1 comments about Too Fat to Fish.

1. I laughed, and I cried. This book is so good that I may actually keep it instead of taking it back for store credit.

5 comments about Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

1. This is typical shameless garbage that the criminal elite use to promote themselves and their underlings. And don't be ridiculous and think that slick BHO even wrote this book. None of our phoney, criminal, deviant, controlled "leaders" ever write any of the shameless books that are attributed to them. Why do we continue to be so naive and foolish? Why do we continue to think that we live in any sort of democracy?
   
   What can be said for sure about BHO is that he is an attractive man who can spew forth what is written for him in an eloquent manner. Oh, and he has nice white teeth. That's it folks, and I could care less what Oprah and all those little Hollywood turds gush about him, because BHO is a manufactured cut-out of a candidate who will be completely controlled by all the usual suspects. But, don't think just anyone could do what BHO does. He has a small army of helpers creating his image, dressing him, booking teeth whitening appointments, and white washing his past - especially on the internet. He has obviously had quite a bit of training in public speaking, but not just the "normal" type that you and I might sign up for. No, no. What he's been well trained in (as was Clinton, Reagan, and many others) is neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and subtle hypnotic/subliminal speech patterns. Of course it also helps a great deal that everywhere he speaks is "specially wired" for sound, which affects the audience in ways they probably couldn't comprehend or believe. This type of frequency manipulation of brain waves and body rhythms has been perfected for well over 2 decades. But, that's getting off topic...
   
   In regards to this book,



2. Out of all the autobiographies I've read of prominent men and women, and particularly those wih political ambition and desire for high office, I don't think I've ever read anything as frank and straightforward as this book of Obama's. Writing about oneself is difficult for most people most of the time, and here, describing one's childhood (or bi-racial childhood as Americans often say) involves displaying whatever conclusions you've reached as you assenbked your emotional and intellectual self, in different parts of this country, and in Indonesia, and that must surely have been profoundly difficult.
   
   Considering the high level of education Obama's achieved, that the book is written well should be no surprise. But what is so amazing about all this is that currently the election campaign of Obama's Republican opponent is attempting to encourage the voting public that there is an impenetrable veil of mystery surrounding candidate Obama; mystery about his morals, his political affiliations, his religious obligations.. It seems obvious to me that anybody in this country or this world could find the man revealed with maximum clarity simply by reading this exceptional book. The latest Republican hocus-pocus is nonsense. It depends on the shameful racist tradition that says no white person can ever accept any level of intimacy -- certainly not an equitable one -- with any person of color, and that understanding would be a breach of caste.
   
   We will be reading this splendid book for many years, both as adults and as students and children. It will become a young people's library classic.



3. ok first off I am not in favor for Obama's political ideals, lets just get that out of the way now. This Book was Sooo Boring. I wanted to know more of the man, and what better way the by his own words. I think I found out more stuff about him before he was alive. He talks about the great life of his family and the web of emotions connected to the race differance between his father and the mothers side. He also goes on about the "true love" connection of his father and mother ...BEFORE HE WAS CONCIEVED... sorry but if I was to write a book of my own life and the connection I had with my father, I'd might start with my earliest memory. He talks of stroking of hands and gazing of eyes like he was there. People might call this filler and/or juicing the story up, I call it packing a troubled past up with white lies to make it look presentable.
   Saying that I find much of his ideals and "black" reactionary remarks in the book racist and selling out the "we can do it" idea to a self-victimizing hate speech.



4. This is the most compelling story that really resonates with me. Barak Obama's life connects with a little bit of everyone no matter your race or background. In his book, Barak Obama articulates the near and distant relationships specifically with his grandparents and estranged parents, which ultimately shaped his character to what it is now; open, inclusive and inspirational. After reading this book, I knew that this was no ordinary man. If an ordinary man he is certainly destined for extraordinary things. He is genuine and open about his past even the troubling part he tells about his youth. You Must Read! I was spell bound, once you start reading you won't stop until finished. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance



5. The book was a new paper cover. It came promptly and was packaged well. In perfect condition.

5 comments about sTORI Telling.

