No comments about The Twins: Men of Violence.

No comments about Mr. New Orleans: The Life of a Big Easy Underworld Legend.

1 comments about El tango de Ahumada / Ahumada's Tango.

1. leí este libro hace unos meses y me parece muy bueno porque describe las relaciones comerciales de este empresario con el poder. Ahumada adquiere la nacionalidad mexicana de manera dudosa y tan pronto llega a Méxic se relacina con el poder con gente cmo el exgobernador de Guerrero Ruiz Massieu, Salinas de Gortari y lacayos de éste. Fue usado como ariete en esta guerra entre dos proyectos: uno, el pryect neoliberal que comenzó en 1982 en México con reultados magros; otro, el proyecto alterno que encabeza López Obrador. Al ver detenida su carrera de licitaciones y construcciones en el DF, Ahumada declara enemigo a López y comienza Ahumada una serie de peripecias legales que lo llevan hasta Cuba donde el gbierno de ese país grabó sus declaraciones (más de 40 hras). En dichas grabaciones Ahumada asegura que el partido de la ultraderecha mexicana (PAN) y miembros importantes de éste "no le cumplieron" la ayuda prometida. Fue deportado de Cuba. La ultraderecha lo considera "preso político", aunque no ha padecido ni el 1% de vejaciones que integrantes de la APPO, de Atenco o de muchos otros lugares ha sufrido. Ahumada es un peón de gente poderosa con poca credibilidad. El libro es una verdadera destreza periodística.

No comments about The Bird That Never Flew: The Uncompromising Autobiography of One of the Most Punished Prisoners in the History of the British Penal System.

No comments about Tales of Americana / Gunfighters.

1 comments about Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge: The Clyde May Story.

1. I just like oral histories, and this one about an Alabama moonshiner whose son takes his recipe to make a legalized whiskey is particularly intriguing because it creates a human story to go along with the demonized image of the moonshiner. Other books in this "Conecuh Series" are equally good, although each one is topically and stylistically different.

No comments about The mob murdered the father, others killed the son.

2 comments about Grace and Mercy: My Path to Redemption.

1. This is one man's testimony to the power of God, and that is enough for any of us to stand up and take note. However, the author's knack for telling a story is a little disappointing. I heard the author on a radio program telling an interviewer some stories of his life, and it whetted my appetite to hear the "rest of the story." Unfortunately, after reading the book I was still waiting to hear it! The author begins stories and leaves out the who, what, where, when, why and how of the story. Wesley Smith tells of the desperate situation he found himself in (e.g., convicted of murder!!), but other than crediting God with deliverance, fails to get specific about how God worked to release him from prison - I've read many life stories of men and women who have been freed by God's power, which is often unexplainable, but their stories provide insight into feelings, and what specific things happened, to give God the glory. After reading this book, I was thankful that Weley Smith had a story to tell, but wished he had told it better.



2. I read this book w/i an hour. Just as another reviewer wrote "To Short" I actually wished their was more to the story than what was written. However, I got the point. I couldn't help but give God the praises after reading this book. I would look foward to reading something else from this author in the feature.

1 comments about Jack the Ripper - Infamous London Serial Killer (Biography).

1. All this book has is the main Wikipedia article about Jack the Ripper printed out in book form... or at least the version of that article that was online when this book was put together. While Wikipedia uses a license that allows people to republish its content, which means it's not illegal for someone to have done this, certainly as a reader there's no reason to pay $10 to get what you can get for free online. More importantly, if you look it up online you can click links to read much more detailed information that's available in several additional articles Wikipedia has about Jack the Ripper suspects, victims, books, films and so forth, which this publisher didn't even bother collecting together.
   
   Simply put, there's no reason to buy this, or the other books by this publisher, unless you just like paying good money for a watered down version of something that's available for free online.

No comments about Dave Courtney's Heroes and Villains.