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If you are a fan of John F. Kennedy, you will find this book difficult to put down. Believers in the "conspiracy theory" will be convinced after reviewing this book and doubters have much fodder to analyze & scrutinize.

What impressed me the most were the many mysterious deaths relating to the Coup. I formed a strong opinion of the Coup at that time but did not continue to think about it very much. It was not until some 25 years later with the help of the internet and some disposable income that I was able to get ahold of enough material to sort out the disinformation and false flags and get the true , however hard to swallow , picture of the crime.

Now that I know it was a classic Coup d' etat with the Secret Service stopping protection that day, I hope the truth will finally stopped being surpressed by the mainstream media.

Why does it still matter? It matters because our Government continues to lie and insult our intelligence regarding this Coup d' etat. And the powers that took out our President, installed themselves in power as a result of this Coup are still very much there.

...for the actual photographs. Richard Trask's "Pictures Of The Pain" is perhaps more scholarly, but this volume is great for the graphics. Get it!!!!
Vince Palamara-JFK/ Secret Service expert (History Channel, author of two books, in over 30 other author's books, etc.)
Pittsburgh, PA

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The shadow Gov't basically rules now. That's
why we have the 90-I.Q. idiot that we have @
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.! A great book that all
Amer-I-cans should have!

Anybody who has been following the Assassination of JFK will find this an excellent resource.I have read or watched everything I've come across since that fateful day in Dallas.I still remember the newsreels I watched for several days from the actual killing ,the live shooting of Oswald by Ruby in front of many millions of viewers ,the funeral and all that came in the way of investigations , books ,articles ,TV specials and movies.
This is by far the best coverage of the evidence by photos that I have ever seen all collected in one book.A lot of the things shown in the book will be familiar;but here we get the most detail on every aspect of things that have been questioned
and even in cases manipulated.I have to admit that I felt that some of the conclusions and detail 'seen' were a stretch;but I don't have the benefit of the extreme expertise that the investigators,scientists and detectives use to deduce evidence and meaning.
I was not so aware of the prepondence of evidence and argument that exists to show why it was a conspiracy,and can in no way be dismissed as the act of a lone killer.For about 20 years the occurrence of a conspiracy might have been in doubt;but no longer.
I have had this book on the shelf for quite a long time but didn't think there was a lot of new stuff here.I just thought it had excellent detail.I finally decided to read it and was very impressed .Then I read a lot of the reviews and was very surprised to find recent reviews on a book published back in 1993.
A recent review by Vince Palamara on December,2005;really got my attention.A check of his other reviews produced a storehouse of reviews on JFK and other conspiracies;and is a resource in itself.One review of his on "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron was particularly interesting,and the reviews on that book are a real eye opener.I had not heard of this new book and from the flood on recent reviews makes it look like the whole issue is about to blow open again.I am anxiously looking forward to reading it.
Now that it appears that the arguments about a conspiracy may be behind us; the focus is going to be who and why.Not only JFK,but what about conspiracy in RFK,Martin Luthur King and what about many others connected.I have never believed that we have heard the end of the Marilyn Monroe story yet.
Anyone interested in the JFK Assassination should get this book.

Well, here we are, a half-vampire readying himself to show himself to the vampire clan. The trials certainly seem awful, but for reasons unknown to me, they just didn't...seem right? I dunno. Lately, however, Darren seems to be lacking. He's not exactly beinga strong character to me. And he's awesomely lucky. Trouble is, I knew what was going to happen...sort of. The Blooded Boars, I was NOT expecting. I loved Darren Shan's works, until these last two books. Oh, Darren, please shape up!

Cirque Du Freak #5
By: Darren Shan
Reviewed by : K. Arita
P:1

Cirque Du Freak #5 is the fifth book of the Cirque Du Freak series. There are 17 ways to die in the trials of death unless the luck of the vampire is with you. He has to prove to the vampire clan that he is good enough to be one of the Princes. He has to risk his life in 5 deadly ways. The first three ways is finding a secret door in a maze that slowley fills up with water in aproximately 17 minutes. The second trial is when he has to walk through the Hall of Flames. That trial is when he has to survive in a big box for 15 minutes while furious bursts of flames are coming straight at him. The third trial is the Cave of Needles. This is when Darren has to climb through a slippery cave that has needle sharp stalagmites and stalagtites. Any faint noise will cause some of the stalagmites and stalagtites to fall and maybe pierce through his body and kill him. But in the end, one of his close friends, a Prince, turns out to be a vampeze prince (an eviler version of the vampire. The vampeze actually kills its victims while sucking the blood out of it.)
I liked this book because it keeps you in suspense. Lots of cliff hangers. One of the cliff hangers is at the very end when Darren finds out that his friend, Gavner Pearl, is the Vampeze Prince. The vampires hate the vampeze because it kills its victims, so Gavner decides to spare his life and Darren makes a run for it. He runs to the Hall of Princes, but the Vampeze are all over the place, so he was trapped. And thats where the book ended. Now I really want to buy the 6th book!
Also I liked it when he was in the Hall of Flames. It said, "It was a lousy choice, but there was no time to complain. I covered my fave with my arms and darted forward into the wall of crackling flames." I was planning to only read a chapter a day, but when i read those sentences at the end of the chapter, I just HAD TO read on! I couldn't stop myself. This book is really good at the suspense that he leaves you with at the end of each chapter.
My favorite part was during the Hall of Flames. During the resting period before he had to go on with the next trial, the Blooded Boars, he was really messed up because of all of his burns. He had only 2 days as a resting period, and his feet couldn't even support his weight because his feet were badly burnt. So when the Trials came, he had to do them so that he wouldn't be exicuted. When he was about to die because he was pinned down by a boar and another boar was headed straight for him, his friendm Harakat, saved him. That was the most exciting part of the book.

