were made of by licking their wounds and then trying to find their lives again. This is also the story of how the world responded with the biggest humanitarian effort in history. Countries from all over the world sent money, food, water, soldiers, and doctors. Nothing like this has ever happened in our world before, and although the world responded in a big way, hopefully it will never happen again.
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time travel,alternate universes,and a believable hero.......1999-05-31
this was the first book that i read that i looked at the authors name so i counld find other books written by her.it starts with a photographer being where he shoudnt be and getting caught in a time travel experiment and being sent to the really,really ancient past. there is wonderful character development and great what if questions.the science is fuzzy this being more of a science fantasy than hard science fiction.this is a fun book.
time travel,alternate universes,and a believable hero.......1999-05-31
this was the first book that i read that i looked at the authors name so i counld find other books written by her.it starts with a photographer being where he shoudnt be and getting caught in a time travel experiment and being sent to the really,really ancient past. there is wonderful character development and great what if questions.the science is fuzzy this being more of a science fantasy than hard science fiction.this is a fun book.
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This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A869504. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The purpose of this study is to investigate how a simulation model can accurately represent the performance of the autonomous wide area search munitions, and to find the effectiveness of the cooperative behavior on the autonomous munitions. Though it does not provide a practical solution for the development of the autonomous wide area search munitions, this research will show some meaningful allocations of the munitions tasks that are applicable to the development of the autonomous munitions. For the first phase, this thesis presents how accurately a simplified simulation model can represent a proposed weapon system by comparing the simulation results to the analytical solutions. For the second phase, this research investigates how each mission parameters including cooperative behavior affects the performance of the weapon system.
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The general public has very little knowledge of what the Public Safety Diving profession is or does. In this book, past and present dive rescue team members offer their accounts dealing with such subjects as body recoveries, evidence searches, flood evacuations, and salvage of aircraft and automobiles.
The Lee's Summit Underwater Rescue & Recovery Team is among the oldest continuously operating dive rescue teams in America, founded in 1966.
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A Note From The Author.......2005-07-23
I proposed the idea of the book when I realized that very little had been written about the field of underwater rescue and recovery, other than training manuals. At the time I was a member of the Lee's Summit Underwater Rescue & Recovery team and I decided that the book would be an oral history from divers who served on the team in the 1960's up to the 1990's.
During the 1960's and 70's there were no certification programs for underwater rescue proceedures, divers learned by trial and error. The founding members of the Lee's Summit team were fortunate to have amoung their members a former Navy Frogman to whip them into shape and give them direction.
Today's divers may be shocked at some of the techniques used in the early days in the caves and murky waters as described in these stories. This book is a history and not a training manual. Many of the proceedures described in this book have been abandoned while others are the foundation of current underwater rescue team methods.
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Manufacturer: Ace Books, New York
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Norton, Andre | ( N ) | Authors, A-Z | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000I010WY |
Product Description
Modern Guy is thrown way, way back in time.
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