Dwayne's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 27 Nov 2019 03:08:24 -0800 60 Dwayne's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Joy of Retirement: Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You've Always Wanted]]> 7976689 288 David C. Borchard 0814412831 Dwayne 3 3.45 2008 The Joy of Retirement: Finding Happiness, Freedom, and the Life You've Always Wanted
author: David C. Borchard
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2008
rating: 3
read at: 2013/03/23
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]]> Someone Knows My Name 875441
This captivating story of one woman's remarkable experience spans six decades and three continents and brings to life a crucial chapter in world history.]]> 489 Lawrence Hill 0393065782 Dwayne 0 to-read 4.41 2007 Someone Knows My Name
author: Lawrence Hill
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Severe Clear (Stone Barrington, #24)]]> 13593568
But the grand occasion has also attracted a dangerous criminal group with sinister plans. The hunt to find them leads Stone into a complex web of deceit and misdirection, in a world where the intrigues of government intelligence collide with the clandestine machinations of the upper crust. As he draws nearer to his quarry, he realizes that the stakes are higher than anybody could ever imagine . . . and that the enemies he’s seeking might just be hiding in plain sight.

With guest appearances by President Will Lee and First Lady Kate Rule, Holy Barker, Mike Freeman, Felicity Devonshire, Peter Barrington, and many more, this one is sure to please!

Librarian's note: the characters, settings and other information are complete as best possible (corrections are welcome!) for: #1, New York Dead, 1991; #2, Dirt, 1996; #3, Dead in the Water, 1997; #4, Swimming to Catalina, 1998; #5, Worst Fears Realized, 1999; #6, L.A. Dead, 2000; #7, Cold Paradise, 2001; #8, The Short Forever, 2002; #9, Dirty Work, 2003; #10, Reckless Abandon, 2004; #11, Two Dollar Bill, 2004; #12. Dark Harbor, 2006; #13, Fresh Disasters, 2007; #14, Shoot Him if He Runs, 2007; #15, Hot Mahogany, 2008; #16, Loitering with Intent, 2009; #17, Kisser, 2009; #18, Lucid Intervals, 2010; #19, Strategic Moves, 2010; #20, Bel-Air Dead, 2011; #21, Son of Stone, 2011; #22, D.C. Dead, 2011; #23, Unnatural Acts, 2012; #24, Severe Clear, 2012; and #25, Collateral Damage, 2012.]]> 320 Stuart Woods 0399159843 Dwayne 0 to-read 3.86 2012 Severe Clear (Stone Barrington, #24)
author: Stuart Woods
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2012
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]]> Once a Spy (Spy #1) 7154243 Ěý
When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home, they find it blown sky high—and then bullets start flying in every direction.Ěý At first, Charlie thinks his Russian “creditorsâ€� are employing aggressive collection tactics.Ěý But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect there’s much more to his father than meets the eye.Ěý He soon discovers that Drummond’s unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.Ěý Drummond’s intricate knowledge of the “deviceâ€� is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimer’s-addled brain.Ěý The CIA wants to “containâ€� him--and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that givesĚý “father and son quality timeâ€� a whole new meaning.
Ěý
With Once a Spy, Keith Thomson makes his debut on the thriller stage with energy, wit, and style to spare.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 325 Keith Thomson 0385530781 Dwayne 3 3.73 2010 Once a Spy (Spy #1)
author: Keith Thomson
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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An interesting read, however while I enjoyed it I found many parts of it just too much of a stretch. I appreciate it is fiction but it should not be fairy tale.
]]> Twice a Spy (Spy #2) 9973900
In the tradition of Robert Ludlum, with a witty twist, Thomson's second novel featuring a former spy and his son once again poses the What happens when a former CIA agent can no longer trust his own mind?

Charlie and Drummond Clark are now in Switzerland, hiding out from criminal charges in America and using the time to experiment with treatments to retrieve Drummond's memory. When NSA operative Alice Rutherford, with whom Charlie has fallen in love, is kidnapped, the Clarks must dodge a formidable CIA case officer and his team to get her back.]]> 324 Keith Thomson 038553079X Dwayne 0 to-read 3.63 2011 Twice a Spy (Spy #2)
author: Keith Thomson
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[House Divided (Joe DeMarco, #6)]]> 10169090 When the National Security Agency was caught wiretapping U.S. citizens without warrants, a political scandal erupted and the secret program came to a screeching halt. But the senior man at the NSA who spearheaded the most sophisticated eavesdropping operation in history wasn't about to sit by while spineless politicians sleepwalked his country into another 9/11. Instead, he moved the program into the shadows. But being in the shadows can cause complications.