"May luck be with me even in times of death," said Darren Shan as he let go of the rock and is taken by the strong current down a dark river tunnel. This is the fifth book in the Cirque Du Freak saga and this has to be the most suspenseful. Darren is the half-human, half-vampire that is the assistant to another vampire, Mr. Crepsley. Darren wants to earn the respect of his peers and can also be made into a general by taking the trials of death. The trials of death are very simple to complete; there are five trials and then you are welcomed in the vampire world. If you fail one of them, you will die in one of the thirteen ways in the hall of death. This book expands the mind of kids like me. The words are hard and the plot is full of twists and turns. Also there are surprises that will shock and dismay you. Overall, I really like this book. Darren Shan is a great writer and I hope he continues this heart pumping saga.

Great book. This has the most action out of the first 5 books in the series. In Trials Of Death, Darren is really tested physically and mentally by the vampire clan. He has to undergo Trials, that will test him mainly physically, but also mentally. Has to fight through water, fire, sharp objects and so on but i'll let you read about that.

This is the best book out of the first 5, because there are big turns of events in the middle to end of the book. At the end, Darren thinks he might be doomed, but is he? When you reach the end of this book, your gonna want to read book 6 directly after to find out what happens. Get this!

One of the main characters, Darren Shan, was living a normal life until he met a vampire at a freak show by the name of Vur Horston but everyone calls him Mr. Crepsely. Now he has become the assisstant of Mr. Crepsly. Darren has begun his journy of becoming a Vampire Prince and to do so he has to complete 5 trials. The trials are held in Vampire Mountain(a secret temple inside a mountain). Each trial is very difficult and if Darren shall fail any then he will be killed from a fall into a pit of stakes. Will Darren make it out alive? A couple of the trials include fire, SHARP nails, and 2 vampire blooded boars. During one of the trials something happens, I'm not saying he failed, but Darren has to make a decision of a lifetime. Die or runaway. You must read to find out what happens next. You will NEVER expect it. This book has a cliffhanger at the end of EVERY chapter making you read more so you can't stop. If you like horror books then this would be perfect for you, boy or girl. be sure to read the other 4 books first because there will be so much detail missing, enjoy!

Upon finishing this book, I realized that I no longer had to be afraid that a President that I held in such high regard was murdered by a group, but by a single man and a mortal error. I am truly grateful for this book.

This was an enjoyable read because it stays away from the conspiracy theories and concentrates on the physical evidence

The guy behind the book was one of the expert shooters that recreated the famous 3 shots (the physical evidence suggests 3 shots were not fired from the repository). He later became a gun smith. The book is full of compelling information using mainly the physical evidence.

The explanation of the head shot in particular is illuminating. The behaviour of the bullet that hit Kennedy in the head gives us lots of information which most books and movies never mention: It had to be a shot from the back as it's the front right side of his head that blows outwards. Surprisingly I've never seen a computer animation of the head shot (wonder why?)... and that's the hardest one to explain.

The explanation of the Conelly shot (the so called magic bullet) is very good. However the diagram that goes with it confuses rather than illuminates. A better diagram would make this easier to understand:

Recent computer animations correctly locate all the parties in 3 dimesnions and show the path of the bullet clearly: There was no magic bullet... it's just that Connelly's seat was lower and further in (a very unusual and perhaps uncomfortable placement). This is one of the few books that correctly describes this. A good photo of the car shows you the same thing (such a photo is not in the book). Most people can visualise this very poorly even if they are told about it... so it continues to be a popular source of arguments.

There are many places in the book where better diagrams or photo's would have helped make the information easier to understand.

If you want a book that can be cited to resolve many arguments then this qualifies.

What is a bit disappointing is that the physical evidence from the Conelly bullet appears not have been fully tracked down.

This book was withdrawn from sale after Hickey (the secret service agent accused of shooting JFK accidently with his AR-15) sued and won an out of court settlement.

After the case the author was eventually presented with photographic evidence that changed his mind about Hickey... but many of the ballistic questions he raised remain unanswered.

This is the kind of book that will make you think back to it time and time again over the years.

:-)
PS. A book by a coroner should get to the heart of much of the physical evidence... but so far I haven't seen such a definitive book (or video). Let me know if you find one!

