Generation Kill

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Great account of Recon Marines during the invasion of Iraq

A Study in Journalistic Malpractice?

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Generation Kill
Evan Wright
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Within hours of 9/11, America's war on terrorism fell to those like the 23 Marines of the First Recon Battalion, the first generation dispatched into open-ended combat since Vietnam. They were a new breed of American warrior unrecognizable to their forebears-soldiers raised on hip hop, Internet porn, Marilyn Manson, video games and The Real World, a band of born-again Christians, dopers, Buddhists, and New Agers who gleaned their precepts from kung fu movies and Oprah Winfrey. Cocky, brave, headstrong, wary, and mostly unprepared for the physical, emotional, and moral horrors ahead, the "First Suicide Battalion" would spearhead the blitzkrieg on Iraq, and fight against the hardest resistance Saddam had to offer.

Generation Kill is the funny, frightening, and profane firsthand account of these remarkable men, of the personal toll of victory, and of the randomness, brutality, and camaraderie of a new American war.

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In the tradition of Black Hawk Down and Jarhead comes a searing portrait of young men fighting a modern-day war. A powerhouse work of nonfiction, Generation Kill expands on Evan Wright's acclaimed three-part series that appeared in Rolling Stone during the summer of 2003. His narrative follows the twenty-three marines of First Recon who spearheaded the blitzkrieg on Iraq. This elite unit, nicknamed ""First Suicide Battalion,"" searched out enemy fighters by racing ahead of American battle forces and literally driving into suspected ambush points. Evan Wright lived on the front lines with this platoon from the opening hours of combat, to the fall of Baghdad, through the start of the guerrilla war. He was welcomed into their ranks, and from this bird's-eye perspective he tells the unsettling story of young men trained by their country to be ruthless killers. He chronicles the triumphs and horrors-physical, moral, emotional, and spiritual-that these marines endured while achieving victory in a war many questioned before it began. Wright's book is a timely account of war; even more important, it is a timeless description of the human drama taking place on today's battlefields. Written with brutal honesty, raw intensity, and startling intimacy, Generation Kill is destined to become a classic and take its place in the canon of the most captivating and authentic works of war literature.

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Great.......2007-10-07

The author was embedded with a marine unit and gives us the details of how they functioned in Iraq. This book isn't really left or right though this certainly isn't some Rambo propaganda. The soldiers are well-trained but have to deal with idiot commanders and murky mission goals.

A fascinating read.

Great account of Recon Marines during the invasion of Iraq.......2007-09-24

Very good book. Great narration. No BS. No corny battle-talk, just the truth as witnessed by this closely knit group of recon marines, which by the way, you will feel like you know each one personally by the time you're finished with the book. I can't wait for the next book from this guy. Highly recommeneded.

A Study in Journalistic Malpractice?.......2007-09-04

I'm an embedded journalist, writing this review from Camp Fallujah where I just got done talking to Marines from 1st Recon, the unit profiled in this book. I'll admit, I found this book a gripping read at points but the thing I can't figure out is why every Marine I've spoken to at 1st Recon loathes this book and feels that it is a gross misrepresentation of their unit and everyone on the civilian side thinks this is the best book yet to emerge from the Iraq war. The question I keep coming back to with this book is, what loyalty do you have to your sources? Isn't the journalistic contract predicated on trying to be responsible to the story and your sources?

When I re-read this book I think there's some really great material in it--some classic American types, guys who love their guns more than their wives, some really exquisite profanity and moments of great humor--but I think Wright's grasp of the larger military/tactical piece of the story is really weak and his treatment of several characters in the book is very poor. Beyond the estimable platoon commander Lieutenant Fick, virtually every officer in the book is depicted as a buffoon or a self-deluded idiot. It doesn't appear as if Wright did even the most rudimentary follow-up with anyone from the unit to try to balance his story (A strange thing because I happen to know that Wright lives less than two hour's drive from 1st Recon's stateside base, Camp Pendleton). Unfortunately, I think Wright fell victim to the same rush-to-print impulse that has ruined most of the books written about the war so far.

In sum, I find Wright's book and the prospect of it being adapted into an HBO miniseries really suspicious. I think this book confirms what a lot of Americans want to believe about the military and Marines in particular--that they're neanderthals, high-school dropouts, depraved anger management cases sent to do the nation's dirty work. (One sergeant from 1st Recon told me, "The book is like 'Marines Gone Wild,'") Is GENERATION KILL a fair profile? Is it responsible reportage? No and no.