When the NSA illegally records a rogue military group murdering two American civilians, they can't exactly walk over to the Pentagon and demand to know what's going on. That doesn't mean the NSA's hands are tied, however. As the largest intelligence service in the country, both in money and manpower, they have plenty of options - mostly illegitimate.

DeMarco learns all too well just what the NSA is capable of. They bug him, threaten him, and use him to draw out their opponent. But DeMarco doesn't like being used. A strong addition to this celebrated series, House Divided continues Mike Lawson's impressive run of inspired, compelling thrillers.

]]> 340 Mike Lawson 0802119786 Dwayne 4 3.89 2011 House Divided (Joe DeMarco, #6)
author: Mike Lawson
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Shantaram 33600
So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear.

Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere.

As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power.

Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas—this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.]]> 936 Gregory David Roberts 192076920X Dwayne 0 4.27 2003 Shantaram
author: Gregory David Roberts
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America]]> 2699739
The Shadow Factory reconstructs how the NSA missed a chance to thwart the 9/11 hijackers and details how this mistake has led to a heightening of domestic surveillance. In disturbing detail, Bamford describes exactly how every American’s data is being mined and what is being done with it. Any reader who thinks America’s liberties are being protected by Congress will be shocked and appalled at what is revealed here.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 410 James Bamford 0385521324 Dwayne 0 to-read 3.84 2008 The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
author: James Bamford
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)]]> 38447
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.]]> 311 Margaret Atwood 038549081X Dwayne 0 to-read 4.15 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> Tishomingo Blues 147210 416 Elmore Leonard 0141009861 Dwayne 3 3.71 2002 Tishomingo Blues
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Good Man (Niels Bentzon, #1)]]> 12352541 480 A.J. Kazinski 1451640757 Dwayne 4 3.53 2010 The Last Good Man (Niels Bentzon, #1)
author: A.J. Kazinski
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/09/01
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]]> Out of Sight (Jack Foley, #1) 288962 Book #1 from the series: Jack Foley
Listening Length = 6 hours and 49 minutes

Before there was Raylan, there was Sisco... U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco is on the hunt for world-class gentleman felon Jack Foley in Out of Sight, New York Times bestselling author Elmore Leonard’s sexy thriller that moves from Miami to the Motor City.

Based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, U.S. Marshal Karen Sisco isn’t about to let a expert criminal like Jack Foley successfully bust out of Florida's Glades Prison. But there’s a major score waiting for him in Detroit, and a shotgun-wielding marshal isn’t going to stop Foley from getting it.

Neither counted on sharing a cramped car trunk—or on a sizzling chemistry that’s working overtime. As soon as Sisco escapes, Foley is already missing her.

Sisco can’t forget Foley either—and she isn’t about to let him go. Too bad the next time their paths cross, it’s going to be about business, not pleasure.]]> 358 Elmore Leonard 0060084103 Dwayne 0 to-read 3.95 1996 Out of Sight (Jack Foley, #1)
author: Elmore Leonard
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Mind Over Matter: The Power of Emotional Intelligence]]> 16138409
Dr. Ann Polya, author of “Mind Over Matter: the Power of Emotional Intelligence� creates for us a target a robust understanding of Emotional Intelligence that improves our memory, decision-making, awareness of ourselves and of others so that we have better communication, relationships with all others.

People with well developed Emotional Intelligence find relationships easy, enjoyable, and rewarding; are connected to others and are flexible, resilient, and tolerant of differences, are optimistic, trusting, good listeners and know their own moods and are observant of those of others and have emotional empathy while respecting boundaries. We are made up of our emotions and feelings and they give us a vital dimension to know ourselves better, better understand others.
We are made up of our emotions and feelings which we cannot eliminate but we can get them to help us. With developed Emotional Intelligence we gain the power to know ourselves and others better so that we can improve our communication and our relationships.