1. I liked Tori and wanted to know more about her life, not much in the way of life growing up, pretty much dull and uneventful, not the rich girl, gets everything she wants, no good dishing on anyone worth mentioning. Such a dissapointment, pretty much like high school stuff and not great high school stuff to boot!! If you want excitement look at your own growing up, don't waste your time!! Tori you could have done soooo much better!! So glad I didn't buy this book.



2. This was a great book, I was very impressed. I finished reading just two days after I received it in the mail, I just couldn't put it down! I was also very surprised the book was so cheap.



3. Using the same format that a majority of other Tori Spelling reviewers have taken: surprisingly, this book came across as a very fun read!
   
   Tori paints the picture of her life in a very simple and honest way, adopting some of the humor from her short-lived sitcom "so noTORIous". It's easy to see that she's rehearsed these stories at length with friends, and they flow across the page with wickedly fun glee. Some autobiographies become lost in the minute details of unestablished characters, focusing more on the author's memory than on the reader's ability to grasp. Tori made sure to reference her friends and give us an idea of what she was dealing with.
   
   The rumors that seemed to surround her life were surprising. She makes it a point to also not brow-beat us with the information we'd already heard before (via tabloids) and dispels any untruths that have come across. It's shockingly raw and honest, hearing her admit her mistakes and taking the weight of a lot of what was dealt in her life. This is no "poor little rich girl", indeed. You really see all sides of Tori Spelling, and for that I think I admire her.
   
   It's total Hollywood fluff but it's also the life of Tori Spelling. It'll be interesting to see what she comes up with for the next 30 years....



4. This book is very well written and pulled me into her world! I loved reading about her childhood and how she is now. She's completely down to earth and normal!



5. I was so excited to of recieved the book in the mail. Not knowing that my husband had purchased it for me. He knows that I am a big fan of Tori Spelling. I just want to say that it is a good book to read. You will find out all about her life as a child and as she grew up. There are so many things that know one knew about her or her family, that she is telling. I recommende everyone purchase a book.

5 comments about My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey.

1. The information contained in this book was very helpful to me and my family. My twin brother has a tramatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident a year ago. The book enlightened us and gave us knowledge on how to deal with the peaks and valleys. She lists 40 things you should know in the back of the book that are invaluable. I highly recommend the book you will use it as a resource.My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey



2. This is the BEST book I have ever read on the subject
   of what it feels like to have a stroke!!!!
   Author even told us how to treat stroke survivors-what to do
   and what not to do.



3. This is a very "insightful" book - a must read. Well written, highly understandable and uplifting.



4. An amazing true story by an amazing woman. It also teaches us how to respond to "damaged" people.



5. THIS BOOK GOT ME TO "STEP TO THE RIGHT" AND DECIDE TO DONATE MY BRAIN TO THE HARVARD BRAIN BANK WHEN I DIE. IT ALSO GAVE ME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW THE BRAIN WORKS AND HEALS ITSELF. IT IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE. IT IS WRITTEN IN LAYMAN'S TERMS AND IS A SPIRITUAL BOOK AS WELL. THANK YOU, DR. TAYLOR, FOR WRITING IT. NAMASTE.

5 comments about Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life.

1. The author spent a considerable number of years living in an isolated small South Dakota home, and began frequenting monasteries for intellectual stimulation - hardly a good foundation for a vigorous intellectual life. Much stronger alternatives included moving to a larger city or becoming employed as a high-school or junior college instructor, heavy use of the Internet (reading respected sources such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and posting her own thoughts), and use of satellite TV.



2. Whatever your spiritual path, or your curiosity about things spiritual, Kathleen Norris is a worthy guide. She chooses a discursive path through her own life. She's honest,frank and remarkably open.
   
   Acedia may be an unfamiliar word, but from the moment Norris first describes it, you will recognize it. The vice of "not caring" is familiar to us all at least occasionally. The effect of acedia on Norris' marriage, prayer, writing, life helps us to understand how relevant her portrayal is for us today.
   
   Her forays into explanations of acedia, its causes and effects are just deep enough. We return to her story with a renewed sense of her life's struggle.



