Review of Chief Executive Officer (Paperback)

Mark Hanson's Chief Executive Officer is an unorthodox novel about two men who, disillusioned with the roles they have played so far, switch identities in hope of improving things for the better. An urbane, business-savvy CEO dares to run a miners' union with numerous thugs and knuckle-breakers, while a labor leader who once fought in the Vietnam War struggles to do something about a rapidly failing 16-billion dollar insurance corporation. Unprepared and caught in totally unfamiliar environments, each leader must adapt to change not only to survive, but to succeed where the other has failed, until ultimately their paths cross once again - as business antagonists at the negotiation table. Chief Executive Officer is a highly intriguing, unforgettable read about being caught in the Fast World and struggling to run just as fast as you can to keep up.

Product Description
Having a bad day at the office? How would you like to be CEO of a rapidly failing, 16 billion- dollar insurance corporation and you haven't a clue about what to do? Why? Because you are there by mistake. Your real life has been that of an angry, over-the-edge labor leader with a history of battling copper mine owners with unconventional skills learned in Vietnam. What about the urbane, Madison Avenue business fellow who is supposed to be CEO of the corporation? He is up in Montana trying to do your job running a large miners' union filled with thugs, torpedoes, and other assorted knuckle-breakers.

Chif Executive Officer is the story of these two men, disillusioned with their own lives, making a stealthy switch and trying to run organizations for which they have neither training nor experience. In alien environments they battle to hold their jobs and keep their secret while facing hostile challenges ranging from computer crime to investigative reporters. Finally, an unexpected series of explosive events pit the two men against each other across the bargaining table in a struggle that can have only one victor.

About the Author
Mark Hanson is a Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Management at the University of California, Riverside. As an international consultant, he has worked on projects for the World Bank, the United States Information Agency, UNESCO, the United Nations Development Program, and the Harvard Institute for International Development.

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Review of Louisiana Red: "Club Sense" (Paperback)

This book is somewhat a continuation of "Draumatized". Hannah's sole purpose was to move to Houston to obtain an education. In Miss Scott's first book, Hannah became a stripper to make fast cash. Along with the lifestyle, she gets caught up with a violatle boyfriend. An accident can re-route her life if she doesn't find out the truth.

It's a very interesting book. Miss Scott is very descriptive of an average night for a stripper. You see Hannah at work and then you see a softer side of her at home. You wonder how she manages both worlds. Her motives are almost the same as Diamond in "Player's Club".

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Hannah Triland is on a fast road to hell in this mind- twisting novel about strip club fantasy love. Club Sense is about a court- case that can leave Hannah in prison for years if she can't prove her innocence to a jury. Kevin Haykelia, the white male, who stole Hannah's heart on September 11th 2001, harbors a horrible secret that Hannah has to uncover if she wants to live to see her twenty-third birthday. The car accident caused by Hannah and Kevin put Larry Potter in a coma. Hannah is charged with a DWI and vehicular homicide. Hannah has to pay restitution to the victim's family. Also, Hannah has to fight for her life in this highly emotional drama about a black exotic dancer living life in the fast lane. She meets Antoine Hill, a very handsome doctor, who sweeps her off her feet and gives her more than she could have ever dreamed, but only one thing stands between them, he is married. Hannah is the most lovable female protagonist of all time because through all the intense drama she still manages to make it to class. Hannah will fight with wit, intelligence, and the hustler's mentality that lives inside her soul to overcome the vicious circle of destruction that Kevin Haykelia, the antagonist, has set up for her. Acclaim"When you read this book you will not want to put it down until you have read the entire book. It is a modern day work of literature that takes you inside the mind of the young and beautiful Hannah Triland." ------------ Danielle Thomas

About the Author
Ronder Patrice Scott grew up in Northern Louisiana, in a small town called Minden. Her family raised her on the Penal Farm Road until her mother died as a result of poverty and alcoholism. By the time she was seven she moved in with her grandmother where she grew very fond of literature. She read library books and romance novels on every occasion she could find. She is the youngest child in a huge family of nine. She moved from Minden in 1998 to attend Texas Southern University, and major in Telecommunications. She graduated at the age of 25 from the University in the year 2005. Her novel, Draumatized, was published March of 2004. She has won the editors choice award for the poem, "Will", she wrote when she was seventeen. The poem was published in A Symphony of Verse (1998). She enjoys writing screenplays and movie shorts. She produced her first short film, Hater Proof in 2005. She continues to write on a daily basis and will publish more books in the near future.

