Wet Work

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not his best.......2001-07-07

'In 1986, Architectural Digest asked me to do a piece on Malcolm Forbes's yacht, the Highlander,' the 38-year-old writer said in a telephone interview from his New York City office. Mr. Buckley said he learned that Forbes was planning a journey from Manaus, Brazil, to Iquitos, Peru, with the billionaire John Kluge. 'I was casting around for a book idea and thought, "There's one -- a comedy of manners about two billionaires going up the Amazon to the heart of darkness."' -Interview with Andrew Yarrow, NY Times Book Review

I suppose there's some sense in which it's unfair to hold an author's successes against him, but Christopher Buckley's other books are so good, that this one, though adequate, seems terribly disappointing. He's taken the scenario above and turned it into a kind of cross between A Man in Full and Death Wish. When billionaire industrialist Charlie Becker's beloved granddaughter Natasha dies of a drug overdose, he sets out to wreak his terrible revenge on the entire drug apparatus responsible for her death. By the end of the novel, he's, you guessed it, on board his yacht in the Amazon on pursuing a Peruvian cocaine kingpin.

There are many funny lines and the action is thrilling enough, though it does go on longer than it needs to. I suppose that if this was the first novel I'd read by Christopher Buckley I might be more lenient, but knowing how much better he's capable of, this one just gets the slightest of recommendations. Try Little Green Men or The White House Mess instead.

GRADE : C

Imagine a cross between Tom Clancy and Tom McGuane.......1997-06-17

A simple premise ... a wealthy American businessman's only granddaugter dies of a cocaine overdose. He decides that he's going to kill everyone who had anything to do with it, starting with her boyfriend and ending with the head of the Columbian drug cartel. Along the way yachts are wrecked and burned, secret love affairs are revealed, priests are consulted, and plenty of smartass dialogue is emitted. Buckley obviously knows what really rich people are really like, and in addition to having a great plot and memorable charactes, it's full of consistently interesting observations. A good book

Scientific Wet Process Technology for Innovative LSI/FPD Manufacturing

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Scientific Wet Process Technology for Innovative LSI/FPD Manufacturing

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As science pushes closer toward the atomic size scale, new challenges arise to slow the pace of the miniaturization that has transformed our society and fueled the information age. New technologies are necessary to surpass these obstacles and realize the tremendous growth predicted by Moore's law. Assembled from the works of pioneering researchers, Scientific Wet Process Technology for Innovative LSI/FPD Manufacturing presents new developments and technologies for producing the next generation of electronic circuits and displays. This book introduces radical-reaction-based semiconductor manufacturing technologies that overcome the limitations of the existing molecule-reaction-based technologies. It systematically details the procedures and underlying concepts involved in wet process technologies and applications. Following an introduction to semiconductor surface chemical electronics, expert contributors discuss the principles and technology of high-performance wet cleaning; etching technologies and processes; antistatic technology; wet vapor resist stripping technology; and process and safety technologies including waste reclamation, chemical composition control, and ultrapure water and liquid chemical supply systems and materials for fluctuation-free facilities. Currently, large production runs are needed to balance the costs of acquiring and tuning equipment for specialized operating conditions. Scientific Wet Process Technology for Innovative LSI/FPD Manufacturing explains the technologies and processes used to meet the demand for variety and low volumes that exists in today's digital electronics marketplace.

The Wet Engine: Exploring The Mad Wild Miracle Of The Heart

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Brian Doyle has an absolutely unique voice...
Walk in his shoes before criticizing!
Didn't quite live up to its potential
The books only get better
Lovely, spirit-filled, and poignant.

The Wet Engine: Exploring The Mad Wild Miracle Of The Heart
Brian Doyle
Manufacturer: Paraclete Press (MA)
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ASIN: 1557254052

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These profoundly moving ruminations will change how you feel and think about the mysterious, fragile, human heart.

"Every creature on earth has approximately two billion heartbeats to spend in a lifetime. You can spend them slowly, like a tortoise, and live to be two hundred years old, or you can spend them fast, like a hummingbird, and live to be two years old."

