The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril: A Novel

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The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is a thrilling debut novel that casts the rivalry between two of pulp fiction's most revered writers into its own saga, which bursts from the pages with blood, cruelty, fear, mystery, vengeance, courageous heroes, evil villains, dames in distress, secret identities, disguises, global schemes, hideous deaths, beautiful psychics, superweapons, cliff-hanging escapes, and other outrageous pulp lies that are all completely true.

Return to 1937, when America is turning to the pulps for relief from the Depression, and meet Walter Gibson, the mind behind The Shadow, and his rival for the top-selling spot on the nation's newsstands, Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage. The murder of Gibson's friend H. P. Lovecraft -- victim of a mysterious death that literally makes the skin crawl -- is about to bring these two writers face to face with a peril sprung from the pulps.

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is at once a valentine to an old-fashioned genre as well as a modern, meta-literary examination of the classic hero pulp. From the palaces and battlefields of warlord-plagued China to the seedy waterfronts of Providence, Rhode Island; from frozen seas and cursed islands to the dizzying and labyrinthine alleys and tunnels of lower Manhattan, Dent and Gibson, joined by the young pulp writer L. Ron Hubbard and a host of colorful characters, finally step out from behind the shadows of their creations to take part in a heroic journey far greater than any story they have imagined as they race to stop a madman destined to create a new empire born of, and based in, pure, gaseous evil.

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is a swashbuckling romantic tale of writers and writing, magic and love, marriage and fatherhood, and ambition and loss that weaves the true lives of its real-life characters into a fictional epic.

Customer Reviews:

Super Reader.......2007-08-30

The death and funeral and reappearance of H. P. Lovecraft heralds an adventure for Walter Gibson, Lester Dent, and L. Ron Hubbard.

A Chinese warlord is involved, reminding Gibson of the Shadow, and plenty of cameos, most significantly by Doc Smith and Robert Heinlein, among others.

A decent book, although the Chinese political interludes certainly drag, at times. Certainly worth a look if you like hero pulp.

Good, dirty fun.......2007-07-31

I can't believe I waited so long to read the book... by now I could have read it twice! Curses! This book is highly entertaining. I admire Malmont's ability to craft a complex plot and switch among character viewpoints in a way that strengthens the moody atmosphere. And what characters--from the flick of cigarette to yearning for fatherhood, I found them rich in their thought and actions; resonant with just the right amount of glamour.

I was particularly drawn in by the movement of the plot from New York to Providence and back, as I happen to split my time between the two cities (for now). Anyone who loves New York City's history will find the descriptions in the work fascinating.

Too Jokey.......2007-05-21

An art-less Kavalier & Klay-style take on the masters of Pulp. Good detail, but too many wisecracks that fall flat. The best part of the book is the villian's backstory which is played straight. And it's hard to root for the character of Kenneth Robeson as the Doc Savage books I recall reading had dreadful racial problems.

Excellent.......2007-05-17

Picked this up on the recommendation from [..] as their best book of 2006. It's easy to see why they liked it so much. There's a lot to enjoy here. Very entertaining pulp homage that reads like a page-turner. Will look forward to more by this author. Recommended.

Nothing here to read.......2007-04-22

I bought this book for two reasons: I wanted to get more familiar with the whole pulp culture and the reviews here gave the idea that the plot was experimental in a kind of fun way.

What I found was no true characters at all, no memorable situations, no exciting action, no beautiful or unique places, nothing funny, very little of the stylish 30s/40s things I expected from it, very little anything.

Of course there were the recurrent pulp references, but the pulp never got a proper foothold either. Almost as if the writer was in a limbo between making it a slice-of life piece for pulp author fanboys/girls, a homage to pulp, Zhang Mei's life story and actual pulp action. Neither really worked in my opinion.

A few pieces I liked were in the start when he described a smokey bar where the mysterious pulp authors gathered and where Walter Gibson told the story of the Sweet Flower Wars in the Chinatown, his description of H.P. Lovecraft's personal life and when they were making plans of what a The Shadow movie should look like... But moments like that were seriously really rare.

I may have missed the point somehow but I seriously couldn't read it for more than 20 pages at a time without putting it down. If you absolutely have to get it, at least get the paperback.

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Nice mid life book; interesting
A very good mystery
Fine tension and mystery evolve slowly and grippingly
Underrated 30's Treasure
Hercule Poirot Gets Angry

Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Berkley
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0425099148

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High-flying mystery and suspense via Christie and Poirot!

