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Histoire farfelue

Revisado: 11-22-24

Ce livre est celui que j’ai le moins aimé de toute la série sur Armand Gamache. L’histoire est plus ou moins ridicule et il y a trop de personnages éparpillés partout. J’ai eu de la difficulté à le finir.

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Religious propaganda

Revisado: 02-17-24

I had a hard time to finish it. The story and the narrator is good . The characters are interesting but the constant religious angle and mention spoiled it for me.

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I love Cork O'Connor serie but

Revisado: 10-04-23

They are always entertaining and the plot interesting but way too much talk of God and religion.
I am not a believer and it gets on my nerve each time.

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A frightening portrait of an American President

Revisado: 11-22-22

From the first interview Woodward continually asks the President the same question over and over, whatever riff President Trump is rambling on about, Woodward always brings Trump back to point by asking "yes but what's the plan"? (on whatever topic the interview is supposed to be about). No matter the topic, that is a question the president is either unwilling or more likely unable to ever answer and so he does not. In frustration at one point Woodward addesses this question to Jared in an effort to know what words he can say to elicit a response to his questions regarding any of Trump's so called plans. Jared responds with a quote of the Cheshire Cat from Alice In Wonderland, " If you don't know where you are going any road will get you there".
As Woodward assured the President after their last interview, I will quote you extensively Mr. President, you will have your say and as this book is the President actually speaking in complete uncut interviews, giving context, emotion, and intonation for nearly 4 years across all topics, no President has ever had a more fair say. Decide for yourself.

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Authentic voice uses data to arrive at solutions

Revisado: 06-11-19

It's a scary book as Andrew makes the clear case about the coming tidal wave of job losses as A.I. and automation have begun to ramp up. Who will listen? An important book, an important voice, and not a political book.

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I love football but.....

Revisado: 01-24-12

I love football and Tim Tebow has been a compelling player to watch since entering the NFL. Many times in the last 2 seasons I have found myself rooting for him (even though I'm a diehard Colts fan) but it was not hard not to root for such an unconventional player achieving success against long odds. However, In My Eyes is nothing short of nauseating in it's self serving immodest style. Tim Tebow is a world class braggart and his book is the antithesis of a compelling sports biography like Open: An Autobiography, where Andre Agassi is human and shares his successes, failures, doubts and flaws. This is not a story about a person who just happens to be a world class athlete, it's a preening Tebow looking at himself in the mirror and liking what he sees. Putting aside his right wing Christian take on everything, Tim Tebow is an extremely shallow person that I'll never root for again.

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Aller Andre

Revisado: 10-09-11

I loved this book for it's honesty, introspection, warm/rich characters, and storytelling. Andre's inner dialog throughout the book puts you right there with him. As the french said go Andre go.

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How did we get HERE?

Revisado: 10-09-11

In My Time is an interesting, detailed, expansive look at the life and political career of one of America's most controversial figures. The book is well written, the narration is easy to listen to and I recommend it regardless of your like/dislike of Mr. Cheney. However, after reading his story it still remains a mystery to me how a young (Volkswagon driving) Dick Cheney, raised by new deal democrats, employed as union labor, and the beneficiary of many assistance programs begun in the new deal and furthered by the great society, goes to Washington to work in the moderate Republican administrations of Nixon and Ford and ends up as the most radical, partisan politician of our time. In telling his story Mr. Cheney takes time to tell us about the nuisance of W.I.N. (whip inflation now), Abscam, the election campaigns of Ford, Reagan, Bush Sr., Bush Jr. (no Dole) and of course endless details of war, intelligence, his love and fascination with all things military, 9-11, and his denial of torture. I found it amazing the he wrote not a single word regarding the Project For A new American Century (the bible for the NeoCons), nothing on the rise of right wing think tanks (Cato, Heritage, American Free Enterprise, Club for Growth) and their influence on the Republican Party, and mum on the rise of the evangelical right and the ever increasing pandering by Republicans to that religious right. His silence on the inaction of the Reagan administration and congress during the hiv/aids crisis, I expected that, it probably didn't even register on his radar of important events. It's not your father's Republican party anymore and Dick Cheney didn't become Gerald Ford even though he professes to have held him in highest regard.

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Catapult The Propaganda

Revisado: 11-16-10

Selected decisions from the 8 years of George Bush's presidency presented in the voice of the ex-president himself. Each decision heroically made (by W) and supported with every Republican talking point, justification, excuse, and half truth and carefully framed with just the right Frank Luntz vocabulary from the 8 years of Bush's presidency. If you are a Bush sycophant you're gonna love it. As for me UGH! As Mr. Bush once said back in the day: "See in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." Well that's what this book is. Kudos to the narration by Mr. Bush as it is nicely done (that's why I have to give it 2 stars).

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Spellbinding Start To Finish !

Revisado: 07-07-10

As the subtitle suggest this book is mainly about the "odyssey" of how and why an NFL football star ended up in on the front lines of two middle east wars. Unlike world war two where famous actors and athletes alike fought shoulder to shoulder with "regular" Americans from all walks of life, Pat Tillman served in a time when the famous and rich generally did not serve. The book keeps a good even pace moving forward and back in time to mix the interesting details of Pat Tillman's growing up, his family life, his football career and his service in the Army. Pat Tillman was neither an iconoclast nor a hero making the actions of both the Army and the Bush administration nothing short of criminal in covering up his friendly fire death for their own gain. Unlike the impression given by several of the one star reviews posted here, the book is neither a polemic against the Bush administration or the Army and really levels no criticism at either until the last quarter of the book when the FACTS surrounding the cover up and cynical political use of Pat's death for propoganda purposes make the truth of what happened into a damning inditement. My guess would be that if you were a middle east war cheerleader the truth written here probably hurts pretty bad but this is a well written, accurate book able to withstand a few one star reviews.

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