Exotic Books

Teco Jackson has come a long way from hustling, drugs and beat downs to beautiful women, lavish cars and expensive dinners. While Teco may be done with his SB life, SB is certainly not done with him. Will Teco ever be able to put his past life behind him?

GQ has finally finished paying the price for a murder she did not commit. After years of thinking and plotting to get the snitch who wanted her to rot in jail, it is finally time to execute her plan. He may have taken her SB title and years of freedom, but he will not take away her satisfaction of revenge.

The Paradox despises a snitch. Snitches get more than just stitches and the Paradox cannot wait to deliver his murderous tri-color surprises. Will the Paradox get to the end of its rainbow?

Kevin Weeks is not the usual one hit wonder. He delivers again with Teco "Rising Sun" Jackson who keeps you wondering just how he does those moves and when he will be in a town near you. Wonderful sequel and I look forward to more from Weeks.

Reviewed by: LaDonna

The Street Life Series
Is it Passion or Revenge?
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Kevin M. Weeks is a very distinguished writer. I have read his work before and will keep reading his work. His writing is very twisted. He makes you think while reading his books.

He will have your mind racing thinking you have solved it and pin pointed someone you feel committed the crime but it will end up being a totally different person.

The book is mind boding when you think you have figured it out nope you're wrong. I can't wait to find out what happens next. Oh, and I Think its revenge.

If you like a bit of spice in your reading and some twists and turns this is a must read book. I can't wait to read the next book!


Meme

Readers Paradise

This item was purchased as a gift for our niece as a substitute for the real thing :) She loved it.

The photography and detail of this book sets it above many others. Well worth the purchase. Makes a great gift!!

I've been searching for a book other than a tourist's guide to New Zealand to learn more about my husband's home country. This is the book! Filled with lots of relevant (and recent) information, including gorgeous photos, this book is amazing. I can't wait to visit this beautiful country with him and see it for myself!

I recently bought my first copy of this book in the Auckland airport. I ordered my second copy for a friend. In addition to being a beautiful "picture book" with photos the quality that I wish I had taken while there, this book provides extensive text with factual information on most aspects of life in New Zealand ranging from the land and its climate, its fauna and flora to its history and the quality of life there today. This is a great book for anyone planning a visit or wishing to recall the special beauties of this wonderful country after returning from a visit. Or you may "visit" this country through this book. It is a very up-to-date publication, we even recognized photos of some of the same Maori performers we saw in concert during our recent visit! This is a very comprehensive publication, I think that it is outstanding!

i recently got this book and i was amazed how the author captured some of the great natural wonders of the country....its a very informative book and glad it was updated...underwater shots was a big plus in telling how rich the flora and fauna of the country is.

I have never seen such outstanding color photography about the country where my parents and I were born. Its nice to know that there are writers/photographers who capture the beauty of a country such as the Philippines. My hats off to Nigel Hicks and his wonderful work. His book is definitely worth its gold!

Kim Todd wields an endlessly entertaining story, even for those who do not have any interest in exotic species. She does what few naturalists are able to do; she makes a story about a science read like a human-interest piece, and a compelling one at that. The pages flow easily and her craftily constructed prose will have whisked you to the end of the book long before you wanted it to end.

This book is a fascinating blend of American natural and human history, author Kim Todd showing that in a sense our history is almost as much one of animal immigrants as that of human immigrants. North America, already one of the richest continents in the world in terms of biodiversity, is home now to many thousands of introduced plant and animal species.

Some were brought in for a taste or touch of home, missed by European settlers in the strange wilds of North America. Some, such as the honey bee, also proved of later significant commercial importance, becoming so vital to agriculture and indeed everyday life - pollinating plants, providing wax and honey - that later there would be many who found it hard to believe that the honey bee was not native to North America. Others, such as the rock dove or pigeon, provided a mixed track record; as Todd puts it, noting how revered the dove is in Western literature and how hated the pigeon often is; that in essence, "the colonists brought doves to the New World and ended up surrounded by pigeons." As much as the rock doves proved useful for food, for delivering messages (labeled by some in this regard according to Todd as "gallant" birds, praised in poetry and song), and as prized pets, they proved a huge problem in cities. Others, such as the European starling, proved downright pests. Brought over in a misguided attempt to introduce to the continent all the birds mentioned in the works of Shakespeare, it has spread throughout North America and become a plague like no other, pushing out native species from prime habitat and forming such large flocks in some areas as to present health hazards.

Many introductions were accidental. When a canal was opened between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in the 19th century, allowing goods from the Great Lakes and the interior of Canada and the United States to reach the sea via the St. Lawrence River (in a chapter she appropriately calls "An Artificial Wedding"), more than just ships plied these waters. The sea lamprey, long resident in Lake Ontario, had not been able to bypass Niagara Falls and enter the rest of the Great Lakes previously. Once present, Todd chronicles how the predator preyed upon the formerly vast schools of fish in the Great Lakes, sending fishing stocks plummeting and completely reworking the entire ecology of the lakes. Another creature taking unfortunate advantage of mankind to enter a new habitat - in this case the Hawaiian Islands - was the mosquito. Once an island chain completely free from this pest, this insect entered the islands from the emptied dregs of ship's water barrels. Quickly becoming a pest not only to humans but also to birds, the mosquitoes nearly wiped out many of the archipelago's avian fauna by spreading bird pox and avian malaria. Todd also writes of a recent immigrant, the monk parakeet, which first started to appear in the wild in the late 1960s thanks largely to escaped pets. Becoming more widespread, the author shows the debate between the parakeet's champions and those that seek to eliminate the exotic, scared of it achieving pest status, who ask themselves is this species of bird going to be end up becoming the next starling?