Secret Service agent George W. Hickey, jr. did not and could not have accidentally shot JFK from the follow-up car--among other reasons, the Bronson film and the numerous eyewitnesses debunk this notion. That said, this book is very worthwhile for balistically proving that LHO did not fire the fatal shot. I spoke to and corresponded with the late Howard Donahue, the true author of this book (Bonar Menninger was merely the writer, so to speak). Interesting are the passing comments by many of the agents I also spoke to who debunk his theory of Hickey shooting JFK: Sam Kinney, Jerry Behn, Floyd Boring, James Rowley, Richard Johnsen, and Win Lawson.
Vince Palamara-JFK/ Secret Service expert (History Channel, author of two books, in over 30 other author's books, etc.)
Pittsburgh, PA
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It's funny how people try to figure things out sometimes and assume wrongly that a "plot," like in a work of fiction, is in operation and there'll be a conclusion. They never assume that things just "dork-up."

The Kennedy Assassination had two major "dork-ups" with a possiblity of a third. Given the magnitude of the event this is hardly surprising. Oswald was supposed to have died early on and the last shot, as this book outlines, may have been fired mistakenly by a Secret Service agent. The third dork-up may have been that the last shot fired by an honest-to-gosh assassin may not have been fatal and then we might have seen a triangulated shot from elsewhere (and that would have been very obvious on the Zapruder film). Better proof of a conspiracy would have existed.

One can imagine the panic in Dealy Plaza among the hit team when this shot came out of nowhere. Thoughts of a frame-up might have run through their heads and their response may not have been rational. Ditto for the backers. Sad that we'll probably never know the inside story.

This is a great book and might well be one of the real standouts in the analysis of the entire event. If nothing else, the author squares up a few problems with the Warren Commission evidence. A must read.

The theory put forth in the book "Mortal Error" -- a kooky-as-all-get-out hunk of nonsense that has Secret Service Agent George W. Hickey Jr. accidentally firing the fatal gunshot into President John F. Kennedy's head in the midst of an assassination attempt being carried out by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas' Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963 -- is a thoroughly preposterous and untenable theory, and there are several reasons why.

To begin with, the very idea that Agent Hickey would have actually had the extreme misfortune of being able to "find" JFK's head just perfectly via his one "accidental shot" that was discharged from his AR-15 rifle (and miss everything else and everybody else, miraculously, in between himself and JFK) is just way too far-fetched a notion for anyone to seriously consider as fact.

Giving credence to such a crazy theory would mean literally ignoring so many common-sense things (and ignoring so much evidence and witnesses), it's pathetic. Such as: You'd have to believe that Hickey just kept his mouth shut about the "accident" with his AR-15 rifle. And you'd have to believe that David Powers, a friend and personal aide of JFK's, who was sitting in the very same car as Agent Hickey, had somehow not even noticed this rifle blast going off just inches behind where he was seated (or you'll have to believe that Powers was "in" on the "cover-up" which would have followed, which is nonsense of the first order; Powers would be the very last person I'd suspect of covering up anything with respect to JFK's death).

If Hickey had truly fired that fatal shot, you'd also have to swallow that every one of the many other SS agents in that follow-up car in the motorcade either ALL didn't hear the loud rifle shot from right inside their own vehicle...or that all of these agents lied later on when none of them corroborated such a shot from Hickey's weapon. Logical? Hardly.

Plus: No witness that I am aware of claimed to have heard a shot being fired from around the area of "Queen Mary" (the SS code name for the Secret Service follow-up car), which is yet another annoying fly in this theory's ointment.

And the biggie -- If a Hickey shot killed the President, then a logical and reasonable explanation needs to be put forth to explain away the two large bullet fragments that were conclusively proven to have been fired from Lee Harvey Oswald's very own Carcano rifle that were found in the front-seat area of the Presidential limousine. And this book does not contain such a logical answer to that critical flaw within such a "Hickey Did It" theory.

Oswald fired three shots from the southeast corner window of the 6th Floor of his workplace (the Texas School Book Depository). The evidence supporting this fact is overwhelming. And it's obvious that his second shot (aka the "Single-Bullet Theory" shot) didn't produce the badly-damaged bullet fragments that were discovered on 11/22/63 in the limo's front seat. And, IMO, Oswald's first (missed) shot could not have caused the limo fragments either.

If a missed shot, moving at approx. 2,000fps had struck the limo's windshield and/or chrome strip (which were slightly damaged during the shooting), that bullet would almost certainly have penetrated the glass and/or chrome area of the car. Such a full-velocity shot would not have simply dented the chrome, broken up badly, and then scraped the windshield. The FBI's Robert Frazier (who did extensive work for the Warren Commission after the assassination) testified to this, in fact.

That leaves only the "head shot" to account for the front-seat bullet fragments. Oswald's third and fatal shot struck President Kennedy's head, causing the now-severely-slowed-down bullet fragments coming from JFK's head wound to continue to move forward, where the two fragments each struck one of the ultimately-damaged areas at the front of the car (windshield and chrome).

Another thing that debunks the Hickey theory is the fact that out of the many still photographs and films taken in Dealey Plaza that Friday in '63, not one of them corroborates the theory put forth in this book. There's not a photo in existence that shows Agent Hickey with a rifle in his hands while riding through Dealey Plaza.