I raise the issue of journalistic responsibillty here because Wright's hatchet job on 1st Recon has had made it harder for reporters to embed with certain Marine units. He's doubled the suspicions of already skeptical soldiers and Marines and put another brick in the wall that separates the media from the military, a wall that prevents true and accurate reporting about this war.

One last thing: When I first checked in to 1st Recon, I introduced myself to Charlie Company's operations chief, a Master Sergeant with almost twenty years in the Corps. When I told him I was a writer he stiffened up and said, "A writer? Ugh...I hate you guys." Later, when I asked around the battalion to try to figure out what was wrong with the Master Sergeant, an officer in his company gave me just two words: "Generation Kill."

Quick Read; Realistic Feel.......2007-08-21

Although never having experienced battle, is the best account I have read which puts the civilian in the field (or what I can only imagine is the most realistic). It will build appreciation for the day-to-day conditions our soldiers experience and for the chaos that ensues.

Reading Generation Kill.......2007-08-07

The book was a very good insight to what is expected of this generations warriors. It was a easy and fast read for me.

A Time to Kill (Star Trek The Next Generation)

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Book One of David Mack's triumphant Dulogy
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Weapons, weapons, where are the weapons?
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A Time to Kill (Star Trek The Next Generation)
David Mack
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On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise™ has never been told.

UNTIL NOW.

At the height of the Dominion War and unknown to all save those in the highest levels of command, the Federation secretly armed the neutral planet Tezwa with devastating weapons -- part of a contingency plan against the Dominion if the front lines collapsed. But Tezwa also lies near the border of the Klingon Empire...making the Federation's covert strategy in direct violation of their fragile peace treaties,and creating the potential threat of scandal and all-out war.

Now Tezwa's power-hungry prime minister is all too eager to flex his newfound military muscle, menacing a nearby Klingon border world. Sent on an urgent diplomatic mission, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew are caught in the crossfire as the crisis quickly escalates. With time running out and billions of lives at stake, only one man can avert the looming disaster -- Ambassador Worf, who must choose between his oath to the Federation and his loyalty to Martok, Chancellor of the Klingon Empire....

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Book One of David Mack's triumphant Dulogy.......2006-08-04

"A Time to Kill", the seventh installment in the current "A Time to..." series of Next Generation novels, weaves together for the reader a complex storyline, enthralling characterizations, deep convictions, and heartfelt emotions.

Focusing around a rising problem on the neutral world of Tezwa, the United Federation of Planets is rushing to prevent a disaster that could spread into a quadrant-wide conflict. In an effort to cover-up for possible treaty breaches in the past, the Federation now finds itself stuck between the Klingons, Starfleet, and the people of Tezwa, each of whom could uncover the secrets that might plunge the Alpha Quadrant into a new and sustained conflict that would cost countless lives.

David Mack is a relative newcomer to Star Trek fiction, having previously penned the "Starfleet Survival Guide" and a reference to the "New Frontier" book series. His previous fictional works have both been in the "Starfleet Corps of Engineers" series. "A Time to Kill" and its follow-up "A Time to Heal" represent his first full-length paperback novels, and Mack comes to the table with a tour-de-force read that I simply couldn't put down.

At the risk of sounding like a crazed internet gusher, I was utterly stunned at the magnificent accuracy with which Mack was able to write the beloved crew of the Enterprise-E, as well as Worf and Martok. As each character appeared in the novel, I could literally see, hear, and experience this novel like it was a movie or television show.

Mack's story is deeply complex, and to truly delve into the complexity needs to be avoided for this review, for to truly reveal the nature of the complexity would be to spoil the sheer joy of reading this novel. Mack goes to great lengths to make this story a fast-paced thriller, and succeeds with short chapters that make it easy to follow the many plots that meet within the covers of this book.

Seeing the struggles of power in the Tezwan capital, the political machinations behind the scenes in their planetary council, and seeing the sacrifices of good Starfleet officers has never been so palpable or enjoyable in my experience of reading Star Trek novels. This novel has a soul all it's own, one that will draw the reader in and that simply won't let go.

David Mack makes a worthy addition to the roster of novel-length Star Trek fiction writers, and has earned a nearly flawless review from me.

This is a Star Trek novel for the ages, and one can only hope that "A Time to Heal", Mack's follow-up (due within the month) will bring the story to the boiling head it needs to enter into October's finale for the "A Time to..." series, "A Time for War, A Time for Peace", penned by Keith R. A. DeCandido.