The heart: it is known as the seat of the soul, the power house of the body, the essence of spirituality. No other bodily organ has so captured the imagination of human beings since the beginning of time.

This startling, genuinely unique book moves like a freight train through the scientific, emotional, literary, philosophical, and spiritual understandings of the heart—from cardiology to courage, from love letters and pop songs to Jesus. The torment of Doyle's own infant son's heart surgery is the thread weaving the strands together, but the wisdom is for every person who seeks a more passionate life, in touch with the heart of God.

"This wonderful book has two heroes: a small boy with a damaged heart, and a surgeon who knows how to repair the damaged hearts of small boys. Such heroes deserve a gifted poet to sing their songs. Brian Doyle is that poet." Chet Raymo, author of Climbing Brandon: Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain

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Brian Doyle has an absolutely unique voice..........2007-04-12

No one writes quite like Brian Doyle. He is lyrical, literate, unpredictable, unafraid, kind, and damned funny. In this book, he is also incredibly moving, as he writes about his son's wounded heart and the doctors who save him. As he explores all the emotions and science leading outward into the world from his family's journey, we share in his curiosity and his reverence and his joy. A fine book.

Walk in his shoes before criticizing!.......2006-01-26

This is definitely a beautiful tribute to his son AND his surgeons!
To those who may feel as though the author has resorted to "simple hero-worship", I must tell you that you will NEVER fully understand the author's position. He does, in fact, worship those surgeons. He puts them on a pedestal and will never be able to thank them enough.
I know this because those same surgeons, (Dr. McIrvin, Dr. Iguidbashian, Dr. Hagup) also performed surgery on my son who was born with the same heart defect of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. They are the epitome of pure genius.
I bought this book in part because it IS a tribute to those men. How would you feel about someone who gave your precious child the gift of life and hope?
Thank you, Mr. Doyle, for this moving story of hope, strength, inspiration, and admiration.

Didn't quite live up to its potential.......2005-09-21

This book could have been so good. There are moments where it becomes richly profound and genuinely moving - such as when Doyle considers the place of his son in his life, heart troubles and all - but then he slips back into what felt like simple hero-worship of the (admitedly talented) surgeon who saved his son's life.

I really wanted to love this book, but when I finished I felt more disappointed than truly moved.

The books only get better.......2005-09-13

I saw this book listed on your suggested items several months ago. I had purchased several of Brian's previous books and always found them uplifting and thought provoking. It was only a few days after I purchased this book, The Wet Engine that my wife had a heart attack so it brought home to me the frail qualities of our most important engine. Doyle writes with a very sensitive but yet funny style that kept me turning the pages even though I needed sleep. As his books go, I would recommend this one as a leap forward in his style and insight.
My highschool writing teacher told me that you need to write about something you know or are close to. Evidently Doyle understands this as all his writing is deeply personal and close to home.

Lovely, spirit-filled, and poignant........2005-08-04

This little book shows how important and precious each life is. It reminded me that every day is a gift, and the way we live can be a gift to all those with whom we interact. This book is huge even in its brevity.

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Thrilling page turner ;o)

Boo and Baa Get Wet

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As Boo and Baa read scary goodnight books in their bunk beds, the lights suddenly go out. "What now? What happened?" It was lightning! This wouldn't be so bad--it might even have been cozy--except that they both simultaneously realize that they left the croquet set outside. "We have to go out and get it," says Baa. This begins the tale of how wet Boo and Baa get. Frightened by the bathrobes on the clothesline (Boo thinks they are ghosts), they dive into their plastic mini swimming pool, getting even wetter. Back inside, they wonder whether non-bathrobe ghosts may really exist. "Boo!" says Boo. "Baa..." says Baa, just as the lights come on again. We adore Olof and Lena Landstrom's simple, but wonderfully nuanced Boo and Baa books, including Boo and Baa in the Woods. (Baby to preschool) --Karin Snelson

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Boo and Baa have to go out on a dark and rainy night to get the croquet set they left outside.
"Do we have to?" asks Boo.
"We'll have the flashlight with us," says Baa.

