Saturday, October 18, 2008

Violent Fiction Attempts to Kill Bin Laden

Fiction

Sam and Twitch by Michael Bendis. Comic book noir novel. Detectives Sam and Twitch work the back alleys, deep nooks, and dark crannies of the Big Apple."

Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker. "Spenser plays bodyguard at a society wedding on exclusive Tashtego Island as his old nemesis, the Gray Man, guns down guests and kidnaps the bride."

Testimony by Anita Shreve. Some book about personal love and loss. I assume.

Dark Summer by Iris Johansen. Murder!

NonFiction

Kill Bin Laden: a Delta Force commander's account for the hunt for the world's most wanted man by Dalton Fury. Fury (a pen name) was on 60 Minutes a couple weeks ago so I bought this.
Fury lead a unit tracking down Bin Laden but missions to kill Bin Laden were consistently denied at higher levels. Fury and his guys had to stand-off and rely on Afghani allies to do the work. Yeah, that worked out real well. Especially when resources and people got pulled for Iraq.
Fury references Gary Berntsen who directed the CIA operations in Afghanistan and wrote about in Jawbreaker: the attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: a personal account by the CIA's key field commander.

Look Great, Feel Great: fabulous @ 50 body basics by Lynne Robinson. DVD covering posture, energy, less stress, flatter stomach, enhanced sex life. Pilates themed.

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