As we encounter the challenges of life, this book is highly supportive and timely. It enlightens us on this important subject and includes strategies and exercises to build our Emotional Intelligence, and thereby claim better relationships and a healthy emotional life. We all have the power of Emotional Intelligence and the tools in this book-including the Q & A section helps us to focus our efforts to grow. Dr Polya shows us how to unleash that power and add value to our lives.

]]> 115 Ann J. Polya 1477124292 Dwayne 2 3.50 2012 Mind Over Matter: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
author: Ann J. Polya
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2012
rating: 2
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Hard to follow, not as enlightening as Goleman's books.
]]> <![CDATA[Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)]]> 17231 288 Jeff Lindsay Dwayne 3 3.91 2004 Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
author: Jeff Lindsay
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2004
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You]]> 923950
Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the HSP, it's a way of life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Elaine Aron, a clinical psychologist, workshop leader, and an HSP herself, shows you how to identify this trait in yourself and make the most of it in everyday situations. Drawing on her many years of research and hundreds of interviews, she shows how you can better understand yourself and your trait to create a fuller, richer life.]]> 251 Elaine N. Aron 0553062182 Dwayne 0 3.86 1996 The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
author: Elaine N. Aron
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1996
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I read it once a while ago. I need to retread it to familiarize myself again.
]]> Blown Away (Frank Corso, #6) 1199127 336 G.M. Ford 0060874414 Dwayne 0 3.80 2006 Blown Away (Frank Corso, #6)
author: G.M. Ford
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)]]> 7469133 The newest novel in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired Showtime's #1 hit, Dexter. Jeff Lindsay now delivers his most macabre, witty, and purely entertaining new adventure for America's dark defender.

Dexter Morgan's happy homicidal life is undergoing some major changes. He's always live by a single golden rule - he kills only people who deserve it. But the Miami blood-spatter analyst has recently become a daddy - to an eight-pound curiosity named Lily Anne - and strangely, Dex's dark urges seem to have left him. Is he ready to become an overprotective father? To pick up soft teddy bears instead of his trusty knife, duct tape, and fishing wire? What's a serial killer to do?


Then Dexter is summoned to investigate the disappearance of an eighteen-year-old girl who seems to have been abducted by a bizarre group...who just may be vampires...and - possibly - cannibals. Nothing like the familiar hum of his day job to get Dexter's creative dark juices flowing again. Assisting his bull-in-a-china-shop detective sister, Deborah, Dex wades into an investigation that gets more disturbing by the moment. And to compound the complication of Dexter's ever-more-complicated life, a person from his past suddenly reappears...moving dangerously close to his home turf and threatening to destroy the one thing tat has maintained Dexter's pretend human cover and kept him out of the electric chair: his new family.


From an uncharacteristically racy encounter in the Florida Everglades to the most bizarre fringe nightclub in the anything-goes Miami scene, Dexter Is Delicious is an ingenious journey through the dark recesses of Dexter's lovably cold soul. Jeff Lindsay is once again at the top of his game, with this new novel that will thrill fans of his bestselling series.]]> 350 Jeff Lindsay 0385532350 Dwayne 4 3.81 2010 Dexter Is Delicious (Dexter, #5)
author: Jeff Lindsay
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2010
rating: 4
read at: 2013/07/22
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]]> <![CDATA[Welcome Home: Travels in Smalltown Canada]]> 1877618 Stuart McLean 0143013165 Dwayne 4 4.08 1992 Welcome Home: Travels in Smalltown Canada
author: Stuart McLean
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1992
rating: 4
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Loved it. I find myself becoming more and more interested in history and the lives of "real" people, as opposed to celebrities. This book fit that bill.
]]> Red Tide (Frank Corso, #4) 262535 416 G.M. Ford 0060554819 Dwayne 4 3.58 2004 Red Tide (Frank Corso, #4)
author: G.M. Ford
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2004
rating: 4
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]]> Life Expectancy 16435
What dangers await Jimmy on these five dark days? What terrifying events must he survive? At each of the crisis points, a mystery unfolds that will challenge his understanding of good and evil, life and death - and everything in between.]]> 476 Dean Koontz 0553588249 Dwayne 4 3.98 2005 Life Expectancy
author: Dean Koontz
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> Nameless Night 1425045 352 G.M. Ford 0060874422 Dwayne 4 3.55 2008 Nameless Night
author: G.M. Ford
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Idiot's Guide to WordPress]]> 11002670
With more than 22 million users worldwide, WordPress is the #1 blog WordPress publishing application in the world. This guide provides users of both its hosted blogging service (WorldPress.com) and its self-hosted application (WordPress.org) with everything they need to know to create, customize, manage, and share their WordPress blogs with the world.]]> 464 Susan Gunelius 161564072X Dwayne 3 3.55 2011 The Complete Idiot's Guide to WordPress
author: Susan Gunelius
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> Every Writer Needs a Tribe 15995594
Today, the authors that make the largest impacts and enjoy the most success engage regularly and meaningfully with their specific readership. If you wish to follow in their footsteps, then you must first build your tribe.