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Thrilling page turner ;o).......2000-11-11

We are big fans of Olof Landstrom and Boo and Baa so this book did not disappoint. Boo and Baa are two cute little sheep who seem to fall into one escapade after another and, true to form, they have another adventure in this book. There is fun and games, a thunderstorm, and possibly ghosts! What more you could you ask for in a story?

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Galactopoesis is the medical term for the continued secretion and production of milk. It derives from the Greek radicals for 'milk' (galacto) and 'making' (poesis), which is also 'poetry.' In Wet Apples, White Blood, nursing, as a constant creative act dependent on the baby’s demand, is a trope for the creative process and for questions of biology, psychology, and spirituality.

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A good visit to a older title
A fast-paced and interesting take on the zombie apocalypse tale
Infernoerno- aka..Zombieaholic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Romero + Keene + A Gun Shop = Wet Work
Romero Meets Clancy

Wet Work
Philip Nutman
Manufacturer: Jove
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0515111155

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A good visit to a older title.......2007-06-22

I was pleased to find this title on Amazon and get the book used through the site. I am trying as best I can to find as many zombie novels that have been made and certainly this work stands out as a quality work of the genre.
Philip Nutman wrote the short story Wet Work for 'The Book of the Dead' and expanded it into a full sized novel. It still has the feel of a up tempo fast paced story that pretty much takes place within a few days. Our two main characters are Dominic Corvino and Nick Packard, whose stories are seperate but intertwined through a zombie apocalypse caused by the effects of a comet that not only brings the dead back to life but excellerates common colds and other viruses so that victims die rapidly.
This work certainly had to have some influence on other tales of the undead such as 'The Rising' and 'Dead City', amongst others, with both its intelligent and truly malevolent zombies and the fast paced action that moves at a breakneck clip.
The basics of the story are that Corvino is a black ops operative who is trying to uncover who betrayed him during the first day of the undead uprising. Meanwhile, Nick is a rookie cop spending his very first days on the job dealing with the total chaos of a quickly unravelling Washington DC as more and more dead get back up and start attacking. His wife, Sandy, has gone to New York to deal with the last days of her dying mother and the two of them have to fight through this new nightmare world to try to find each other once again.
I had fun reading this book. It is a pretty quick and easy read and though there are a few lapses in the quality of the work (as another reviewer accurately points out, Nutman doesn't do that great of a job describing sex-it was a tad bit over the top) the writing was easily absorbed and entertaining. Another criticism that others mentioned was that the ending was far too abrupt but to me the pacing remained faily consistent throughout the entire novel-the story moves at a rather fast pace throughout. Overall, a book that is worth digging up if you are a fan of undead horror and fast paced action.

A fast-paced and interesting take on the zombie apocalypse tale.......2007-03-24

Philip Nutman is a name rarely known outside the zombie genre circles, but that could be just the fact that he hasn't written much in terms of novels since his explosive debut with his novel Wet Work. The novel was born out of the short story of the same title that was part of the 1989 zombie short story collection, Book of the Dead. Philip Nutman took the interesting twist on the zombie tale in that short story and blew it up to novel and epic proportions which brings to mind George A. Romero's grand opus work, Dawn of the Dead.

The novel begins with one of the lead protagonists, Dominic Corvino (CIA covert operator and part of the black op and wetwork team code named Spiral), barely living through a botched mission in Panama City and realizing that there might be a traitor wihtin the team and the CIA. At the same time all of this was occurring the comet Saracen begins its close pass by of the the planet and leaving behind a gift which would begin the clock to humanity's downfall and damnation.

It is back in the U.S. where the action really starts to go into overdrive as the effects of Saracen's pass-by of the planet begins to turn what should've been a normal day for D.C. cop Nick Packard into a decent into the hell that only grew worse with each passing day. Random, violent incidents begin to flood the station call-lines. It's the beginning of the zombie pandemic which starts off with a handful of attacks but which begins to spread in a geometric rate as each death returns to a semblance of life with only the extreme hunger for human flesh their only want or need. Most of the zombies were of the George A. Romero slow, shambling types but Nutman throws a wrench into the whole machine by allowing certain strong-willed individuals to return fully cognizant of their faculties and memories but at the same time harboring the same hunger as their slower and dumber cousins. These intelligent zombies will soon include Dominic Corvino as one of their numbers. As he battles his own hunger Corvino goes on a vendetta mission to take out those who betrayed him and his team in Panama City and whose new lease on unlife has turned the battle of the humans against the zombies into a slaughterhouse where the livings humans are both outnumbered and outgunned. It doesn't help that another side-effect of Saracen's pass-by of the planet was to lower the immune system of all humans worldwide. If the dumb and intelligent zombies do not get the humans then infection and disease of all kinds would finish the job.