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"E-book exclusive extras: 1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Death in the Clouds; 2) ""The Poirots"": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.

From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot is almost ideally placed to observe his fellow air travelers on this short flight from Paris to London. Over to his right sits a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite. Ahead, in seat No. 13, is the Countess of Horbury, horribly addicted to cocaine and not doing too good a job of concealing it. Across the gangway in seat No. 8, a writer of detective fiction is being troubled by an aggressive wasp. Yes, Poirot is almost ideally placed to take it all in -- except that the passenger in the seat directly behind him has slumped over in the course of the flight ... dead. Murdered. By someone in Poirot's immediate proximity. And Poirot himself must number among the suspects. Times Literary Supplement: 'It will be a very acute reader who does not receive a complete surprise at the end.'

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Nice mid life book; interesting.......2007-01-04

Nice work; not her top work; but well above the bottom. Agatha has her moments, as always. Nice reread too.

A very good mystery.......2006-03-10

Like all great Agatha Christie's books, this one is also a gem.

Fine tension and mystery evolve slowly and grippingly.......2005-07-05

Agatha Christie's Death In The Clouds comes to life under Hugh Fraser's experienced voice: his past experiences bring other Hercule Poirot mysteries in the series to life lends a uniformity of experience and sound to this latest. The sudden death of a female passenger on an intercontinental plane flight involves investigator Hercule Poirot in a search for the culprit - even when the investigation seems to point to Poirot as the possible perp. Fine tension and mystery evolve slowly and grippingly.

Underrated 30's Treasure.......2005-01-15

We grew up in America thinking of this novel as DEATH IN THE AIR, it's nice that the various US publishers are now reprinting Christie's novels with the titles she wanted them to have. I wonder why they thought "in the air" was better than "in the clouds" anyway? One of those long-ago decisions that will always remain something of a mystery.

Poirot is especially bright in this novel. Until picking it up again at the New Year, I hadn't thought of this book in many years and definitely it came as a surprise to me how interesting it was, on many levels. Christie's skills at characterization again come into play. She gets you involved with everyone, even the initially unsympathetic and crass Countess of Horbury turns out to have a human, appealing side, while the gentle country romance of her husband with the horsey gentlewoman the Hon Venetia Kerr is handled robustly and plainly, like Trollope might have. For comic effect we have Mr. Clancy, who writes a series of detective novels with a detective who bites his nails in every book; even though Clancy admits it's a disgusting habit, he feels bound to put in a scene of nail biting in every novel, otherwise the fans will complain. Wonder if Ed McBain ever feels that way, with Steve Carella and his "Asiatic eyes"?

My favorite character is the heroine, the beauty parlor manicurist Jane Grey. You don't have to be an expert to know that Christie had a passion for gray eyes, and a number of her pert, "modern girl" heroines have gray eyes. She liked the name "Jane," too, even if it denoted someone plain in her day. Jane Gray is remarkable appealing and fun. The guff she puts up with from her upperclass customers is appalling but she takes it all in the right Bridget Jones spirit, and she and her fellow workers have fun laughing at the customer's affectations. Her passion for her new dentist boyfriend is very real and very well sketched, but it is her relationship with Poirot that makes the novel worth reading. By the end you might almost imagine an unwritten sequel in which Jane Grey and Hercule Poirot move together romantically closer. She's adorable.

There's one crumby anti-Semitic slur uttered by Gladys, Jane's friend, that kind of spoils it for modern readers. Today we don't need to read about "Iky Andrew," thank you.

Hercule Poirot Gets Angry.......2004-07-07

... might have been the better title, but I wasn't there when she decided on the title. Oh well.

Air travel in its infancy was neither a preferred nor a classy mode of transportation. The infamous air-sickness was the major drawback of airplanes in the 1930s. But Poirot, desperate to go back to London, had no other choice, and had to board an airplane. All was well, except for a major air sickness in Poirot's part. When they touched down in London they realised that one of their passengers had died during the flight, and much to Poirot's anger, sat a few seats from him!

Agatha Christie was fine here, playing with Poirot's sense of pride that a murder had occured under his own nose and could have done nothing to stop it. And he had a premonition that another murder will happen unless he could unmask this killer...