An Exercise in DoubleThink.......2005-08-18

A Time to Kill is most definitely head and shoulders above the previous six "A Time To" novels. The book is dense, but also moves at a lightening quick pace.

In many ways, A Time to Kill is more how I have always envisioned Trek: decisions made at the very top and bottom of the chain of command have repercussions upon each other and create a more epic feelings. The leaders of other galactic empires have been important characters in Trek. Why hasn't the Federation president? Here we finally get to see how the Federation works from the top executive down to the lowest noncoms onboard the Enterprise.

The story itself is just far more large-scale and important than I've considered the stories at the center of the previous "A Time To" books. Those felt like they were spinning their wheels. A Time to Kill hits the ground running. The interstellar incident created on Tezwa was endlessly fascinating and each side's reaction and behavior was what we would expect. The book culminates in a heavy dose of covert ops and Mack (and editors) effortless cross-cuts between them to keep a steady pace.

Continuity bits were sprinkled about to create just the right amount of effect to remind us when the books are specifically taking place. Character work is across the board pretty good. I especially like Data's conundrum of trying to remember emotion as if from a dream. The plot seamlessly works in Will Riker's growth from throughout the "A Time To" series and doesn't call attention to itself. Like when it becomes readily apparent that Will just may be feed up with away missions and is all the more incentive to move over to the Titan. However, Christine Vale (and now Jim Peart) still draw a complete blank in my mental picture beyond their dedication to the job.

There's very little to nitpick in the book. One scene that sort of stood out for me was how the Enterprise seemed to effortlessly enter the Tezwan atmosphere and fly right over the city. Never got the impression before that the Sovereign's could fly so low to a planet surface. Secondly, "scanning for bio-signs" of particular species has become standard procedure anymore, so I'm curious as to why they couldn't just scan for Riker when he didn't check in and beam him up.

Probably best of all about A Time to Kill is that it's probably the first "A Time To" book that also felt pretty self-contained and could be read on its own. The other books have not felt that way.

Now all that said...there is the discouraging trend in Trek literature lately to make the Trek universe as grungy and depressing as real life that seems so overt and self-conscious as to border on exploitation. There's a heavy dose of cynicism in the latter "A Time To" books where the tiresome cliche of government corruption makes the Federation just as villainous as the Romulans or whomever. The corrupt admiralty was already a worn out cliche in the Trek universe, so I guess the writers and editors have decided to move on up the chain of command. So while I can really enjoy the book on its own, I really don't like the pattern that A Time to Kill started that progressed in the sequel.

A Time to Kill Review.......2005-04-04

This book is one of the better Star Trek books I have read and would recommend it. The book starts in Commander Rikers quarters as he is thinking over the events that have shamed the Enterprise and its captain. When Picard is given an assignment to reesablish honor, obstacles form.

Weapons, weapons, where are the weapons?.......2005-03-12

David Mack's entry into the A Time to... series of books opens up a lot of political intrigue that could shake the Federation to its core. A Time to Kill is another outstanding entry into this series. Marred only by a mildly "everything works out for the best" atmosphere that doesn't quite fit the difficulty of the Enterprise's mission, Mack still gives us a stellar book. The style fits the situation perfectly, making the reader read "just one more chapter" until the end of the book is reached.

Federation president Min Zife has a problem. During the Dominion War, the Federation sold advanced weaponry to the ruler of Tezwa to establish a fallback option in case the war went badly. Unfortunately, the ruler of Tezwa, Kinchawn, is a power-mad zealot who is willing to go to war with the Klingons to satisfy his own material needs. This would be very bad for Zife, as any war between the Klingons and Tezwa would reveal the weapons on the Klingon doorstep, sparking a war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. Unfortunately, Kinchawn uses the weapons to wipe out a fleet of Klingon ships and almost takes out the Enterprise as well during a diplomatic mission to calm hostilities. The Klingons want blood, and the Enterprise is sent to try and resolve the crisis before the Klingons can discover what's there. Captain Picard must find a way to neutralize the weapons as well as neutralizing the Klingon fleet that's been sent to conquer Tezwa, all at the same time. How will he do this? It will take coordinated attacks to prevent the guns from firing on Tezwa, as well as a little help from Ambassador Worf on the Klingon homeworld to stop the Klingons. If one thing goes wrong, the Federation will be plunged into a war that will weaken both parties, leaving everything open for the Romulans.

