Treason (Navy Justice, Book 1)

Treason (Navy Justice, Book 1)

This book was written by Don Brown, an ex US Navy JAG Officer in 2005. I ordered this book well over a year ago, but only recently saw these words from the prologue.

"I am recruiting a new breed of Islamic fighter. A fighter who can blend into the Western Landscape with fluency in English, with the ability to instantly ditch his turban for a business suit...." Hussein's black eyes glinted, drawing Abdur in. "A fighter with the willingness to don a U.S. Military Uniform for the cause of Allah."

In view of recent events, this book sent shivers down my spine. Does Don Brown know something the rest of us don't? Highly recommended!!

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Last of the Breed

Last of the Breed

This book, however, is different. This is the kind of authentically detailed story that is his hallmark, but it is more modern. It is about U.S. Air Force Major Joe Mack, whose forbears were Sioux Indian. When his experimental aircraft is forced down in the USSR, he is captured, and no one but he and his captors know he is a prisoner. He escapes a prison camp, and is forced to survive the Siberian wilderness in an effort to make it to the Bering Strait, which he will have to cross to get back home. He is pursued relentlessly by a Yakut scout who knows the land intimately. Joe Mack must think like a Sioux to escape.

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The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Wow. I was barely able to put this book down for a second after the first few pages got me completely hooked. Suzanne Collins narrative here has an immediacy to it that, when combined with the very dramatic life-or-death plot, is incredibly compelling. It's entertaining, and incredibly disturbing all at once. If this was merely a good read, I would have given it 4 stars, but they say great art leaves you changed after you experience it... and this book definitely did that. Suzanne Collins has, with one amazing work, propelled herself onto my top shelf.

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Swift (Hardcover)

Swift (Hardcover)

This hardback book is like others by the same author -- excellent writing in a high-quality book. The author does extensive research before writing, and it is clear when reading Blake's books and looking at the amazing illustrations. My five-year-old son is completely engaged by this author's stories and learns from them. We recommend the other books by him as well. It tells the story of a boy, his father and their dog on a hunting trip. Something goes wrong, and the dog plays a major role in helping the boy to rescue his father.

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Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island

Playmobil: The Secret of Pirate Island

Saw this in a Red box and noticed that it said "Interactive" so I got it for my son 3.5 yrs old. He was really excited to see it and had fun with the pirate theme. Even though the theme was pirates there was nothing too scary in there to make him nervous and the colors and animation were simple but not cheap.

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One Piece: Season One, Third Voyage

One Piece: Season One, Third Voyage

At this point in the popular comedy-adventure One Piece, Monkey D. Luffy, who's been reduced to a gofer ("Chore Boy!") at a floating restaurant, has to take out Don Krieg and his henchmen before he can continue on his quest to become King of the Pirates. Using his Gum-Gum powers to dispose of the Krieg Pirates, he takes Sanji the cook and super-swordsman Zoro to find Nami. Luffy doesn't care that she stole their ship Going Merry, but she's a friend, and he never abandons a friend. At Nami's childhood home of Cocoyashi Village, Luffy rejoins Usopp, Johnny and Yusaku. He also meets his weirdest foes to date: The Fishmen, under the command of Arlong the Pirate, who has a nose like a sawfish's beak.

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Pirate Latitudes: A Novel

Pirate Latitudes: A Novel

Michael Crichton's "Pirate Latitudes" is everything you're looking for in a pirate adventure. It doesn't necessarily do anything new with the genre, but it will satisfy those who found the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" films too over-the-top and cartoony.

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The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril: A Novel

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril: A Novel

How could you NOT like a novel featuring the likes of Walter Gibson and Lester Dent (chief scribes of The Shadow and Doc Savage, respectively), a pre-Dianetics L. Ron Hubbard, Robert Heinlein, Louis L'Amour, Chester Himes and the re-animated corpse of H. P. Lovecraft? The answer is, you CAN'T. An affectionate, well-crafted tribute to these masters of pulp fiction, The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is a book that wears its heart on its sleeve, a crackling good yarn brimming with non-stop action, warm humor and casual mayhem.

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The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)

The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)

Wells's first novel is one of his best: it has lived on in the imagination of the Twentieth Century, breeding all sorts of children - some rather gainly like Jack Finney's delightful "Time and Again", some less so. This beautifully written novella blends Darwinian speculation and Marxist nightmare with a page-turning narrative of high adventure - still fresh and vivid after 110 years. It ends on a note of poignancy and optimism that seeks to balance the horror and despair that has come before, and leaves you in the quiet hush that follows a tale well told.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico [UMD for PSP]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico [UMD for PSP]

Ah, now this is what I'm talking about; thrilling gun battles, brooding characters, bullets that simply EXPLODE characters across the screen, brilliant music and STYLE, lots and lots of STYLE. Johnny Depp can't help but steal the movie. His final scenes, sunglasses covering his eyes, blood running down his face, dressed in all black, smoke billowing around him, are just amazing.

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Running to Oblivion

Running to Oblivion

This reconciliation introduces him to May Marquez, the stepdaughter of Foster's boss, an exiled Colombian coke lord named Esteban. May asks Trevor to help her escape from Esteban's sordid control and he agrees to help her. Little does he realize that it will draw the interest of Dallas Bertram, a DEA agent who is investigating Foster's drug connections.

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The Hangover (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]

The Hangover (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]

The film is so cheerfully raunchy, so fiercely crude, that the humor becomes as intoxicating as the mind-altering substances. The standout in the ensemble is Zach Galifianakis, who is alternately creepy and hilarious. Ed Helm (The Office), in addition to his memory, loses a tooth in uncomfortably realistic fashion, and Bradley Cooper (He's Just Not That into You) has deadpan comic timing that whips along at the speed of light. "Ma'am, you have an incredible rack," he blares to a pedestrian from the squad car the guys have "borrowed." "I should have been a [bleeping] cop," he tells himself approvingly.

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