Other introductions were done to "improve" nature, primarily in the latter part of the 19th century.. The ring-necked pheasant from China was imported to improve the hunting, a bird thought worthy of the sport hunter and more of a challenge than native game birds. Similar motives were at work with the brown trout of Europe, a prized game fish that did much to foster the refinement and popularity of fly fishing in the United States (though their benefactor, Fred Mather, believed that they could provide a vital new source of food for the American people). With few concerns for the alien species' effects on native fishes the brown trout became by 1900 established in 38 states. Reindeer, introduced in Alaska with epic ideas to provide the native peoples with animals to herd and with new means of transportation and methods to make money, proved a failure as expected results failed to materialize for many reasons as the book shows.

Finally some introductions were simply done to make money. The story of the nutria, an imported marsh denizen of South America, is fascinating. Brought in to help meet demands for furs - in the days when fur farms were in their infancy and the wild fur-bearing animals becoming scarce - it degenerated from a promising project into get-rich-quick pyramid schemes (which even involved federal investigation) as the semi-valuable nutria pelts were hyped up to gullible buyers in a high-stakes game that penalized those who actually sought to take their pelts to market. Even native animals were moved about the country for such endeavors; the mountain goat, not native to the Olympic Mountains in Washington state, was brought in to try and improve tourism. The region was deemed good mountain goat country; indeed it was too good, with no predators and a variety of very rare and highly local alpine plants that were not able to withstand steady grazing by the agile animals, the mountain goat has proved an ecological disaster.

Todd discusses in an almost short-story format these and many other animals, including a variety of insect pests. The book is well worth purchasing; my only compliant was that even more species could have been detailed.

I am a caterer and am always perousing new books for creative ideas, this book is excellent. Warning - do not read on an empty stomach... the growling will ensue!

The book has quite a few recipes and pictures that I haven't seen anywhere else and make my customers quite happy. Easy to follow.

My 2 year old loves it. It has re-adhesivie plastic stickers. Not stickers that can be reapplied. But those "static" cling like stickers. It's great fun to put the animals in silly places in the zoo. Big hit! Good for a car ride or for potty training.

The color and stickers are great. My 3 year old loves it!

Fascinating story of corruption and violence that is a part of everyday life in business and government in Africa. Lee Roterhals became so intoxicated by money and power that he eventually was as evil and treacherous as his worst enemy. The story has many unexpected twists and turns that will surprise you. A good read to understand this culture.

If you are looking for a book full of intrigue, political coups,and romance, this one fits the bill. Set in West Africa, it could just as easily be set in many other Muslim countries. Exploring another culture and the deep seated prejudices of the main character, American, Lee Roterhals, and his progressive need to found a dynasty leads you down all kinds of unexpected paths.

Written by an experienced animal control handler of exotic wildlife Tim Harrison, Wild Times: Tales From Suburban Safaris is an amazing collection of true life anecdotes and candidly personal stories. From rescuing alligators, to rehabilitating birds of prey, to dealing with lions in city streets, and more, Wild Times is the fascinating true chronicle of a man with a unique love of wildlife, and is charged with the sometime difficult duty of protecting both humans and wild animals from one another. Wild Times is very entertaining and especially recommended reading for animal rights activists and wildlife enthusiasts.

This guy and his stories are great! He's a firefighter, policeman, paramedic who, for the last twenty years, has been called to remove bears from apartments, lions from city streets, pythons from worksops, and cougers from backyards. He has met, and rescued, alligators from local rivers and farm ponds, pet stores and basements. His wildest captures are in this book. But his goal is to let people know of the growing chance that they'll be coming across an exotic, wild animal as their population increases in suburbs across the country, and to discourage people from buying and keeping this animals as pets!Excellent (lifesaving) snakebite protocol in the back of the book. Great stories for all ages.

I bought this book and followed the steps the author gives and landed a great job on Catalina Island. Not only did I find the job I wanted through the book, but I found out how to get the job. I applied to several places and I was amazed by how many employers called me back saying how impressed they were with the information I sent them when I applied. I could not believe how easy it was. Most people only get to visit some the majority of the places listed in the book, but the author makes it possible for anyone to live in some pretty amazing places. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a great opportunity to be able to afford to live in some pretty exotic places and get paid very well for it. This book would also be a great gift for a student. The author is very knowledgeable on the subject and makes it exciting and easy to land a job where most people only dream to visit, he also has some helpful insider tips from his experience of being in the seasonal job market for so long.