A Time to Kill is quite intricate, almost too much so. Enterprise personnel must disable all six guns at the same moment, and Worf must come through at the same time. If even one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong. Yes, the assault teams have their problems and setbacks, causing what tension there is in the novel, but everything ends up being a little too convenient. One thing that doesn't quite work out leaves a plot point for the next novel, but otherwise it feels a little unrealistic. I felt this would be the case when the situation was set up, so by the time it actually happened, I had grown used to it and went along for the ride. Thus, it's not a major problem. It's just something that's mildly annoying at the time.

Otherwise, A Time to Kill is a non-stop thrill ride, full of tension. The book has very short chapters, adding to the intense feeling. The chapters jump from one assault team to another, back to the Enterprise, to the President's office, as well as to another secret organization that's watching all this from elsewhere. There is a lot at stake, which just adds to the tension. It's almost like a music video, never giving the reader time to relax. The only parts that seem to drag a bit are the ones on Qo'nos, but that's only in relation to the rest of the book. I found Worf's attempts to do what Picard needs him to do to be duller than the events on Tezwa.

The book is very plot-driven, but Mack does do a good job with the characters as well. Dr. Crusher is still considering the offer to assume the position of Head of Starfleet Medical, and she's hurt that Picard hasn't come to her about it. Picard, meanwhile, is hurt that Crusher hasn't come to him to talk to him about it. This does seem a little bit "high school," but it doesn't come out that way in the book (well, not very much). Instead, the book examines their relationship as it has gone throughout the years of the television series and the movies. It's actually quite effective.

Even better is the characterization of the assault teams. We get to see a lot of new characters in action, and we're given some meaty looks at them. Most impressive (though a bit clichéd), is Razka, a reptilian non-commissioned security guard who acts like most sergeants do in war films. He's experienced, he's gruff, and he gets the job done. He is stereotypical, but I still found myself drawn to him. Maybe it was the scales. The other security officers are also given a lot to do. One thing this series has been wonderful with has been the security officers. They are not just nameless redshirts, and they aren't treated that way, either. We are starting to really get to know some of them, and while some of them die, some of them don't. Since the characterization of them is so good, it actually hurts when one of them does die.

One annoying aspect of characterization, however, was Zeitsev, one member of the mysterious organization that is following all of these events. His superior officer, a Vulcan, is evidently very attractive and he has a crush on her, despite her being a lot older than he is. This crush does nothing in this book except detract from the character. I hope it becomes a plot point somewhere in the next two books, as otherwise it just stands out as a grating character trait with no purpose.

This entire series has been a slow starter, but the last three books have been wonderful. They keep the reader coming back for more, wondering what's going to happen next. The end of A Time to Kill leaves a nice cliffhanger as well as a possible opportunity to comment on current events. We'll see what A Time to Heal gives us. I know I'm reading them as fast as I can.

David Roy

very well written.......2005-01-07

this book delves in with a lot of action. the enterprise is visiting a planet that has a military coup with several of the crew being held hostage. add to that the new government has control over some new weapons that nearly annilate a klingon fleet. the klingons are bent on revenge and it is up to the enterprise to put back the government in the hands of the old government, stop the new weapon at all cost and prevent the klingons from anniliating everyone on the planet.

this book is well written and probaly the best of the 8 in the series. it will keep you in suspense the whole time.

Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics

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Missing the point
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C'mon, Baby, Light My Fire.
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Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics
Jim DeRogatis
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The evil step child of Stranded (Knopf's original book of rock criticism), Kill Your Idols is a collection of 35 essays about allegedly great rock albums that this new generation of critics loathe.

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well worth your money. .......2007-07-08

i absolutely love this book! if you like rock and roll, then this is a must read. i hope one day there's a second volume released, trashing more rock and roll records that are considered classic. hooray for jim derogatis!

Missing the point.......2006-12-31

This author (editor?) tends to review the book based upon stereotypes generated from the albums present day status (which I think they were trying to avoid?), rather than actually listening to the album. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was not a drug induced coma, but a leap forward in music technology/production and lyrical creativity. That is just one conflict I have with the authors. While they are amusing and I got a few laughs, at times they do not even talk about the album (Rumours?) but rather rant about nothing. Most of the albums they choose to review are not great for just lyrics, but the COHERENT organization of sound. Put, aside any misconcepts, I dare anyone to match the bass on Sgt. Pepper, the hammond organ on Dark Side of the Moon, or the arrangments on Pet Sounds, all of which put music technology where it is and raised the bar of music/lyrical awareness. Do not buy is book, it is a weak attempt at music journalism and will insult its readers.