Nick Packard gives the reader a point-of-view from the battleground itself. We see the world he knew fall apart around him as horrific scenes bombard him and his fellow officers at every turn. He also has to worry about his own wife who he has left behind at their D.C. suburban home before the crisis broke out. He, too, has his own mission to accomplish as law and order quickly crumble and fall around him and his brothers-in-arms. He now has the singular goal to reach his wife and hope that she has lived through the nightmare the world has turned into.

As the story progresses to its inevitable conclusion, both Corvino and Packard's paths will cross and both men will have to settle their score with the powers-that-be who seem to have accepted the new order in the world and have adapted quite fast from protecting and serving the people to feeding on them.

The book has its share of flaws that at times belie the fact that Nutman was new to this novel-size writing. The dialogue would become very cliched and purple in prose. I didn't mind the extreme level of gore (it's a zombie novel and I expected it, in fact) and violence, but the description of sex in the book seemed forced and too much like something out of Penthouse Forums to be believable. It just goes to show that it is much easier to write about violence and gore than it is to write a good sex scene. The story could've needed another hundred pages or so, as hard to believe as that might be. The story had a very consistent fast pacing which suddenly went warp-speed in the final 80-90 pages.

In the end, even with the flaws in the story I thoroughly enjoyed reading Wet Work and was completely engrossed by its mixture of apocalyptic horror, Mack Bolan-style action sequences and splatterpunk excesses. It is a shame that Philip Nutman hasn't written more horror since he certainly seems to have a talent for it. I've read his comic book writing and they're very good to great which just makes it even more baffling he doesn't write more. I would recommend this book to all zombie fans who haven't read it yet. The book delivers as advertised and doesn't try to be anything but a rip-roaring, action-horror tale which will leave the reader exhausted but still wanting the story to continue even past the final scene of judgement day by way of nuclear fire.

Infernoerno- aka..Zombieaholic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-10

I like just about every zombie book I read and found this book average. It is a good read and is different than the usual zombie title and is pretty graphic. If you are looking for something to read and is pretty decent this is your book.

Romero + Keene + A Gun Shop = Wet Work.......2005-11-29

I had read that Philip Nutman's "Wet Work" was based on his story from "The Book of the Dead" so I assumed the zombies would be George Romero-style. Well, it's true some of the zombies are slow, mindless flesh-eating drones. But, to my surprise and delight, Nutman has also thrown smart, fast zombies in the mix (somewhat like Keene's "The Rising") as well and most of the book centers on them.

The novel follows a Washington, D.C. cop and a black-ops type assassin as the society of the living crumbles and the dead rise due (apparently) to the earth passing through the tail of a strange comet. While the events of the book are not particularly groundbreaking in the zombie genre (flesh is eaten, loved ones are separated, lead characters become zombies, rinse, repeat), Wet Work is well written and the military style action is fast and furious. Probably the only virgin territory Nutman ventures into is the establishment of a new government by the undead, for the undead, which results in some amusing scenes between the smart dead and the living.

If you're a zombie fan you won't find anything particularly surprising in Philip Nutman's "Wet Work" but you will have a good time in a familiar landscape.

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Romero Meets Clancy.......2003-09-12

Been a while since I've read this book but it was good. What's it like? Well, imagine that Tom Clancy decided to write a short horror novel with zombies in it. It would probably turn out alot like this one.

A Passion for Ranching: Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley Heritage

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An Education

A Passion for Ranching: Colorado's Wet Mountain Valley Heritage
Bill Gillette
Manufacturer: Westcliffe Publishers
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An Education.......2006-06-20

It is very comforting to know that ranching is still a way of life in our country and not just a part of history. It's a delight to read this informative book, and the beautiful photographs are a treat for the eyes. Kudos to all involved in the making of this book.