Another of "Mortal's" errors is the notion that JFK uttered the words "I'm hit" just after the first shot (from Oswald's gun), which the author claims hit the pavement near the limo and sent some concrete fragments flying into the car, striking JFK.

Now, prior to swallowing the above scenario which has President Kennedy actually speaking before the fatal shot hit him, I'd advise reading the official Warren Commission testimony of the two women who were also riding in that limousine with the President (Jacqueline Kennedy and Nellie Connally). Their testimony leaves no doubt about whether any audible words came out of JFK's mouth throughout the entire shooting timeline:

MR. SPECTER -- "Did President Kennedy say anything at all after the shooting?"
NELLIE CONNALLY -- "He did not say anything."

JACKIE KENNEDY -- "And my husband never made any sound."

MR. RANKIN -- "Do you recall anyone saying anything else during the time of the shooting?"
JACKIE KENNEDY -- "No; there weren't any words. There was just Governor Connally's."


There is also the official statement that was made by (and signed by) SS Agent George Hickey on 11/22/63, which says this:

"At the end of the last report {gunshot} I reached to the bottom of the car and picked up the AR-15 rifle, cocked and loaded it, and turned to the rear. At this point the cars were passing under the overpass and as a result we had left the scene of the shooting. I kept the AR-15 rifle ready as we proceeded at a high rate of speed to the hospital."

So, Hickey says in that original signed report/statement that he didn't even TOUCH his AR-15 rifle until AFTER the last gunshot had already been fired in Dealey Plaza.

Agent Hickey's complete "Original Report" can be found here:

http://jfkassassination.net/russ/m_j_russ/Sa-hicke.htm

In order to believe that the contents of this book are accurate, the reader must necessarily believe that the above-referenced Report signed by George Hickey Jr. of the United States Secret Service is nothing but a pack of lies.

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"Mortal Error" is just one more volume in the ever-expanding and bulging library of JFK assassination books. And it's also one more book, among many others, that can be filed in the category reserved for "Groundless And Baseless Theories Re. The Kennedy Assassination". In short, "Mortal Error" is nothing but a "Monumental Error" itself.

This is the first book in a series of four. I first read this story when I was in the fourth grade, and it got me hooked on reading! It's a great story, full of mystery, kind of funny, and only mildly scary. Bruce Coville is an excellent children's author, I personally consider him one of the best. It's been nearly 15 years since I first read this story, but I still remember it as the story that got me reading!
It's about a 12-year-old girl who comes back from spring break to find her beloved 6th grade teacher has mysteriously disappeared. In her place is an unwelcome substitute teacher, who isn't so much mean as he is strict and boring. While doodling in class one day, she accidentally turns in a mean doodle about the sub with a test paper. Desperate to get it back before he sees it, she follows him home, and while there, discovers he's an alien! Now the only trouble is getting anyone else to believe her before he goes through with with his plans of abducting several kids in her class...

I think My Teacher is an Alien was sort of a good book. I suppose other 6th graders will like it. In the book Susan Simmons sees somthing weird with her new teacher Mr.Smith. So she goes to his house and sneeks around. She finds out he may be an Alien! Do you think it's a dream? You should find out by reading My Teacher is an Alien.

This book is the funniest book ever!It's about a girl who finds out that her teacher is an alien!Peter and Susan broke into the house of the house of the alien.To find out more read this book.

I really like this book because it had lots of creepy stuff. And they get to talk to aliens on the communicator. The teacher came from space .He is the subsitute teacher.

I loved this book when I was a kid, and decided to re-read it recently. Doing that gave me a new appreciation for what Bruce has done with this story.

Told from the perspective of Susan Simmons, the story fairly believably tells a tale of the impossible. Susan discovers that her new teacher, rigid and demanding Mr. Smith, is actually an alien. Furthermore, he has plans to take several of the students back to space with him! If that wasn't enough, he's holding the previous teacher, Ms. Schwarz, prisoner in his house.

The premise may be clearly fantasy-based, but what follows is some very clever storytelling. Susan has to figure out what to do about her situation, which isn't easy when new complications keep arising. But she's not alone. One of the first things Susan does, is attempt to get fellow student Peter Thompson to believe her. Peter, a friendless nerd who Susan gets along with ("I realized that I was probably the closest thing he had to a friend"), is naturally skeptical at first, but a trip to the teacher/alien's house gives him all the proof he needs. From that point on, the story branches out in a number of surprising directions, with many new twists introduced into the plot, all under an increasingly looming threat.

Bruce Coville tells a brilliant tale with "My Teacher Is an Alien". The characters are believable, with believable narration told from Susan's perspective, mixing in the descriptions one would expect from a novel with the observations and opinions one would expect from a kid. Bruce fleshes out things more by showing Susan's home life, and hinting at Peter's. The plot branches and twists in surprising, yet believable ways, making for an unpredictable story. The only place I felt the author stumbled was with some of Peter's dialog. While Peter is clearly meant to be an intelligent kid, he makes observations that I as an adult couldn't really imagine a sixth grader making. But when I originally read this book back as a kid, I never felt that Peter was too unrealistic, so it's probably not a concern for many kids.