3. It's been fifteen years since Kathleen Norris captured the spiritual imagination of readers with memoirs about leaving New York City for Lemmon, South Dakota (Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, 1993), and drinking deep at the well of monastic spirituality (Cloister Walk, 1996). Having passed her sixtieth birthday, her latest book reflects a maturing vision of what authentic Christian identity might look like for the contemporary pilgrim. Partly a story of love and lament for her husband David who died of cancer in 2003 at the age of fifty-seven, part historical and theological inquiry, and part psychological analysis, Norris weaves these themes around a singular plot about what the early desert monastics called the "noonday demon" of acedia.
   
   The Greek word acedia has a semantic range that is broad, complex, and elastic. Translators pile up the synonyms: torpor, malaise, ennui, listlessness, apathy and even sloth. Acedia figures prominently in the lives and literature of the early monastics who fled the chaos and clamor of the cities, only to discover a cacophony of voices in the human heart. Norris relates how she too has battled acedia since her teenage years, although she did not always know what it was. Trying to identify with precision just what this ancient and arcane experience really is proves elusive.
   
   Is acedia an external attack by the devil? Interior bad thoughts? A temptation you can resist? How do personality types, your inherited neurobiology, family of origin, and developmental psychology inform the analysis? Most important of all is the similarity between acedia and clinical depression. Is acedia a spiritual sin or a medical sickness? Maybe both at the same time? Is this a matter of "do not," "will not" or "cannot" (204)? Norris is acutely aware of this dangerous territory; she knows that in our contemporary culture to distinguish between acedia and depression "can make one suspicious of being in denial, or worse, of judging people who are ill as being morally deficient." She admits that teasing out distinctions is murky and wants to avoid the "false assurances of either/or thinking" (268; cf. 35). But she draws upon her own experiences and the reflections of writers like Evagrius, Kierkegaard, Dante, and contemporary psychiatrists to maintain that whatever their many similarities, acedia and depression are not the same.
   
   Readers can judge for themselves whether Norris succeeds in her task. At times I thought of the joke that when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. For example, her final chapter is called "Acedia: A Commonplace Book" (289-329); it simply quotes without comment about 125 authors across four thousand years who speak broadly about her theme. A related problem is that the subject dies the death of a thousand qualifications, resulting in a distinction without a clear difference. Norris herself is a wise spiritual pilgrim, but an unintended consequence of her book might be that it encourages popular self-analysis of a complicated phenomenon by sufferers who are far less adept than she is, and who ought to seek professional help (whether spiritual or medical).
   
   Let the scholars howl, says Norris (47). She knows her own story, she knows the early monastics and modern studies, and she's done her homework. She points us toward genuine human wholeness, to greater self-knowledge and less self-consciousness, and to the deep longing of Sarapion of Thmuis (4th century), "Lord! We entreat you, make us truly alive." Acedia and Me might be Norris's most controversial book; it also might be her best one.



4. Norris says in the introduction to this book that she's been working on it for a long, long time, gathering materials, reading, and writing. I suspect that what she was waiting for - consciously or intuitively - was an organizing structure. She never found it.
   
   "Acedia & Me" is full of lots of wisdom and reflection on the spiritual problem of depression/apathy/boredom/distraction, as well as a smattering of wonderful quotes and stories from church literature that has been largely forgotten by the church, and stories about her husband's illnesses, and her own battles with depression (etc.) and quotes from modern authors about society's ills, and... anything else that managed to fall into her file marked "Acedia" over the years.
   
   The problem is that it's barely organized at all. And at 327 pages, it's an awful lot of unorganized notes and thoughts. Some things repeat almost verbatim; often variations on the same theme are twenty pages apart. It gets kind of hard to keep plugging through after the first hundred pages or so; while new stuff does turn up now and then, maintaining a sense of progression through the book is almost impossible.
   
   There is an awful lot of great stuff here. Norris has diagnosed a problem in society and written some excellent words of insight and reflection about it.
   
   Too bad she never found that organizing structure.



5. This is a really stunning book, poised on the boundary between psychology and religion. What to do about that stuporous state of motionless that is not quite severe depression but is also more than just a temporary sadness or bad mood? It seems to be a problem that afflicts writers in particular, and Norris writes eloquently about it. I felt like she described what therapists have described as dysthymia and my parents see as lack of discipline precisely, insightfully, and helpfully. The interweaving of her exploration of literary and religious sources with her own personal narrative is fascinating and enlightening for the reader. Reading this book gave me hope and courage to face my own difficulties.