It's fun, until it's not.......2006-10-07

In "Kill Your Idols," Jim DeRogatis finds fellow rock critics to contribute scathing reviews of rock albums, most of which are widely considered to be classics. At first, this makes for some fun reading, unless it's an album that you particularly like that's being raked over the coals, often by one who doesn't seem to be terribly knowledgable about that artist or album in the first place. Right away, you can tell that the reviews are not really all that interesting or insightful, just exceptionally negative. And some of the reviews are simply absurd, such as, to name one of many examples, referring to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," as a bad album. Not over-rated mind you, just plain bad. A complicated album that didn't have one single, yet managed to stay on the charts for 14 years and influence countless artists, well I guess all those people and favorable critics who believed it to be one of the greatest of all time were just plain deluded.

Some of the reviews are more amusing than anything else. I liked, for instance, Adrien Brijbassi's description of his agony when he attempted to slow dance at his prom with a girl he liked to "Stairway to Heaven." He then ruins his review though, by making the outrageous claim that "Led Zeppelin 4" is too derivative to be considered classic. Other reviews can only be characterized as mean-spirited. In his review of "Rumours," Jim Walsh seemed to find it funny to "fantasize" about sneaking into a Fleetwood Mac concert with a sniper rifle. Sure, a record like "Born to Run" is full of bombast as David Sprague suggests, but in the end, the songs are wonderful. By the way Steve Knopper: Roger Daltry belts out the chorus of "I'm Free" in the movie version of "Tommy," not the superior studio version. Before you tell us how bad a classic album is, at least get your facts straight.

Many of these reviewers, who incidentally, list their top ten albums in an appendix (which often include albums lambasted by another in the book), regurgitate a particular theme of rock-and-roll that I can't stand, namely that "black" music (the blues) is somehow more "genuine" than "white" music (rock). Besides being borderline racist, the fact is that most of the great rock bands, whether black, white or other, played blues-based music, as well as music that has been variously characterised as psychedelia, art rock, progressive rock, etc. One is not better than the other, just different. Another particular theme, just as misguided, is that a rock song or album has merit only if the lyrics are rebellous against society.

In the end, "Kill Your Idols," contains mostly uninspired critiques of mostly great albums that tell us more about that particular reviewer than it does about the album being discussed. Some of it's fun, but about two-thirds of the way through, the mostly undeserved negativism started bumming me out, and I wanted to lash out at the writer about how pretentious and presumptuous he/she was being by attempting to "kill" one album or another adored by so many fans and other, more thoughtful, rock critics.

C'mon, Baby, Light My Fire........2006-09-16

This is about rock and roll. I was a teeny-bopper when rock and roll started if you call Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis rock and roll. Elvis sang gospel and songs from the movies he appeared in, in addition to songs his mother liked. I did not enjoy his hip-swiveling on television. Jerry Lee Lewis was more honky-tonk than rock and roll, I think. Others mentioned in this book like the Louvin Brothrs, Hank Snow, Webb Pierce, Charlie Daniels, Kenny Rogers, and Jim Nabors were more country, and John Tesh was alternative piano.

Throughout the years of rock and roll, I have liked some of their songs, but not the groups particularly. The Doors best knwn, "Light My Fire," I could tolerate, to the surprise of my teenaged sons. I liked "Pinball Wizard" from 'Tommy' because they played it with the high school band, as they did "Band of Gold." Not the one I like in the Fifties, it was totally different as night from day. I had no idea until I perused this book that Pink Floyd had recorded "Wish You Were Here" between Eddie Fisher and Michael Feinstein. Probably not the same song at all.

Because music as they played it exists in the present, it's the sound, rhythm, melody and words of the era they projected, as did the folk singers in their time. For us who loved pop music, it had only the lyrics and musical arrangement to make us happy. "OK Computer" was a 'conceptual manifesto about technology-induced emptiness, and alienation." That's what Charles Manson used the White Album of the Beatles for to control his hippie group out in California.

It's sad that these editors and contributors used this means to demean rock music. I know someone who says he loves the names of the groups and the titles while all the time he is making fun of them and sometimes even makes up the titles. Why should a group publish demeaning things, as reviews are supposed to be "good" as opposed to "bad," but what can you say when the book is bad, also. That is a conundrum if there ever was one.

For the underdog.......2006-03-06

Wow. I read this book and then, on a whim, decided to see how it fared among other readers. I must admit my simultaneous surprise yet non-surprisedness at the anger/low marks of the reviews.