Overall, I think this book is a classic that stands the test of time. Mixing in the fantastic (aliens) with the familiar (a school setting) makes for a blend that works.

Recommended.

This book was very good I so recomened it for people that love to have goosebumps and shivers down there back. Im 11 years old the daughter of the audolts acount I am a fan of R.L. stine, but I have to admit it was a bit gory but awesome. The way he discribed how the people got killed was unbelievilble I couldnt believe that his mind acutiolly works that way. Every time I read the part were someone got killed I could see everything Nicole could see. When I was reading the book I thought that Lucy was a Jerk for all the things she had done but the end tells everything. Read this book and find out what Lucy did and find what actually was hidden be hind the curtons!

P.S. discover a bunch of to ways to kill!!! ha ha ha

Nicole's life is falling apart so she swicthes body with Lucy, her friend. But it turns out that Lucy is a murderer and now Lucy gets her revenge...by using Nicole's body!

This is the one of the many books of the Fear Street series, and it's really not one of the better ones. Fear Street is a series about scary and/or supernatural events that happen to teenagers in a ficitional town called Shadyside. In this book, a confusing, unlikable character is convinced that she has somehow switched bodies with a friend who's actually a killer.This has a pretty lame twist ending and gives a bad taste of future books in the series. Please don't make this your first Stine book, and even if you are a Fear Street fan, I feel you can skip this and feel good about it.

This one great book with one twisted ending- in a good way! Lots of twists and turns! Great read; great adition to anyone's collection!

Its sad that Nicole thought that her best friend , Lucy , was still alive.The reason why I am writing this is because when I started reading this book I felt sorry for Nicole for having a depressed life, then Lucy asked Nicole if she wanted to switch bodies. Then when I read the ending, I was shocked when Nicole found out what really happend to Lucy. The ending was so sad that I cried for hours. I give this book 5 stars.

In Oliver Stone's film "JFK" in the Mall Scene meeting between D.A. Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner) and "Man X" (played by Donald Sutherland), a flashback scene presented a nameplate from the desk of an Air Force military general speaking on the phone, and partialy showing his name as Maj/Gen. E.G. (unknown)?


Who was Stone attempting to make reference to and cast aspersions upon Maj. General E.G. Lansdale?

Does anybody know?? Will check back from time-to-time is see "IF" any comments are posted to my inquiry. Thanks!

This is an excellent book.I personally own a harback edition that is autographed by Colonel Prouty to me. I am a firm believer in what he said and I believe that this sort of behavior still goes on today. War is money and it always will be. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the murder of President Kennedy.

Prouty's autobiography is very revealing indeed.
Of course, it contains controversial items (Would JFK have stopped the Vietnam War?). But, it is the general picture that counts, and here, the author is prophetic.
Prouty presents his world view as follows: `The world is ruled by a power elite. The basic motivations are always the same. Money lays at the root ... the enormous amount spent on military matériel.'
This elite wields its power partly and most importantly through invisible intelligence agencies. `The power of any agency allowed to operate in secrecy is boundless'.

Nationally, JFK would probably be reelected in 1964, also via carefully directed investments, which should have influenced favorably the voting in heavily contested states. This reelection for another 4 years was very hard to swallow for a part of the power elite. JFK had promised to cut the defense budget and destroy one of its power bases (`split an intelligence agency into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.')
JFK's masterfully planned assassination was a coup d'état, not less than a total takeover of the US government. The cover-up of the assassination, which is still going on, shows the immense power of the culprits. They controlled the Warner Commission and could (can) force, until today, the media and Congress to pay lip service to them. Congress was never capable to launch an adequate investigation into the murder.

Internationally, `the world's power elite benefited splendidly from the staggering sums involved in the Vietnam War.' The author's moving evocation of the fate of a pastoral Vietnamese village shows that `people's lives are valueless when they get in the way of elitist interests.' (Mark Curtis)
The powerful show absolutely no respect for national sovereignty (e.g., Vietnam, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Panama, Iraq, the Philippines, even Grenada), which is the principle on which `the family of nations exists, with its property rights and the rights of man.'

At the end, Prouty is even prophetic: `the power elite utilizes all manner of plots to achieve their ambitious goal. That gamesmanship is called `Terrorism'.

This book is a must read for all those wanting to understand the world we live in.

In this volume, Colonel Fletcher Prouty captures both the secret history of the United States from 1945 to 1975 and the reasons behind the plot to kill President Kennedy. Herein, the courageous Colonel illustrates quite clearly that the clandestine history and the assassination plot were intrinsically linked.