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One of the best and certainly most terrifying of the series.

Wet Work (Vicap, No. 7)
Michael Newton
Manufacturer: Dell
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Release Date: 1992-01-04

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One of the best and certainly most terrifying of the series........1999-09-10

FBI agents Joe Flynn and Martin Tanner work the serial killer beat for the western states in general and Los Angles in particular.When they respond to a murder Tanner recognizes the work as that of a man he saw executed in Texas the year before.What follows is a trip down nightmare lane that involes a goverment experiment to create the perfect covert assassin and a secret goverment agency that is willing to go to any length to cover it's tracks,including the murder of an FBI agent,and his wife.

Fluffy, Flat, And Wet: A Book About Clouds (Amazing Science)

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Fluffy, Flat, And Wet: A Book About Clouds (Amazing Science)
Dana Meachen Rau
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A wonderful resource book!

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Excellent Guide for Halthier Cooking

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Christina Cooks: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whole Foods But Were Afraid to Ask
Christina Pirello
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ASIN: 1557884234
Release Date: 2004-01-06

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TV's Christina cooks more than 200 recipes.

Public television cooking show host Christina Pirello is the woman who put the fun back into healthy cooking. In Christina Cooks she's responded to the hundreds of questions that her viewers and readers have put to her over the years-with lots of sound, sane advice, hints, tips and techniques-plus loads of great recipes for scrumptious, healthy meals with a Mediterranean flair.

A whole foods cookbook, Christina Cooks offers inventive ideas for breakfast, special occasions, and what to feed the kids. Chapters include Soups, Breakfast, Kids' Favorites, Beans, Grains, Vegetables, Beverages, and Desserts-Christina addresses popular myths about dairy and protein amongst other often misunderstood ideas about healthful eating.

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A wonderful resource book!.......2007-09-16

I bought this as a gift for a former vegan; he loved the meals in it and appreciated the link to his past. Now, he cooks one dish a week from this book for his new wife, who never considered a no-meat diet could be good!

Disappointed.......2007-03-13

While on vacation I caught one of Christina's Cable TV programs and was impressed with the recipes and preparation. Because I cannot view her TV program at home I purchased her book. I did not like the recipes in the book and returned it. I'm mostly interested in low fat vegetarian recipes. An alternative book Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites had many more recipes that I liked.

Excellent Guide for Halthier Cooking.......2007-02-28

This is an excellent resource for everyone who would like to upgrade to healthier cooking without the use of sugar and animal products including dairy. The book provides an intro that explains benefits of whole foods/vegan diet and is full of delicious recipes that would excite even sugar junkies or long-standing carnivores. Some of the ingredients may be unknown to mainstream American audience, but are generally easy to come by given proliferation of health food markets such as Whole Foods or Wild Oats. The book is also a great resource for those interested in macrobiotics. Followers of macrobiotic diet tend to have a rather restricted diet due to lack of imagination or too narrow interpretation of traditional macrobiotic teachings. This book will help them to get out that rut into a more exciting and flavorful realm.

Outstanding.........2007-01-30

This is the best cookbook yet by Christina. Every single recipe I have tried thus far has been outstanding. I liked it so much I gave this book to several of my friends for the holidays. It is an excellent cookbook for persons just transitioning into macrobiotic cuisine, who are in good health as it is a very wide diet. Recipes are balanced and most of all delicious. I highly recommend it.

Awesome.......2006-04-27

I kind of had my doubts about this book. My boyfriend and I have occasionally stopped by her show on PBS to mock her husband's guitar playing. Next time we might restrain ourselves - all the recipes we've tried from this book have been wonderful!

Last night I made the Tofu and Hiziki Croquettes and they were so delicious I was inspired to write a review. They were so delicious!

The recipes are not necessarily low fat - e.g. she recommends deep frying the croquettes (I pan fried them instead) - and some of her recipes are quite sweet - lots of mirin and brown rice syrup in some savory dishes. Nonetheless, her style of cooking is very appealing and imaginative. I like the asian influences as well.

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