In this book, you'll learn why constructing your own author platform--catered exclusively to your specific tribe of ideal readers--is vital to the hopes and dreams of digital writers. Moreover, you'll learn how the smart authors are building big tribes that allow their writing careers to thrive.

From the five types of platforms to the one weird way to get a larger audience, you'll learn everything you need (and nothing you don't) about nurturing a thriving, raving readership primed to take writing career to the next level.

See you inside!]]> 56 Jeff Goins Dwayne 4 3.93 2012 Every Writer Needs a Tribe
author: Jeff Goins
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)]]> 7248208 322 Thord D. Hedengren 0470684151 Dwayne 4 The more I read the more I learn. ]]> 3.87 2010 Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog (Smashing Magazine Book Series)
author: Thord D. Hedengren
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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Pretty good, covered much of what I was looking for, which were some fundamentals but also more intermediate questions.
The more I read the more I learn.
]]> <![CDATA[You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)]]> 13610173
In You Are a Writer, Jeff Goins shares his own story of self-doubt and what it took for him to become a professional writer and best-selling author—and the principles he’s learned from seeing many others do the same. He gives you practical steps to improve your writing, get published, and build a platform that puts you in charge.

This book is about what it takes to be a writer in the 21st Century. You will learn the importance of passion and discipline and how to show up every day to do the work. You Are a Writer will help you fall back in love with writing and build an audience who shares your love. It’s about living the dream of a life dedicated to words.]]> 77 Jeff Goins Dwayne 3 3.82 2012 You Are A Writer (So Start Acting Like One)
author: Jeff Goins
name: Dwayne
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Marching Season (Michael Osbourne, #2)]]> 93798
He soon discovers that his father-in-law is marked for execution. And that he himself is once again in the crosshairs of a killer known as October, one of the most merciless assassins the world has ever known...]]> 512 Daniel Silva 045120932X Dwayne 3 That being said I like his books and will continue to read more, others I've read drew me in to the end. ]]> 4.03 1999 The Marching Season (Michael Osbourne, #2)
author: Daniel Silva
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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I enjoyed the book, and learning a little about the Irish conflict at the same time. I didn't find myself not wanting to put the book down however, it was good but not great.
That being said I like his books and will continue to read more, others I've read drew me in to the end.
]]> <![CDATA[The Mark of the Assassin (Michael Osbourne, #1)]]> 118494
Now, it's personal for Osbourne. Consumed by his dark obsession with the assassin, he's willing to risk his family, his career, and his life—to settle a score....]]> 352 Daniel Silva 0297817892 Dwayne 3 I liked it but didn't find it as engaging as his later books. Next read is "The Marching Season" I do think they would make a good movie.
]]> 4.04 1998 The Mark of the Assassin (Michael Osbourne, #1)
author: Daniel Silva
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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The book was interesting, no need to cover what it's about as that's already been done many times.
I liked it but didn't find it as engaging as his later books. Next read is "The Marching Season" I do think they would make a good movie.

]]> The Unlikely Spy 93797 "In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

For Britain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor.

The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent: Catherine Blake, a beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer - and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...]]> 752 Daniel Silva 0451209303 Dwayne 3 4.22 1996 The Unlikely Spy
author: Daniel Silva
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon, #11)]]> 9975779 448 Daniel Silva 0062072188 Dwayne 0 4.24 2011 Portrait of a Spy (Gabriel Allon, #11)
author: Daniel Silva
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average rating: 4.24
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon, #5)]]> 533961
Now Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets, lays bare his history. Hastily recalled home to Israel, drawn once more into the heart of a service he had once forsaken, Allon finds himself stalking an elusive master terrorist across a landscape drenched with generations of blood, the trail turning on itself until, finally, he can no longer be certain who is stalking whom. And when at last the showdown comes, it will not be Gabriel alone who is threatened with destruction—for it is not his history alone that has been laid bare.