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Glaring Inaccuracies.......2007-08-25

I read a borrowed copy of this book and am glad that I didnt spend my money on this. It is filled with emotion and not facts. Every year there are half a million or so people who make their first skydive (tandem or otherwise) and if this sport was truly as dangerous as this book would like you to believe we would have half a million people dead every year. Seriously, spend your money elsewhere if you are looking for a fictional / emotional rendering of reality.

misleading woman.......2006-05-09

This book is filled with inaccuracies (laughable inaccuracies to most skydivers), and she seems to not want to admit that her son was responsible for the accident that caused his death.

Some of the more choice things from the book:

- She thinks that waivers should not be allowed or mean anything.
- She thinks there is much money in skydiving instruction.
- She think the FAA "protects" skydiving.
- She thinks skydivers are egotistical because they defend skydiving.
- She mentioned that Parachutist showed pictures of skydivers "jumping barefoot, jumping without helmets, ... jumping head first". (My gosh, you mean that dangerous head-down flying!)

The front cover has a picture of a butterfly. (Yawn...)

Appendices include:

- The MSPC waiver
- The MAC/FAA report
- The statement from the MSPC staff

An excerpt from the back cover:

" A true story.... The book to read before you or someone you love tries skydiving."

Biased and singleminded.......2006-01-12

It is a real shame that this book was written at all, or indeed had to be written.
Whilst everyone obviously feels for Mrs Melbournes loss the inacuracies and blindness in the fact of the facts make this book a waste of time and sections of it a work of fiction.
three key things.
Facts.
Facts.
Facts.
The only person to blame for this accident is, unfortunatly, her son. No-body else.
Shame but there we go.
If you have ANY interest in Skydiving, really, do yourself a favour and give this a miss.

Should be required reading before jumping --.......2003-10-23

"Aw, Mom, nuthin's gonna happen!"

How many mothers have heard that phrase? How many young persons have the attitude of "It won't/can't happen to me?" Nevertheless, human bodies are frail and subject to breakage, sometimes with only a minimum of force being exerted on them. And mothers continue to suffer because of this inherent frailty. The death of a child-a child at any age-is without question the highest hurdle ever presented to a parent.

One such parent is Jane Melbourne, whose son Jim was always a daredevil-type young man, until at the age of 29, he took up sky-diving. Unfortunately, his very first jump was Jim's last such adventure. His mother, in her grief, while searching for answers, found very few that made sense to her, and so she dug deeper, ever deeper. What she discovered is the basis for this book, which describes the flight and dive that took her son from her, as well as what came after.

Among her first discoveries was the fact that sky-diving was almost totally unregulated by any government agency. Jumpers were required to provide their own health insurance coverage, and to sign a tough, tight waiver that obligated the novice jumper to 100% of the risk, and the experienced trainer to no risk whatever. Jumpers were also required to swear that they were over the age of 18 years, but proof was not always required.

With the help of friends, both hers and her son's, Melbourne set out to change that oversight. To her surprise, she also discovered that there were other bereaved families out there; parents who had also lost a child on the first jump. First jumps are several times more likely to end in fatality than later jumps. But because of the lack of regulations, there was no way for these bereaved parents or siblings to find each other, except by coincidence.

The practice of 'jumping through clouds' is prohibited by common sense, because the jumper cannot see anything, anywhere, but yet that is the feeling that assailed Melbourne and the other families. Details of those fatal flights were not immediately forthcoming, and so closure was an even more difficult process than usual.

All Melbourne wanted was better and more comprehensive instruction for sky-diving students, plus some way to rate the safety of various jumping fields. The military has almost no fatalities for new jumpers, but their training is extremely extensive before ever taking to the air. Hard as it might have been for her and the other bereaved parents, at no time did she--or they--even begin to suggest banning jumping. In their generosity, all they wanted was better education for the jumper before that first jump.

Although Melbourne was successful in gathering legislative support in several states, eventually her campaign faltered and faded, faced as it was by the vast, intensive support and lobbying from the various support magazines (most notably 'Parachutist' and 'Skydiving') and various skydiving organizations.

Ten years later, she readily admits that she obsessed over the details, but she can hardly be blamed for doing so; she merely wanted to know what had happened to her son, and why. Her lament at losing a child readily explains her actions. "I didn't have a spare."

Melbourne is unflinchingly honest, displaying warts and all in her struggle to make this movement safer for everyone involved. One could wish she had been more successful in her quest. This is a book that should be required reading for anyone who even thinks of indulging in such a dangerous challenge. One can hardly call it a sport after reading this very fair, well-researched, heart-felt book.

