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Riding the Alligator Author: Pen DenshamAs a writer, I enjoyed Pen Densham’s tome on screenwriting. Without a formal education, Densham has found success and proves articulate and erudite on the subject of writing the written word. Producer/director of the highly popular Austin Powers series, as well as a plethora of other credentials, ignoring his many credentials, this author is right on. He speaks of the importance of experience, of apprenticing to others who have made it before you, of ... continue reading...

Man and His Planet Author: James E. Strickling, Jr.Creationism or Darwinism?  Or something else?  How DID man appear on this planet?  James Stricking, Jr., an electrical engineer, a former NASA contractor and a mathematics teacher stakes his opinions on both sides and leaves them at their fault lines.  He then proposes new time lines, and a new theory concerning man’s history.There are three parts to the book.  Knowledge, Ignorance and Arrogance Global Travail and the Birth of Man  Ancient ... continue reading...

Hell's CornerAuthor: David BaldacciThere is something about Oliver Stone (a.k.a. John Carr) that remains inimitable.  As intimidating as Jason Bourne, Oliver Stone proves more than just an action character in a book.  His complexity, stealth, intelligence and most of all, personal integrity in the world of intelligence ops that recognizes nothing as integral or moral – or off limits – sets him above the mere aphorism of “character.”  Oliver Stone lives through Baldacci’s searing novels, but he ... continue reading...