A knife-edged thriller of astonishing intricacy and feeling, filled with exhilarating prose, this is Daniel Silva’s finest novel yet.]]> 384 Daniel Silva 0399152431 Dwayne 4 Excellent, I am so hooked. 4.05 2005 Prince of Fire (Gabriel Allon, #5)
author: Daniel Silva
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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Excellent, I am so hooked.
]]> <![CDATA[Enjoy Retirement (52 Brilliant Ideas)]]> 1250625 256 Janet Butwell 1904902588 Dwayne 3 2.50 2006 Enjoy Retirement (52 Brilliant Ideas)
author: Janet Butwell
name: Dwayne
average rating: 2.50
book published: 2006
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon, #10)]]> 7096123 Two families, one terrible secret, and a painting to die for ...

Determined to sever his ties with the Office, Gabriel Allon has retreated to the windswept cliffs of Cornwall with his beautiful Venetian-born wife Chiara. But once again his seclusion is interrupted by a visitor from his tangled past: the endearingly eccentric London art dealer, Julian Isherwood. As usual, Isherwood has a problem. And it is one only Gabriel can solve.

In the ancient English city of Glastonbury, an art restorer has been brutally murdered and a long-lost portrait by Rembrandt mysteriously stolen. Despite his reluctance, Gabriel is persuaded to use his unique skills to search for the painting and those responsible for the crime. But as he painstakingly follows a trail of clues leading from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires and, finally, to a villa on the graceful shores of Lake Geneva, Gabriel discovers there are deadly secrets connected to the painting. And evil men behind them.

Before he is done, Gabriel will once again be drawn into a world he thought he had left behind forever, and will come face to face with a remarkable cast of characters: a glamorous London journalist who is determined to undo the worst mistake of her career, an elusive master art thief who is burdened by a conscience, and a powerful Swiss billionaire who is known for his good deeds but may just be behind one of the greatest threats facing the world.
]]> 484 Daniel Silva 0399156585 Dwayne 4 4.28 2010 The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon, #10)
author: Daniel Silva
name: Dwayne
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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I never read Silva before but I thoroughly enjoying it. He kept me on the edge of my seat, and the further I got into the book the harder it became to put down the book. His characters were believable and while I had hoped they could have been developed more I appreciated knowing them as well as I did. I'll be collecting another book from the library to continue our relationship.
]]> <![CDATA[Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential]]> 663846
Gifted Grownups, Marylou Kelly Streznewski's unprecedented, 10-year study of 100 gifted adults, examines how being identified as a "smart kid" early on affects career choices, friendships, and romantic pairings later in life. Why do some talented and gifted people become Mozarts and Einsteins or corporate chieftains, while others drop out of school, struggle to hold down jobs, or turn to self-destructive behavior? What are the signs of giftedness, its pitfalls, and its promise? Marylou Streznewski provides answers to these and other questions, and creates an intriguing picture of what it is like to have an accelerated mind in a slow-moving world.

Traditionally, the gifted were measured in terms of intelligence only, and anyone with an IQ score higher than 130 was automatically grouped in with that misunderstood minority. Recently "giftedness" has been redefined to include qualities like extraordinary creative, leadership, or physical skills. Heightened perception, sensitivity, humor, and the ability to put complex ideas together quickly are also aspects of giftedness. These gifts affect the way talented adults react to their friends, families, jobs, and life challenges. Doing for gifted grownups what the bestselling Driven to Distraction did for adults with attention deficit, Gifted Grownups traces many types of gifted adults, including the high-testing, power-achieving Striver; the popular scholar or athlete Superstar; and the creative intellectual, free-spirit Independent. Here for the first time and in their own words, 100 gifted grownups, from ages 18 to 90, and a variety of family and educational backgrounds, occupations, social classes, and races, count the blessings and tally the costs of a high-powered mind. "Highly informative and interesting."--Alice Miller, author of The Drama of the Gifted Child

"This book was a delight. It affirmed my own experiences and observations. The author makes her study come alive . . . through the voices of real people talking about their experiences. . . . I highly recommend this book.i--Joanne Rand Whitmore, PhD, Professor and Dean College and Graduate School of Education, Kent State University

"Many readers will recognize their own experiences.--Lita Linzer Schwartz, PhD, ABPP Distinguished Professor Emerita, Pennsylvania State University.