Jumping Though Clouds -.......2003-10-12

Is one women's ordeal of trying to come to grips with the tragic loss of her son. The book is not a skydiver's story, it is not an adventure, but one women's odyssey through life, death and the political world while she attempts to change the way student skydivers are trained for their first jump. The story is not a technical treatise of the sport or making of a jump. But, is a story of her search for what went wrong the day her son made his first jump.

One must remember that this story is Ms Melbourne's view of skydiving. The book is a warning shot to the skydiving community that if she was someone better connected, more politically savy, these events may have changed the way things are done in the skydiving world. The book is a testament to the United States Parachute Association (USPA) and it's members ability to work with the government and to effectively lobby for change (or no change).

This is a book that should be read by anyone who is or is considering being a skydiving instructor, coach or operating a drop zone. It should be added to the curriculum for any one training to be an instructor or coach as a discussion piece so they may better understand how one event may be perceived. It is a story the illustrates politics and how lobbying can (or cannot) work.

Unfortunately the loss of life for any reason is a tragic one. It is not till the end of the book that we even get a glimpse of what happened that day - and maybe that is the point of Ms Melbourne's story.

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Outstanding book

Trailing Clouds of Glory
Harold A., PH.D. Widdison
Manufacturer: CFI
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ASIN: 0882907727

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Join Harold A. Widdison in his search for answers to the first great question of our existence: "Where did I come from?" In Trailing Clouds of Glory, Widdison intersperses an insightful review of our doctrinal understanding of our pre-mortal existence with first-hand accounts bearing on premortal life.

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Outstanding book.......2006-03-10

One of the very best books I have read on the subject of near-death. I have given this as gifts to several family members and recommended it to many more people.

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Do You Believe in Miracles?
Please...
Nice easy read
Loved it
Sixth Sense?

The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
Ben Sherwood
Manufacturer: Picador
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ASIN: 0330488902

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The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud tells the haunting story of a young man who narrowly survives a terrible car wreck that kills his little brother. Years later, the brothers’ bond remains so strong that it transcends the normal boundaries separating life and death. Charlie St. Cloud lives in a snug New England fishing village. By day he tends the lawns and monuments of the ancient cemetery where his younger brother, Sam, is buried. Graced with an extraordinary gift after surviving the accident, he can still see, talk, and even play catch with Sam’s spirit. But townsfolk whisper that Charlie has never recovered from his loss.

Into his carefully ordered life comes Tess Carroll, a captivating, adventuresome woman training for a solo sailing trip around the globe. Fate steers her boat into a treacherous storm that blows her back to harbor, to a charged encounter with Charlie, and to a surprise more overwhelming than the violent sea itself. Charlie and Tess discover a beautiful and uncommon connection that leads to a race against time and a desperate choice between death and life, between the past and the future, between holding on and letting go.

Luminous, soulful, and filled with unforgettable characters, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud is one of those rare, wise books that reveal the mysteries of the unseen world around us, gently transforming the worst pain of loss into hope, healing, and even laughter. Suspenseful and deeply moving, its startling climax reminds us that sometimes tragedies can bring about miracles if we simply open our hearts.

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Do You Believe in Miracles?.......2007-05-14

When Charlie St. Cloud was fifteen years old, a tragic accident that involved "borrowing" a neighbor's car, a trip to a ballgame, and an encounter with a semi-trailer on a bridge led to the death of his three years younger brother, Sam. In fact, Charlie was technically "dead" for minutes before his heart started beating again--no one knows for sure, but this might be why Charlie lives the life he does.

For Charlie, now twenty-eight, taking care of Waterside Cemetery is more than just a job. He's able to help the inhabitants of Marblehead through their grief, care for the eighty-acres of land, live in the caretaker's cottage, and play baseball every night at sunset with his brother, Sam. Yes, the one who has been dead for thirteen years. Somehow, Sam and Charlie have a bond that has defied death, and the promise Charlie made to his younger brother that long ago night--"I'll never leave you"--has held, even though one of them is no longer alive.

Then one day Charlie meets Tess Carroll, a woman who builds sails and is planning for an around-the-world solo boat trip, at her father's grave. Immediately Charlie and Tess spark a connection, and quite soon realize that they may have found their soul mates.

Unfortunately, not everything is at it seems. It's actually hard to tell a lot about this book with giving away the spoilers that would ruin your enjoyment. Suffice it to say that THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD is unlike any book I've ever read before--it's a character study of human nature, of brotherly love, of the ingrained desire in most people to help their fellow man. It's about miracles--sometimes the kind that half the world notices, and sometimes only the kind that an individual can discover on their own.