From the important information in this book, we learn that the war in Vietnam actually began on September 2, 1945, when Ho Chi Minh was established as the new leader of Vietnam by our OSS, the predecessor of the CIA, and the US Army. The United States was thoughtful enough to provide all the weapons, ammunition, and supplies necessary for Ho and Giap to pursue their war against the French, which culminated in the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Following that defeat, the CIA arranged for the transfer of 1.1 million "refugees" from the North of Vietnam to the South. These folks caused such disruption in the fragile agricultural economy of the South that their arrival ultimately drove the orginal residents to banditry in order that they might survive. These displaced bandits became what was later known as the Viet Cong. Hence, the CIA created the conditions necessary for a full scale war in Vietnam.

On coming to office, Kennedy, a brilliant and studious man, came soon to understand the perfidy of the CIA. One of first his acts on realizing this was to fire CIA director Allen Dulles. Soon thereafter, he issued one the most important, and unknown, documents of US history, NSAM 263. Issued in October of 1963, this document called for 1,000 US military personnel to come home from Vietnam by that Christmas. The remainder were to be out of Vietnam by the end of 1965. Had John Kennedy lived, what Americans know as the war in Vietnam would never have happened.

Prouty demonstrates herein that the powers that be ultimately made the decision that they could not allow Kennedy to live. He makes it clear that assassination researches who make a career of examining the details of the government's false cover story truly miss the point. What matters is not how the President was killed, but why. And the answer to that question is that the assassination was a coup d'etat, transferring control of the government of the United States to a power elite, which has been in control ever since. Hence, we have the strange silence of every succeeding President on the issue of the cover up of the Kennedy assassination.

The book is well written and extraordinarily important. He would understand our nation and how it came to be in the condition that now obtains would be well advised to read carefully this terribly important book. God bless.

Finally, those involved are getting old enough not to place concern about their own welfare above truth anymore.

This book provides so many connections, such a depth of behind the scenes knowledge and inner workings of the specific programs operating at the time, you can't help but be bowled over.

***Note: Anyone interested in the Kennedy Assassination should realize that there is a "misinformation plant" in the Library Journal review department. Every honest book on the subject has been unconvincingly discredited by them, while they praise and try to steer you towards known flake CIA-financed writers such as Gerald Posner.

It's rather common to hear of wrongdoing by the CIA. I saw a graph recently that showed American citizen's belief in their government plummetting after the Kennedy Assassination. Almost no one accepted the Warren Commission Report and such a cover up has casted doubt on our government ever since.

This "High Cabal" as Churchill called them obviously doesn't start with the CIA, or the Federal Reserve. It predates Christianity, but it's quite simple. There are bums who seek handouts and never try to rise, and there are bums who gain a position over others but still yearn for that same handout, taking it by force, by skimming, whatever is neccessary to defeat justice, honor and civility. These are not great men and they will not be remembered like an Edison or a Ford. They are the most creative parasites on the planet, and the most deeply engrained.

Currency control has changed EIGHT times since America's inception. The most vocal fighter against irrational banking was Andrew Jackson; not Kennedy or Lincoln (google "Jackson Bank Veto"). He fought and defeated in his time what has morphed into the Federal Reserve Bank. Before the Civil War, such bankers were buying politicians, planting press stories, steering elections, stealing freedoms, killing people--anything to assure a fascist cushion between themselves and existence.

Do we ever hear anything bad about the Federal Reserve? In Jackson's time, they were entrenched 16 years deep and it was difficult to rout them out then. They did try to kill him. Now they are ninety years deep. They have owned many Presidents, they control the Justice and State Departments, and the CIA secretly furthers their agenda.

Nothing happens at the Assassination Level without their approval. In today's world, America is struggling in recession (bankruptcy) mostly due to the $360 Billion we now pay to the Fed for their generous "Debt-Money" System, and that is an exponentially increasing burden. EVERY dollar in our country has interest being paid on it as if it were borrowed! Due to this, bankruptcy for America is a mathematical certainty. (Imagine if you had to pay interest not just on every dollar you owed, but on every dollar you made! America IS!)

With changes in the laws, soon none of us will be permitted to walk away from our debts and start over--as if our hard economic times is our own personal fault.

We are all about to become debt slaves, as they intend. If you want to have a chance at recovery, if you want your kids to have a chance at a decent future, join me and I'll give you the Moral Armor neccessary to beat down these parasites and restore America to what it was meant to be. They CAN be defeated, but not without YOUR empowerment. If you can't stand up or are afraid to, I'll show you how. Invest in yourself right now and let's save this ship!

A little repetitive...

No point in worrying... enjoy life at the moment... can't control birth or death so lets get drunk and make love


But pretty.

I'm new to the Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam, but I must say I throughly enjoyed this translation. It's great for reading alone, reading aloud and discussing with good philosophically-minded friends.

To sum up the feelings of this book, I shall use some quotations from other media I enjoy. Here we go:

"Seize the Day" (Dead Poet's Society)
"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you shall die" (The Bible)
"From dust you are, and dust you shall return" (Genesis, The Bible)

That's pretty much the gist of the poem, written in a style that evokes the Bible book of Ecclesiastes, which is not surprising. They are both written by old, disenchanted men nearing the end of their lives. The only difference is one is a disenchanted Jewish King (Solomon of Ecclesiastes) and the other (Omar Khayyam) is a disenchanted Moslem thinker and astronomer. It's very interesting to note the parallels.