5 comments about Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together.

1. A wonderful testimony of hope. The power of unconditional love could not have been presented in a more understanding manner. I finished the book with new but unknown friends.



2. The stunning power of this true story to reveal truth and wisdom in the midst of humble means is profound. It is the power of God at work as seen in this testimony. The power of love and compassion that prevails over preset social structures is far reaching and intense as the story of
   wealth and homelessness become intermingled.
   
   I did not expect to find the might and pull in this book as I picked it up, but was swiftly drawn into it from the first chapters. I can now state that it is one of the most profound books I have ever read. I will reread it for the sake of making a list of Denver's words of wisdom as listed throughout his tale. Denver, to be clear, is the homeless man, the wisest of the bunch. His words are worthy of deep meditation for their immense insight.
   
   I would deeply recommend this book to anybody and everybody for its impact on understanding in our social structure and God's grace in the midst of it.
   
   Stephanie S. Sawyer, author



3. This was an amazing, stirring story. It will touch your heart and stay with you forever.



4. I picked up this book after watching the authors, Denver and Ron Hall doing a t.v. interview about the book. The book sounded intriguing. Words are inadequate to tell you how much I enjoyed this book. First of all, it is an easy read. The characters and details in the book are vivid and the reader is almost instantly engaged with them. Unlike some other books in which you have to "warm up" to the book in the first few chapters before you are able to engage in the story, this book had me at chapter one.
   
   I have told many of my friends and family about what an excellent read it is. It is such a fun book and such a heart warming book but at the same time, the book teaches us some solid lessons about prayer, faith, unconditional love, self sacrifice,friendship, prejudice, and overcoming difficulty in marriage. I inadvertently awakened my husband late one night as I read the pages of this book when I began sniffing and weeping about Deborah a little too loudly. It was very late at night but I had been promising myself for many chapters that I would read one more chapter and turn in for the night. But I couldn't put the book down!
   
   I don't want to give away too much of the book for those who haven't read it yet. So suffice it to say, it was so enjoyable that I was almost sorry that I read it in three days. I didn't want the story to end. I wanted more of this wonderful book! I want to say a big THANK YOU and BLESS YOU to Ron Hall and Denver Moore for sharing their story with us. This story should be made into a film so that more people will learn of this beautiful story.



5. During the summer of 2007 I attended a Sunday morning service in Grapevine, Texas with my husband, his sister and her husband. During this service I had the wonderful pleasure to hear Dever talk about his experiences and about this book. After getting home I went right to the computer and ordered the book. I finished it very quickly because it had caught my attention. It made me think alot, We shouldn't take our lives for granted and to live each day like its our last. I LOVED the book so much that I passed it on to my mother who then passed to on to her mother!

5 comments about The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future.

1. Great story about a true American business icon. One who still is working and a living legend in the business and philanthropic scene. Comprehensive view of his life, his comebacks, his views, etc. The "Boonisms" are priceless.



2. It's very rare to read a book in 3 days, especially if you're talking shop. This book is one of them. I can subdivide this book into 3 parts:
   Part 1: The first few chapters are a riveting tale of determination and success, where Boone recounts his autobiography. In my opinion this is the best part of the book. I read it in almost a day.
   Part 2: Where Boone goes on and on about his philanthropy and football team. This is not an interesting part at all, although I believe the guy earned the right to gloat a little, so I'll accept it.
   Part 3: Although not a very thorough plan and I question the motives behind it, it gives great insight into the Energy market economics.
   
   All in all, If you're into investment and/or inspirational tales, this in my opinion is a must read. You can skip the few chapters of (gloating, football and philanthropy though and you wouldn't be missing a lot).



3. This book was reasonably written but was more of an autobiography than a how to book.



4. The author provides some very important pearls of wisdom on the subject of making big money. First, big deals take time to reach fruition. In addition, decision makers can not get bogged down in "analysis paralysis". At some point, action is required. Leaders need to obtain top people in the critical aspects of business operations.
   