"This thoughtful book . . . has taken us one step further in our understanding of how and why some talented individuals realize their potential while others do not."--Dr. Sally M. Reis, Professor of Educational Psychology, The University of Connecticut.

"Gifted Grownups meets a long-awaited need. This book would be of interest, not only to gifted education professionals, but also to parents, teachers in general, and to gifted individuals of all ages.--E. Paul Torrance, Georgia Studies of Creative Behavior, author of Gifted and Talented Children in the Regular Classroom. ISBN 0-471-29580-9]]> 292 Marylou Kelly Streznewski 0471295809 Dwayne 3 3.67 1999 Gifted Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential
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]]> Strengths Finder 2.0 56454 Do You Do What You Do Best Every Day?


Chances are, you don't. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.


To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced StrengthsFinder in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions discover their top five talents.


In StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular online assessment. With hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, StrengthsFinder 2.0 will change the way you look at yourself and the world forever.]]> 174 Tom Rath 159562015X Dwayne 2 3.94 2007 Strengths Finder 2.0
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]]> <![CDATA[Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do about It]]> 2711509 Procrastination. Based on their workshops and counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at a problem that affects everyone: students and scientists, secretaries and executives, homemakers and salespeople.

The book starts with the reasons we put off tasks - and their root in our childhood and adult experiences. In Part II, the authors offer a practical, tested program to overcome procrastination thorugh achieving set goals, managing time, enlisting support, and handling stress. Burka and Yuen even offer tips on living and working with the procrastinators you may know.

]]> 336 Jane B. Burka 0738211702 Dwayne 3 3.90 1982 Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do about It
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart]]> 272944
The Transformative Power of Mindfulness

Alchemists sought to transform lead into gold. In the same way, says Tara Bennett-Goleman, we all have the natural ability to turn our moments of confusion or emotional pain into insightful clarity.

Emotional Alchemy maps the mind and shows how, according to recent advances in cognitive therapy, most of what troubles us falls into ten basic emotional patterns, including fear of abandonment, social exclusion (the feeling that we don’t belong), and vulnerability (the feeling that some catastrophe will occur). This remarkable book also teaches us how we can free ourselves of such patterns and replace them with empathy for ourselves and others through the simple practice of mindfulness, an awareness that lets us see things as they truly are without distortion or judgment. Emotional Alchemy provides an insightful explanation of how mindfulness can change not only our lives, but the very structure of our brains, giving us the freedom to be more creative and alive.

Here is a beautifully rendered work full of Buddhist wisdom and stories of how people have used mindfulness to conquer their self-defeating habits. The result is a whole new way of approaching our relationships, work, and internal lives.]]> 432 Tara Bennett-Goleman 0609809032 Dwayne 3 3.97 1998 Emotional Alchemy: How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
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]]> <![CDATA[The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life]]> 184825 The Right to Write, Julia Cameron's most revolutionary book, the author of the bestselling self-help guide The Artist's Way, asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a false doctrine that stifles creativity. With the techniques and anecdotes in The Right to Write, readers learn to make writing a natural, intensely personal part of life. Cameron's instruction and examples include the details of the writing processes she uses to create her own bestselling books. She makes writing a playful and realistic as well as a reflective event. Anyone jumping into the writing life for the first time and those already living it will discover the art of writing is never the same after reading The Right to Write.]]> 237 Julia Cameron Dwayne 4 4.06 1998 The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation Into the Writing Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius]]> 545601
As thought-provoking as Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, psychologist Mary-Elaine Jacobsen's Gifted Adults draws on a wide range of groundbreaking research and her own clinical experience to show America's twenty million gifted adults how to identify and free their extraordinary potential. Gifted Adults presents the first practical tool for rating your Evolutionary Intelligence Quotient through an in-depth personality-type profile. Demystifying what it means to be a gifted adult, this book offers practical guidance for eliminating self-sabotage and underachievement, helping Everyday Geniuses and those who know, love, and work with them to understand and support the exceptional gifts inherent in these unique personality traits.]]> 416 Mary-Elaine Jacobsen 0345434927 Dwayne 3 3.89 1999 The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius
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