You won't go wrong with this uplifting, inspirational tale. I'll forever be glad I read this book, which reminds me in some ways of The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Two great books, lots of miracles, tons of love.

Please..........2007-04-11

While not completely taken with Ben Sherwood's previous book, The Man Who Ate the 747, I decided that maybe The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud would be good. It starts off following the story, of, you guessed it, Charlie St. Cloud and how after losing his brother and literally being brought back to life following a car accident, sees his brother's spirit and can communicate with the dead. Also, he works in a cemetery.

My first thought while reading this book was, well, he seriously can't be named Charlie St. Cloud. It was so cheesy to me. Yes, it says on the cover how the story is so inspirational, and the tale starts out with a firefighter talking about miracles. Now, I am not saying I have anything against inspirational stories; no way. They're great, when done well and when the message isn't shoved down my throat. But the hated throat-shoving was happening in Ben Sherwood's novel. Yes, it was. I mean, the character was named St. Cloud! Please. That's annoying. I did attempt to get over this first aggravation, but still, every time his name was written, I kind of...gagged.

Second, I thought that the whole thing with Charlie seeing the spirit of his brother, Sam, was completely ridiculous. Like other readers, I found many similarities with The Sixth Sense and other books and movies involving supernatural occurences. I also felt this was very similar to that movie with Reese Witherspoon, Just Like Heaven. I hate comparing a book to movies, but it seemed so unoriginal to me. And I felt that the character of Sam was rarely shown. (I think Charlie only visited him about three or four times. The author kept specifying how they had been meeting for years, but jeez.) There was something wrong with both Sam's and Charlie's characters; I can't really put my finger on exactly what but they bothered me. Sam just seemed...an almost nonexistent element to the story where character development counted. Sure he was a child whose life was taken too young and who did...childish things and had a promise with Charlie, but that was pretty much it. For me, that wasn't enough. I like depth. What else can I say?

Then came my least favorite part of the story: Tess. I noticed that in Ben Sherwood's other book the female was also described as being absolutely perfect, and most of the men immediately fell in love with her character, too. I really hate that in stories. The chapter where Tess was introduced was like, she had legs up to here, was perfectly tanned, had a flawless body and face, but never wore make-up and didn't know how beautiful she was. Having read much of the same formula so many times it's like a bad taste in my mouth, I immediately felt sickened. And then the character of Tess opened her mouth and I just kind of sat there, shocked. Was I supposed to like this person as she made fun of a man who had a crush on her by pointing out how overweight he was? Well, gee, that is so sweet, making fun of a person's weight problems. What a nice, gentle lady. I know, it's just showing their kind of sarcastic relationship, and I usually love characters with cool, funny comebacks. Hers were neither of these things; neither cool, nor funny, just stupid. At one point, near the beginning, she actually says, "Up, up, and away." I'm sorry; I just couldn't handle it. No person truly says that. It's weird. Also, I have a huge issue with the plotline...again. It is mentioned several times that Tess is planning on sailing around the world to join the ranks of the few women who have actually done so. Well, the first time she was out in a boat by herself, she couldn't even handle it. I thought she was aiming a little high, and I do realize that her boating mishap was all a part of the BIG PLAN so that Charlie and her could meet, but I really didn't see any major sailor prowess happening there.

OF COURSE, Tess and Charlie meet on one of his cemetery rounds and he sees her and they fall in love within less than a minute. Oh, please. This guy seriously wanted to make me barf. It says in the book that Charlie has actually known her for years? Well then, why all of the sudden? Then the two saps start reciting poetry together! Poetry! I was kind of hoping it was all just one, great, big, enormous, terrible mistake. Do people break out in song upon their first meeting?-No! Well, they shouldn't break out with poetry then, either. Maybe I'm being too hard. I don't know. I really tried to just suck it up and bear it all without complaint, but that's not how it's supposed to be when reading. It's supposed to be an enjoyment, like finding some rare, secret, wonderful thing (see I can be all sappy) that truly makes you feel better or something...other than feeling...tortured; kind of like having to watch the Teletubbies or SpongeBob Squarepants...And when they met, it was because of geese, and she seemed like she was being all seductive but I was thinking, no. Not happening. Run, Charlie! Run! He stayed and started talking about...the chemistry of grass and stuff that made her all...mushy inside. Just disgusting. And my other complaint is that they told their entire life stories to one another by the second meeting and almost before then. Relationships take MUCH longer to develop a sense of trust that information of that kind entails. What is this, Cinderella where he falls in love with her by sight and they traipse off into the sunset to live happy, untroubled lives? Yes, me, the bitter one. Usually I can handle some slight...cheesiness, sometimes. Way too much sappiness in this book. It was dripping with sentimentality, soaking in it...