...it seems people just can't take a slam against Sgt. Pepper.

That's not to say I dislike Sgt. Pepper, but it seems people generally are not too fond of reading a negative review of something they (and millions of others... you're not special...) hold sacred. Many of the albums absolutely SLAMMED in this book were, and still are, favorites of mine. I may not agree with the negative marks against some albums, but it helps me to unerstand why people may not like things.

Hell, as a self-minded conquistador on my own musical journey, I could empathize with the near-blasphemous status of hating anything by Springsteen or Patti Smith, two "artists" who particularly grate on my last dangling nerves. To also identify with stepping out of the canon, I could understand why people had disdain towards albums I like as well as those I don't.

The reviewers' disagreement with your own personal beliefs does not take any merit away from the book. MAYBE someone other than you hears an album differently. Accept it and move the hell on with it.

Yet do so with a sense of acceptance. No matter what, the fact is you have heard of each album in this book for some reason or another. THe most underlying reason, of course, is that there are a hell of a lot more people who consider these albums classic than those who don't. If the bee in your bonnet about this book is the fact that these records got slammed, just remember that this book is an affront to the popular music "canon," meaning that although the reviewer in the book does not like the album (and is respectfully entitled to his or her own opinion), there are obviously a lot more people who do, or else you would not have heard (of) them.

Stripped to Kill (Susan Chase Mysteries)

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Steve Brown
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In the second Susan Chase Mystery, lifeguard and runaway finder Susan Chase finds that being a blonde leaves her not only as vulnerable as the other missing victims--but also stripped to kill.

Stop the Funeral: Reaching a Generation Determined to Kill Itself

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Must Read!!!
Coming out of the darkness

Stop the Funeral: Reaching a Generation Determined to Kill Itself
Bishop Donald Hilliard
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Must Read!!!.......2005-12-03

This book is so very necessary in a world with so much confustion, a lot of young people are being pulled away from reading because books like this are life changing! save a man save a family, save a family save generation!

Coming out of the darkness.......2002-03-14

I was greatly impressed with this writing, Bishop Hilliard has hit it right on the nose when it comes to the dying american family. This book should be included with every going home kit to new parents when they leave the hospital. Reading this important book will help them right out of the gate of life in bringing up the new precious life God has entrusted to them . Many of us have had a life where there has been emptiness and darkness. Stop the funeral helps to shed a lot of light on the life The Lord would have us live. Instead of 2 thumbs up I give it 2 arms lifted to Jesus.

Accounting for war: what can an 'embedded' description of war tell us about life in civilian societies?(Cooper's last)(Critical Essay): An article from: Arena Magazine

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Accounting for war: what can an 'embedded' description of war tell us about life in civilian societies?(Cooper's last)(Critical Essay): An article from: Arena Magazine
Simon Cooper
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This digital document is an article from Arena Magazine, published by Arena Printing and Publications Pty. Ltd. on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1578 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Accounting for war: what can an 'embedded' description of war tell us about life in civilian societies?(Cooper's last)(Critical Essay)
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ASIN: B000BVYGT4
Release Date: 2005-10-27

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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by Thomson Gale on October 20, 2005. The length of the article is 632 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Kill latest raid on Arctic.(Editorials)(Oil should be left for future generations)(Editorial)
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: October 20, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: A6

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What doesn't kill you can make you poorer.(Advising Boomers): An article from: National Underwriter Life & Health

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What doesn't kill you can make you poorer.(Advising Boomers): An article from: National Underwriter Life & Health
Jim Connoly
Manufacturer: The National Underwriter Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00084C9IO
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Life & Health, published by The National Underwriter Company on September 27, 2004. The length of the article is 641 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: What doesn't kill you can make you poorer.(Advising Boomers)
Author: Jim Connoly
Publication: National Underwriter Life & Health (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 27, 2004
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Volume: 108 Issue: 36 Page: 25(1)

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Wright, Evan. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War.(Book Review) : An article from: Naval War College Review

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Wright, Evan. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War.(Book Review) : An article from: Naval War College Review
Reed Bonadonna
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ASIN: B000ALNVYG
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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This digital document is an article from Naval War College Review, published by U.S. Naval War College on January 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1096 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wright, Evan. Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War.(Book Review)
Author: Reed Bonadonna
Publication: Naval War College Review (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. Naval War College
Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Page: 166(3)

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Generation Kill 12-copy prepack
Evan Wright
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0425203395

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