   The book introduces some very important facts about energy. For instance, 75% of oil is in the hands of state-owned industries. Sasol is a good South African prospect for producing liquified fuel from coal. Another good investment is Suncor which is the largest Canadian oil sands company.
   
   Occasionally, oil is unavailable in the Gulf of Mexico due to the tremendous storm activity and the need to repair the oil drilling equipment.
   
   A goal of the author is to replace 36% of gasoline demand with natural gas to reduce our foreign oil bills by 16% per year. There are some interesting stories about corporate takeover attempts like Unocal. Ultimately, the company spent millions to fight a hostile takeover bid. In some situations, a 13D form must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission when the acquisition involves over 5% of the company stock. i.e. the Vintage Petro example
   
   The book depicts a number of family and professional pictures of T. Boone Pickens . Overall, the volume is a good value for readers interested in corporate deal-making case studies, as well as the intricacies of the oil and alternative energy market.



5. T. Boone Picken's illustrious career of rises and falls makes for fascinating reading. The insights from a man who has seen it all and earned the title "the oracle of oil" turns into results in valuable lessons for anyone who wants to read them, even if you aren't going to manage a hedge fund anytime soon.
   
   Another book I bumped into this week and devoured because it's a fascinating exploration of the skills that lead to business success is The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book

5 comments about The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists.

1. Just after reading the intro i was smitten by the book. I have hardly ever laughed so hard while reading anything. I find myself thinking back at events that went bad or good, and realizing now why it did.
   
   This is a great book for any boy or men from 15 and up.
   If you can't handle the content of the book then you can't handle real life.
   This books is straight forward and shows how much you can accomplish with a little self esteem and confidence.
   So Buy it, read it, and have a great time with the humorous mind pictures that Neil Strauss is painting.
   
   If you need a guide to pick up women, than try David DeAngelo instead.
   Learn some NLP, Palm reading, cold reading, and a little magic never hurts anyone.



2. This book demonstrates what's possible for any guy. Also recommend "Secrets of the A Game" by Logan Edwards and "Mystery Method" by Mystery.



3. Similar to Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands by Billy Conroy. I thought both books cared little about women's feelings. The guys simply want short-term relationships.



4. It's well written, funny and highly entertaining. It's not a 'how to' manual on picking up chicks, it's the author's experience on journey going from an Average Frustrated Chump (AFC) to Pick Up Guru (PUG). Highly recommended.



5. When I got this book the look of it was fantastic. After I got about 3 quarters of the way through, honestly I had trouble to keep reading. I got onto this book from a friend from my hypnotist group, he said to have a look how they are using waking hypnosis. THAT PART FANTASTIC. It is just the author lost me after a while.
   
   Good book though.
   
   P.S. From some of the reviews I have read on this book, I don't know why but people are regarding this as a self help book. This is a not a self help book. It is a story of how people have used Hypnosis and Hybrid Hypnosis (NLP and others) to win the opposite sex. For those people who think this is a self help book, get a life! Rebuild a confidence pattern in your head and move on.

5 comments about The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood.

1. Helene Cooper has given those of us who've never been to Africa a brilliant account of what happened there, despite all the good will of the founders. Their dilemma is not unlike that of the Israelis and the Palestinians, and the story should make us hesitate to colonize people on land that is not ours.



2. The jacket cover read really well but the writing was rather dry. I didn't care for the dialog going back and forth. It is a great story not written that well.



3. This tender memoir shows us a side of society that exists in many African countries but is seldom portrayed--the upper middle class. I found it refreshing to read about the lives of Africans of means who aren't embezzlers and tin-pot dictators or blood-crazed war lords bent on carving out a kingdom from the flesh of their victims. Helene Cooper's family certainly had its share of flawed characters, but their lifestyle wasn't vastly different from Americans in similar economic circumstances.
   Their fates, of course, were very different and her handling of the impact of the turmoil in Liberia on her family gives the book some serious drama.
   
   Dave Donelson, author of Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo



4. This is one of the best memoirs I've ever read. It presents a "new" "African American" experience that we need to hear more about. Like Obama, Cooper is an African American who arrived at that "label" in a unique way. Her book highlights yet another path and, boy, am I glad she wrote about it. Thank you Helene. When's your next book coming? I'll be waiting.