I'd recommend this book and this very literal translation to those who are questioning the meaning of life. It's worth every penny...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is almost certainly the most widely known work by an Islamic writer. It is the only non-western piece of literature that I was required to read when in high school and I recently re-read this version. Like most historical pieces, it is difficult to understand without additional knowledge of the historical context. Khayyam was a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer, which means he was as educated as the times allowed. The Rubaiyat was written in about 1120 C. E. and is in the form of quatrains or four-line rhymes.
As a poem, the flow is smooth and the imagery deals with the lot of what human life is. The fourteenth quatrain is:

Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend,
Before we too into the Dust descend;
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie
Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and--sans End!

with clear imagery regarding death, which is a consistent theme throughout. Other quatrains deal with how we cope with life, and how we deal with the difficult questions of our existence. Quatrain 74 is

Yesterday This Day's Madness did prepare;
To-morrow's Silence, Triumph, or Despair:
Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

describing how little we know about the consequences of our journey through life.

The deep imagery of the poems requires that you read it slowly and several times. Like the best of poems, the passages are often open to multiple interpretations, which increases the level of interest. I hope that the high schools in my area still require the eleventh grade English classes to read this poem, understanding it is truly within the purview of multicultural studies.

I collect this work in different formats. This particular book is very good. I recommend everyone reading the Rubaiyat at least once in their lifetime. It is an excellent poetic examination of Man's purpose and Man's relation with God. One can appreciate the Rubaiyat only for its beautiful poetic images or explore it over and over for its deeper philosophical nuances. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is ever a delight no matter how you prefer it.

There are so many editions of Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat translations that have been published, with many being limited editions. Several of these rose to highly collectible status, especially those with tipped-in color plates by Dulac, Pogany or Arthur Szyk. These necessarily set them apart from other more textual editions.

This review has specifically to do with the Illustrated Editions Company 1938 printing. Physically, at 11 1/2" x 8" it is rather long and wide, almost completely black, except for a red illustration of a mosque on the cover, and thin.

I give 4 Stars only because it is not the first Fitzgerald edition, but a 20th century reprint. Beyond that, this is the most excellent of editions. The Illustrated Editions Company version has the first and last Fitzgerald translations.

This book is powerful and sacred. Reading it will invoke a shamanic experience-- you will be there, as Omar uses the wine metaphor to teach the value and ephemeral substance of life. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is essential metaphysics. The note and comment that open this edition are key to understanding why the Illustrated Editions Company is above all the rest, even other collector editions, of which I own several. It is the care and quality of the edition that sets it apart, certainly not anything distinguished about its content. This is my favorite edition of all. The tipped in color plates by Hamzeh Abd-ullah Kar are authentic Persian fantasy, and reading each carefully printed verse on the heavy, slightly glossy parchment is a religious experience. There is something qualitatively different about reading the Illustrated Editions Company version.

I can't find much else about this copy on the net, but there is one site that shows a copy remarkably similar to the one which I am using to base this review. I see no evidence that the title letters were ever gilt, although whenever the book goes up for auction the owners usually say the gilt is worn from the letters. This can't be true of all these copies, especially for a printing as late as '38, so I'm inclined to believe there never was any gilt lettering. I have seen other far less well preserved editions from earlier periods that have almost fully retained their gilt. The gems are between the boards, in this case.

The comment by Edward Heron-Allen is itself a collectible piece of literature, though he wrote only one paragraph. Truly an edition which can only be enjoyed by the reverential Rubaiyat enthusiast.

I read The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes. Its written by Anne Mazor. I choose this book because I have read a book by this author before and thought it was great. My recommendation is 8-9 years old, because they would not understand it. It was a well written book and it taught a lesson. This book was nonfiction. The settings of this book was a soccer field school and Abby's house. The main idea of this book is Abby wants to become a soccer player. The problem is Abby is not the best soccer player. Also for a while her parents did not know she was playing soccer. I think this book deserves 5 stars because the ending is very good. I hope to read another book by the author.

Anne Mazer's series THE AMAZING DAYS OF ABBY HAYES is about a ten-year-old fifth-grader named (suprise!) Abby Hayes. Abby has curly red hair, blue eyes, and (she feels) none of the specal talent that everyone else in her family seems to have. Abby's mother is a succesful lawyer and marathon runner, her father owns a thriving online company, and her twin sisters are # 1, too. Eva is the captain of the soccer team, basketball team, laccrose team, and just about ever other kind of sport you could think of. Isabel is the champion of her school's debate team, and can tell you about the hundred years war, the war of roses, and any other anciet war you didn't want to know about. Abby's little brother Alex is only in second grade, but he is a whiz at anything electronic, and in his spare time, he can often be found bulding computerized robots. So how is Abby supposed to find her place in this family of superstars? Abby thinks that if she can star on the soccer field, she can prove that she is a true Hayes. Will Abby be able to prove her worth? Find out in this wonderful book. Yessiree, it is simply Awsome!!!!!!!!

Whoever tries to sell you this book don't buy it. My grandaughter bugged me for a month after I ordered it and it never came, so I went on a
local hunt and found it.