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Review of Dave Dangerous and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Paperback)

I have been reading this book (Dave Dangerous and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) as a chapter book to my kid's. I got so interested in it I ended up all night reading it for myself. The author has a quirky sense of humor that really reminds me of the old Monty Python shows. The book is definitely targeting younger people but the authors wry sense of wit and engaging writing style makes it enjoyable for adults as well. If you are reading to your kids at night like I do, this is a great book for the older ones that are getting more interested in chapter books.

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Dave Dangerous, a 12-year-old soccer crazy Scottish schoolboy and gifted amateur detective, goes on summer vacation to San Diego with his parents. Upon overhearing a conversation about a kidnapping, Dave determines to find the victims.Joining forces with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (whose real names are John, Paul, George and Ringo) and Samantha, the most annoying girl in the world and niece to the missing persons, Dave embarks on a hilarious adventure where he has to, amongst other things, help win the most important soccer game of the year between two Goblin tribes, outwit an Ogre who has delusions of being an actor, survive a trek through the desert and ultimately save the world. Who say's vacations aren't fun?

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Review of The Last Guardian (Paperback)

...I'm definitely glad I picked it up!

This is NOT the type of book I read--in fact, I saw it on the clearance rack or I never would have gotten it.

As several have already said, the book is a "spiritual thriller."I have to COMPLETELY disagree with the Publisher's Weekly review in almost every point.Yes, there are significant portions of violence, but none of them "gratuitous."

Without going into the plot much, which would REEEALLY spoil it for those of you who haven't read it, Johnson does a masterful job of weaving a couple of storylines into a single work.Basically, the story takes place in two "alternate" universes.Far-fetched?Yeah, of course, but it makes a great story, and the spiritual message is not left behind.

It took me a while to figure out where the author was going with the plot, and just when I thought I had it, he surprised me again.The book was tough to put down until completed, the measure by which I judge most books--this one gets five stars!



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Review of Cola Wars (Paperback)

HARD TO FIND BOOK.I DO ENJOY IT.I RECOMMEND IT FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF PEPSI AND COKE.GREAT BUY.

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In a time where all water is infected by the poisonous "sludge", two cola companies struggle for world domination. Super-heroes representing the Coak-Cola and Popsi-Cola corporations slug it out in pursuit of ultimate victory while the down-trodden common man suffers from dehydration, caffeine-addiction and dental decay.

Jack is as SS-man, a Special Services Operative for Coak-Cola. He does the dirty work and makes a good living. He's got a posh pad, a fast car, and chicks really dig him. Everything is going just great until he begins to catch on that his employer is not so benevolent as he had once been lead to believe.

Something is rotten in Cola-Land. And Jack, reluctant Jack, along with a mysterious new super-hero who calls himself "The Blue Buddha", must make a stand for truth, justice, and clean drinking-water for all.

About the Author
Dennis J. Barton is a Special Services Operative for a major cola company. He hopes to develop super-human powers and make a stand for justice and truth.

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Review of Replica (Paperback)

Bill Clem writes riveting action scenes. He grounds his story in reality and makes it so believable its all the more frightening. It would make a great movie.

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Off the Indonesian coast, a 747 plunges into the Pacific Ocean, leaving a handful of survivors that wash ashore onto a deserted island. Unbeknownst to them, the island is home to a secret genetics lab where Dr. Peter Carlson has attempted to resurrect a long-extinct mammal. But something has gone horribly wrong and soon they realize that surviving the plane crash was the easy part. Something more sinister than anything they could have imagined is stalking them. And it is determined to see that no one makes it off the island alive.

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