----Spoiler----
And then, they did it after knowing each other for about, what?-Three days? Plus, do not read on if you don't want to know.......................She was a spirit! That is so gross. Come on. It's absurd. It's ludicrous. It's...it's stupid. Yes, very dumb. And because of all of these things I am wondering why so many other people rated high. Did this not bother anyone else or weird them out? I mean, a ghost comes to your house and you sleep together, after three days???? I think not.
----End Spoiler----

I only gave two stars because I can see what this guy was trying to do. It's supposed to be an inspirational, miraculous story that instills hope and intense feeling within the heart of mankind. I give him this: the last three chapters were okay; maybe because the Tess character wasn't around so much...Kind of wish I had spent my time watching television instead, and that is bad.

Nice easy read.......2006-09-05

I don't think I have ever read a book so quickly. This was a very nice easy read. Great twist and turns. Enjoyed.

Loved it.......2006-03-23

Probably the best novel I have ever read! And read after losing a loved one it is especially heartwarming. I found the feeling of the book very similar to "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". Very much a feel good read and was sad to see it end.

Sixth Sense?.......2005-08-02

This book was brought to my attention by one of my book club members who nominated it. She loved it and thought it would make for an enlightening discussion. After having read it, I am happy that it was not selected. I thought the book was a pleasant, touching read, but far from profound. It seemed to be a combination of the intriguing Sixth Sense and the awful Lovely Bones (Alice Seabold). The combination made for a book that I wouldn't recommend to a friend, but that I'm not upset I read. If you have nothing else to read and want a quick, light, read, pick it up--but if you're looking for something deep or thought provoking, look elsewhere.

Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy ("Scientific American" Library)

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Star cycles

Cosmic Clouds: Birth, Death, and Recycling in the Galaxy ("Scientific American" Library)
James B. Kaler
Manufacturer: W.H. Freeman & Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0716750759

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Star cycles.......2000-11-27

Easy to read overview of astronomical techniques such as measuring distances of distant bodies and interpreting spectral patterns, as well as stars, nebulae, and star and planet formation. The cosmic cycle of interstellar clouds collapsing, the formation of stars, the death of stars with dust and enriched matter going back to interstellar clouds, is described. The Big Bang is theorized to have only created hydrogen, helium and a bit of lithium, with heavier elements produced in stars later. It is thus interesting to note that while older parts of our galaxy contain stars with very low levels of heavy elements, no stars have yet been discovered containing no metals, ie, with only the hydrogen, helium and lithium of the Big Bang.

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Death from the Clouds
Shizuko Natsuki
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Release Date: 1991-03-13

Muerte En Las Nubes/ Death in the Clouds

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Muerte En Las Nubes/ Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
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On the short flight from Le Bourget to Croydon the woman in seat number two dies from a wasp sting. Hercule Poirot is not convinced that a wasp sting caused the death. With a large cast of characters to choose from in this locked-room mystery and working with Scotland Yard and the Sûreté he sets out to discover the truth in his very methodical way. Christie satirizes both her own and her husband's profession in this novel with the character Daniel Clancy, a detective story writer and a couple of French archaeologists. Description in Spanish: El avión-correo Prometheus despega del aeropuerto de Le Bourget en París, camino de Craydon, con catorce personas a bordo. Entre ellos se encuentra el famoso detective Poirot. Al llegar a su destino, una pasajera, madame Giselle, aparece muerta. La única señal de violencia es un pequeño pinchazo en el cuello. A sus pies encuentran un dardo envenenado de aquellos que lanzan los indios suramericanos con cerbatana. Madame Giselle era una conocida prestamista; todos los pasajeros tenían algún motivo para odiarla. Pero ¿quién lo hizo realmente y cómo?

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Death in the Clouds
Agatha Christie
Manufacturer: Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GREK9Y

There Is a Rainbow Behind Every Dark Cloud

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There Is a Rainbow Behind Every Dark Cloud
Gerald G. Jampolsky
Manufacturer: Celestial Arts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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