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Louisiana Blue
Tiller Galloway finds work diving on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
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"It's a aiguillette, sir, not a fourragere."Read:
12/1999
Overthrow
The war rages on, but the United Statians are taking it to China. Then SPOILER, America gets nuked.
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"And FDR ran concentration camps too, remember that."
Blair had to nod, "I do, touché" -- Yeah, well...Read:
9/2023
The Circle
Ensign Dan Lenson's first assignment is a destroyer named U.S.S. Ryan. Third book in the series, prequel to the first two.
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8/1998
The Gulf
Dan Lenson in the Persian Gulf.
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8/1998
The Med
Naval story. Very Clancy.
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7/1998
The Only Thing To Fear
WWII spy novel involving John Kennedy, Roosevelt, and other personalities of the time. Pretty good.
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12/2000
The Passage
Heavy naval action. Has the automated destroyer.
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8/1998
The Threat
Dan Lehman is, detached?, from the Navy, working in Washington D.C. as head of a drug interdiction team for the White House. Through the book he pretty much ends up doing everything ELSE, however!
Words I Had To Look Up:
encaustic tile (pg. 31) -- Ceramic tiles with a decoration made of different colors of clay inlaid into their surface.
Voda gazifie (pg. 115) -- First word is "water", can't find definition for the second word.
Scrum (pg. 287) -- The formation used in the setplay restarting play after a knock-on or forward pass.
Quote:
Dan tries out his French --
Fevier made a half-concealed grimace, as if tasting a bad peanut. "You will excuse me, but perhaps we should conduct our business in English." (pg. 146)
Quote:
Is this the correct word, "deserts?
"We have been fortunate beyond our deserts." (pg. 112)
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9/2008
The Weapon
Dan Lenson travels off to Moscow, goes for a swim in the Moskva, a little pirate action in Asia, then a another swim, or something, in and around the Persian Gulf. He gets a pretty bauble from the Frenchies, but not much recognition from his own.
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6/2009Words I Had To Look Up:
natatorium (pg. 81) -- A structurally separate building containing a swimming pool.
Thunder On The Mountain
W.T. Halversen is involved in a strike at Thunder Oil in 1936. A prequel to the others in the Hemlock County series.
QUOTE:
Remembering that, he head-faked, waited till the other had his haymaker on the rails, and ducked under it and hammered him in the face, left, left, right to the ribs. hard, because he wasn't going to let anybody get away with that kind of talk about his girl.Read:
3/2000
Tomahawk
Dan Lensen wonders about the validity of nuclear weapons. Perhaps less action than the others in the series, but still an enjoyable book.
QUOTE:
Three Girl Scouts with Reagan masks staring from crotchless panty hose offered him a liter of Popov's.Read:
3/2000
Violent Peace
The war is pretty much over. Pretty much.
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Ta pocketa.Read:
9/2023
Winter In The Heart
An old man and a boy try to figure out who is dumping toxic chemicals.
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8/1998
Eve's Tattoo
Interesting story of Eve who gets the number of a concentration camp victim tattooed for her fortieth birthday.
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12/2000
A Blink Of The Screen
Collected shorter fiction. Some of it was OK, some pretty interesting, but the story titles The Sea And Little Fishes was exquisitely written, and I was very teary for a goodly portion of the story. And the "bonus" chapter, if not more so.
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6/2017
A Hat Full Of Sky
A young girl witch, Tiffany Aching, has a big battle. Very good.
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3/2005
Carpe Jugulum
Vampires are invited to the christening, as it were, of the royal baby in Lancre. Big mistake!
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1/2005
Dodger
A London tosher rescues a beautiful girl from a beating at the hands scoundrels. Not a Discworld book.
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8/2013
Feet Of Clay
Golems are holding secret meetings.
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12/2004
Guards! Guards!
A dragon comes to Ankh-Morpork, and Vimes has to deal with it. Also, Carrot joins the force. Vimes has his hands full.
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3/2015
20 books displayed
[Palacio - Paretsky] [Pargin - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Patterson] [Patterson - Pears] [Pears - Perry] [Perry - Platt] [Pohl - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Pynchon]