Abby Hayes feels outshined and overshadowed by her family. Her older twin sisters are perfect - one excells in sports, the other is the top of her class.
Her younger brother is a math genius, her mother is a marathon running lawyer, and her father owns a successful company.
So what about Abby? Where does she fit in? As she begins her first day of fifth grade, the question bugs at her mind relentlessly. But eventually she finds that every cloud does indeed have a silver lining.

I loved this book because I like writing just like Abby. This book would be interesting to girls and boys. I think if you like soccer you will like this book!

This was a quick, very emotional read. Although it does look to put Cantor Fitzgerald in a positive light, I believe it's correct to do so after reading this book.

Howard Lutnick faced loss, hearbreak, devastation, and choices that, hopefully, none of us will ever have to endure. I admire him for his courage, feel for his personal losses, and congratulate him on keeping his company (and, in turn, the families of those that were lost) together.

A really good read.

I actually got this book from the library, so I didn't actually buy it. But I wouldn't have felt bad about buying it, after reading it. Tom Barbash's writing makes you feel like you were right there interviewing and witnessing conversations with survivors and their families. I truely felt Howard Lutnick's loss for his brother and his other familiy at work. How mind blowing is it to know that almost 700 out of 1000 employees have died, and that you have to get your company back to what it was Sept. 10, 2 days after the attacks, so the Cantor families wouldn't be just put out in the cold. And during all of this, you still have to greave for your brother, best friend, and try to attend over 600 funerals of co-workers and friends you saw every day at work. It's a shame that the media tried to make Howard an escape goat. I've actually have a very different opinion now about Connie Chung than I did before. We always think the reporter, and especially a well known one, would give the audience all the facts instead of eskuing it to one side.
Some reviewers have said it's a propaganda book--some propaganda book! The pain all these people went through are real. And I doubt that if that same reviewer was in Howard Lutnick's shoes, he would have done any better under the circumstances.
In any event, the book was very eye opening and I have more of appreciation for the survivors and their feelings. I don't think I could now ask a Sept 11 survivior their story anymore. The healing has to begin somewhere, and after 5 years, I think it has begun.

This book is fabulous. As I read each page, the writer expressed the sorrow the people felt after this inhumane tragedy. Having worked in the bond market for 25 years, I was quite shocked when I read that if "Cantor" could not open and thus subsequentyly go under, the bond market would potentially collasped! Howard, you are a stronger man than you think. Although Mr. Lutnick lost so much on this day, he made the effort to put the company back together so that our free market economy would move on and prosper in the world. In my religion we refer to people like Howard Lutnik as "angels". Mr. Lutnik this book is so well worth the read! Many thanks for what you've done for our country, economy and your employees.

When it comes to the world of finance, I'm a total idiot. I also don't spend much time thinking of such things, since I've never had enough money to invest in a savings account, much less comodities. So some of what the story is about eludes me. I can't identify with the amount of dollars being discussed, or the money these people make, but they become human because of the pain they endured and the losses they suffered. Cantor Fitzgerald suffered potential fatal harm that day and the people who struggled to pull the company out of the ashes are to be commended, as well as consoled. I had difficulty putting the book down once I started reading it. It is compelling. This is one of the few 9/11 books that should make it to your reading list.

The reviews reproduced here are a tribute to Tom Barbash, just as Barbash wrote the book as a tribute -- and an exhoneration -- to his college buddy Howard Lutnick. Therein lies the tale. Barbash and Lutnick have artfully exploited the suffering of others -- one to write a book (and to promote a novel), the other to strike an innocent pose. It worked! Look at the reviews that blindly defend the book and charge that any criticism of it is tantamount to insensitivity toward the victims of 9/11!

This is wonderful propaganda indeed, and if I were to grade it on that scale the book would get five stars. Lutnick's obsession with looking good and Barbash's equally atrocious commitment to whitewashing exploits grief as it turns anger onto others. Sickening.

My 10-year-old loves this series, and has hooked her 12-year-old sister in to it, too. I've read some of the books out loud to the kids and they are fun, fast, and clean. Great suspense of a very appropriate nature for young readers. I would recommend these books to anyone.

This is a fast paced story that will keep readers wanting to turn pages. Some background knowledge is required in the beginning. The vivid verbs used by Korman create a video in your head for many of the scenes.

This series by Gordon Korman worked wonders for several reluctant readers in my class. These are good fast moving books that really move you on to the next in the series.

Great but before I say anything, NOTE this is a six part writing, the reader must read them in order to make sense. I obtained this book at the local library and even they did not know there were (6) more sequences to follow. Great Series

I enjoyed this book because it had a lot of detail and interesting and funny parts to it. this book was one of my all time favorites it made me realize how much I have and how little the kids in this story have. Because I feel really bad for aiden and meg because there on the run risking there lives and trying to get to there uncle to see if he can help them get there parents out of jail. Their parents are in jail for something they didn't even do and I think that's a little unfair. And I would totally recommend this book because it is breath taking and will keep you on your toes at all times and make u want to read it.