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70 reviews
Ted Bell

Pocket Star, 2007

21st century Bond
In the sixties Ian Fleming captured the public's imagination with his glamorized, fantastic super spy who kept the world safe from the dastardly plots of the KGB, SMERSH and evil supervillans. While Bond still has his own appeal in many ways it is all too evident that he belongs in the swinging sixties. Ted Bell's Alex Hawke is definitely a 21st century superhero. Hawke is suave, sophisticated ...

Hawke: A Thriller

91 reviews
Ted Bell

Pocket Star, 2006

Bond (and a few others) for the 21st century
Alex Hawke is, like James Bond and a few others, an international superspy. He undertakes missions both for his native Great Britain and his mother's homeland, America. Like Bond (and others) he is handsome, charming, a sophisticated lady's man who is skilled in a variety of both martial arts and sports. Unlike Bond though, Hawke is independently wealthy (like the Saint, Derek Flint, the ...

Pirate: A Thriller (Hawke)

62 reviews
Ted Bell

Pocket Star, 2006

Great Book
Ted writes a fine thriller dealing in some of todays most compelling topics. I read all of his books and will continue to. If you like Tom Clancy and the other writers in this genre you'll love Ted's books!

For Whom the Bell Tolls

267 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 1995

Lives Up To Its Reputation
The ur-text for today's wartime adventure novel, "For Whom The Bell Tolls" remains a standard bearer for pulse-pounding action fiction, and one of the true masterpieces by the most celebrated American author of his time. Robert Jordan is a Spanish-language instructor from Montana who, now in Spain, has a job of another kind: blow up a critical bridge under enemy control before his comrades, ...

Tsar: A Thriller

100 reviews
Ted Bell

Atria, 2008

Loved it! full of everything I wanted
Full of history, suspense, fun, action and humor. Highly recommended. can't wait for a movie?

Assassin: A Novel

74 reviews
Ted Bell

Pocket Star, 2008

Great book
I really enjoyed this follow up to Hawke. The adventure was great, and it wasn't trying too hard to be "bond-like" Highly recommended

The Bell Jar

482 reviews
Sylvia Plath

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

"To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream."
Admitting that you love this book is a bit like doing same about a train wreck, in this case the tragedy being Sylvia Plath's startling real-life spiral towards suicide. Well, then...guilty as charged. I enjoyed this book from its beginning "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs..." through to the bitter end. Early on, she declares, (p 2) "I was supposed to be ...

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

24 reviews
Rob Bell, Don Golden

Zondervan, 2008

Rob is my Rabbi
Rob had a way of getting you involved in the story of the scriptures and it feels like your there and he does this in the book, he makes you think and think about things that you might not think about otherwise. Its hard for a man near 30 (me) to learn to question because as a society we tell kids to know facts and not understand whats going on behind the story and definetely dont ask questions ...

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality

99 reviews
Rob Bell

Zondervan, 2008

It's time for a sexy party
Yes, this book is about that. Rob Bell delves into the link between our sexuality and our spirituality, and the result is a work that will open your eyes to the relationship that God seeks with humanity. The basic premise is that we are all broken, always seeking a connection with others since our connection with God has been severed. We all want to be known and accepted as we are. Only ...

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage International) (Vintage International)

153 reviews
Jean-Dominique Bauby

Vintage, 2007

A True Inspiration For Us All
Jean-Dominique Bauby's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is a truly moving and inspirational memoir by a man rendered incapable of any communication except for the blinking of his left eye and very slight head movement. Bauby had suffered from a stroke, which led to what is so aptly known as `locked-in-syndrome'. Bauby, a distinguished journalist who had been editor-in-chief at Elle, ...

Silver Bells
Fern Michaels, JoAnn Ross, ...

Zebra, 2008

Nick of Time

31 reviews
Ted Bell

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

great page turner
You do not find books like this any more. You can be a kid again in this book. You are pulled into every page. I have read all of Ted Bells books, but Nick of Time is so different you can't wait to turn the page.

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

22 reviews
Georgina Howell

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

A Fascinating Biography of an Unbelievable Life
One measure of a fine book is if it captures and holds the reader's attention even if the subject is outside the reader's background and interests. This is such a book. Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)led an extraordinary life, whose many facets are captured in this superior biography. Born to a wealthy Yorkshire family, she was the first woman to receive a First Class degree in modern history from ...

Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook

24 reviews
Mary Bell

William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1994

Extraordinary Is Too Meek A Word
This is history at its best, history at its most priceless, history rescued from the oblivion that time ultimately brings. For the memories of so many first-hand participants to have been gathered together so that actual D-Day veterans can describe in their own words the progress of that momentous, terrible day is a work of extreme value now and for all time. Exceeds all other works on the June ...

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

18 reviews
bell hooks

Routledge, 1994

Extremely Good Segue to Freire
This is the third of three books on liberation pedagogy that I picked up, the other two being Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage (Critical Perspectives Series) and Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This book is a collection of essays by a woman of color who studied with Freire and found in his works her own liberation and her inspiration to take his ideas and practices ...

Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (A Free Press Paperbacks Book)

191 reviews
Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray

Free Press, 1996

Whatever your opinion, a classic.
Murray and Hernstein's book is by now an infamous classic. This is too bad as the content is really mild, sobering, and well worth contemplating. Far from being a racist screed, the text is more of a kick in the teeth. It asks us to look at reality and to stop day dreaming. The thesis is rather simple: cognitive capacity is becomming more and more important in the modern United States (one ...

Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

115 reviews
Rob Bell

Zondervan, 2006

Has a helpful, impactful Christian message
Bell writes enthusiastically about his Christian faith and ministry. Although this book may read like a stream-of-consciousness trope at times, it is well-measured and often insightful and revelatory. Bell shares personal anecdotes from his own faith journey and events from his ministry to make his points. He also shares many Scriptures and helpful commentary on Scriptures. I think what makes ...

The SS Brotherhood of the Bell: Nasa's Nazis, JFK, And Majic-12

15 reviews
Joseph P. Farrell

Adventures Unlimited Press, 2006

Factual and Empirical
The common problem I see with the UFO community - and the public in general - is that a distinction must be made between UFO's and ET's (Extra Terrestrials), as I'm sure we are all aware, the definition of `UFO' has nothing to do with ET's. I myself have always thought that the majority of sited UFO's are merely tricks of light or meteors and so forth, but one can not legitimately dismiss the ...

The Bell at Sealey Head

4 reviews
Patricia A. McKillip

Ace Hardcover, 2008

The Bell at Sealy Head
Sealey Head is no ordinary town. Every evening most of the townsfolk hear the tolling of a bell, no one knows why it rings or where it's at. It's been going on so long that many of the townspeople don't hear it anymore. Aislinn House on the edge of town harbors a mystery. It's a place where two worlds coexist, with few privy to its secret. On one side lies the quiet manor with its aging ...

Tsar (Hawke) (Hawke)

1 review
Ted Bell

Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged, 2008

TSAR by Ted Bell
Great book. A must buy for any and everyone who is a fan of the spy / political thrillers.

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