5. Helene Cooper's memoir of growing up in Liberia is one of those books that you just can't put down. I was pretty groggy there for a few days after reading late into the night!
   
   Because I grew up in the U.S. at the same time as the author, I was captivated by the stories of her girlhood. Nancy Drew, green eye shadow, Barry White, velvet upholstery... even singing Blessed Assurance endlessly. It all sounds so familiar, and yet, that's where the similarity ends. Guns and war, soldiers and strongmen, rapes and executions. We who grew up in the relative safety of the U.S. in the latter part of the twentieth century can barely form mental images of the scenes she describes.
   
   The professional reviews of this book say its tone is flat. I don't agree. I like the factual, unsentimental tone of the book. The author is reporting her life, in all its glory and its ugliness. If she maintains a certain reserve, or a little distance, for her sanity's sake, she sure has the right. God bless her just for surviving.
   
   When the book ended, I was left with the question of whether Ms. Cooper ever went back to Liberia after her visit to find her sister Eunice. I looked up her recent bylines in the New York Times and enjoyed reading her articles. An epilogue about her continuing relationship with the country would have been a welcome addition to the book.
   
   If I could rate separately for editing, I would. Ms. Cooper's editors failed her. In another edition of the book, I would hope they would fix such silly errors as using "who's" instead of "whose" and spell names consistently (Mommee/Mommy). In many places, information is repeated; in two successive paragraphs, for example, the family cook is described as grumpy and irascible. It detracts from the book in a regrettable way.
   
   But not to end this review on a grumpy and irascible note. I loved this book and I suggest you read it along with Lawrence Hill's Someone Knows My Name: A Novel, which is based on historical events and tells the story of a woman who was enslaved in the South but who returns with the colony of African-Americans who founded Sierra Leone after the Revolutionary War. It provides another colorful look at this part of the world.

5 comments about Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.

1. Marcus Luttrell is a true American hero, as well as each and every member of his team. I'm sure he hates the phrase and would say that he was only doing his job. This humble man and his teammates are the epitome of those fighting for our country. We owe our freedom to men like these. I read the book in less than 24 hours because once you start, you can't put it down. God bless these folks and our country. This is book of the year and the sad part is that you'll never read about it in our liberal media. Here's a heartfelt salute to Chief Luttrell and the men like him who fight so we live free.



2. A fellow reviewers comment "Not due to any thrilling narrative but due entirely to the extreme jingoism of the author" pretty much sums up this book for me. I'd heard about the publication of the book on NPR, was looking forward to reading it but gave up after about 80 pages mostly because of the authors endlessly jingoistic tone. I found it a total distraction to what is probably an excellent story. I just finished reading "Highway To Hell" by ex British SAS solder John Geddes and was struck by the difference in how these two authors view the Middle East, it's people and the "war on terror".



3. This is a great story about a SEAL team against huge odds. I'm horrified that anyone gave it less than a five star. I recommend this for anyone interested in the military stuff or just wants a great book to read. This book is great! Also try loaning it to friends if you think they will like it (trust me they will love it).



4. I have to say this book is an absolute MUST READ! It is mind blowing what these men went through and the story that is told from it. I don't think any movie could ever do this book or story for that matter any justice. I would recommend this book to anyone, even war critics. It's a real eye opener what these men have gone through across seas.



5. Bought this book going on hols for a quick read, somewhat drawn by the No 1 New York Times Bestseller Tag. Little bit sceptical initially about further US special forces heroics and admittedly knowing very little about US Navy SEAL's. However the book does not disappoint - it keeps you hooked all the way. It's hard not to feel huge admiration for these guys at the end, their steely determination and willingness to pay the ultimate sacrifice for their comrades or their country. Thought the part in the middle where the team deliberated whether or not to execute the goatherds left me with a bit of an uneasy feeling but I suppose it goes to illustrate the fine line between the life and death decisions associated with some of these missions. Book is engrossing at the tactical level and does not stray into any operational or strategic analysis. Would highly recommend this gripping page turner - it won't disappoint.