The Time In Between: A Novel

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In search of love, absolution, or forgiveness, Charles Boatman leaves the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and returns mysteriously to Vietnam, the country where he fought twenty-nine years earlier as a young, reluctant soldier. But his new encounters seem irreconcilable with his memories.

When he disappears, his daughter Ada, and her brother, Jon, travel to Vietnam, to the streets of Danang and beyond, to search for him. Their quest takes them into the heart of a country that is at once incomprehensible, impassive, and beautiful. Chasing her father’s shadow for weeks, following slim leads, Ada feels increasingly hopeless. Yet while Jon slips into the urban nightlife to avoid what he most fears, Ada finds herself growing closer to her missing father — and strong enough to forgive him and bear the heartbreaking truth of his long-kept secret.

Bergen’s marvellously drawn characters include Lieutenant Dat, the police officer who tries to seduce Ada by withholding information; the boy Yen, an orphan, who follows Ada and claims to be her guide; Jack Gouds, an American expatriate and self-styled missionary; his strong-willed and unhappy wife, Elaine, whose desperate encounters with Charles in the days before his disappearance will always haunt her; and Hoang Vu, the artist and philosopher who will teach Ada about the complexity of love and betrayal. We also come to learn about the reclusive author Dang Tho, whose famous wartime novel pulls at Charles in ways he can’t explain.

Moving between father and daughter, the present and the past, The Time in Between is a luminous, unforgettable novel about one family, two cultures, and a profound emotional journey in search of elusive answers.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Aptly read aloud by "Battlestar Galactica" actor Michael Hogan .......2007-09-03

Winner of the 2005 Scotiabank Giller prize, The Time in Between is an audiobook novel formerly broadcast on CBC Radio. A tale of the aftermath of the Vietnam War, The Time in Between tells of Charles Boatman as he returns to Vietnam, where he fought nearly thirty years ago as a reluctant and youthful soldier. When he disappears, his daughter Ada and her brother Jon search for him on the streets of DaNang and beyond. As one slim lead after another disappoints both siblings, Ada sinks deeper into hopelessness while Jon becomes enveloped in the urban nightlife to avoid his worst fears. It is Ada who must finally confront and bear the long-kept secret of her father, in this emotional and introspective narrative, aptly read aloud by "Battlestar Galactica" actor Michael Hogan and radio and theatre actress Tricia Collins. 3 CDs, 4 hours, abridged.

Descriptive and Moody.......2007-06-24

Reminded me of a Graham Greene novel - maybe it was the location. Yes, it's sad and seems to go nowhere - kind of like real life sometimes. However, the author does a great job of creating atmosphere. I thought there would be more closure, there isn't - but, it's still a good read.

An insightful journey to nowhere in particular.......2007-01-15

The thought-provoking title and liner notes filled me with anticipation as I starting into this book. The writer's style is straight-forward and vivid. He does an ample job of eliciting the characters' feelings and painting layered pictures of their surroundings. However, as the story progressed, I kept expecting to see some lines connect. Charles' eventual suicide, while somewhat expected, appeared almost arbitrary. His inner thoughts were never quite revealed, but maybe that was intended.

Bit characters like Yin (sic) appeared again and again but why? There was never any point to him. I kept expecting him to have some important piece in this puzzle of a tale.

Wan voh (sic) is portrayed as some sort of thoughtful Bhudda-like character, full of wisdom and few words. But he seems more of an aimless alcoholic. And what of the demons he was hiding? We never glimpse much. There was much more character development that could been done, more tied together with the other characters for more cohesiveness.

And the end!? Well it like being sucker punched, all the wind knocked out of you. I'm left asking what is the point of this book? If it is to protray several people's hopelessness and sadness, well I guess it did that. I guess I don't like sitting around hitting my thumb with a hammer either. I think Mr. Bergen could spend a few weeks out in the woods or at least ask his doctor for a different prescription. I'll never read another of this guy's books.

"His love for you is like weight that you have to carry".......2006-02-14

Charles Boatman has spent most of his life haunted by the chaos of the Vietnam War. Enlisting at twenty, but having no real desire to fight, Charles, after almost three decades, is still struggling to win his own private war of salvation. Upon his return from the battle zone, he moves to the isolated mountains of British Columbia, Canada where he builds a home and raises his three children, his eldest daughter Ada, and the twins, Jon and Del, intent to eke out a life living of the land, whilst trying to suppress the demons of his past.

Plagued by nightmares and dreams, the ghosts of the murdered, Charles can never quite exorcise the bloody images of battle, particularly the senseless killing of a young Vietnamese boy on the Han River, whom he shot in a moment of fear. With the exodus of his children, leaving to making their own lives for themselves, Charles feels ancient and unmoored, so on the spur of the moment, he books a ticket to Vietnam, and then cancels it, unsure of what he will find if he goes.

When an old war colleague lends him a book written by a North Vietnamese soldier, Charles is immediately drawn to this young man's harrowing story of survival; the author's brooding photograph and the sadness that seems to hover around and above him intriguing Charles. The story provides Charles' final catalysis, opening up a kinship with something, awakening of the moral forces that have so overwhelmed him. Twenty-eight years after leaving Vietnam as a young soldier, Charles decides to make the return trip, returning to a country that has had such a profound effect on his life.

Charles rebooks a ticket to Hanoi, thinking that in some way he might conclude an event in his life that has consumed and shaped him. However, upon his arrival this aging war veteran abruptly vanishes. It is left to his children, Ada and Jon to pick up the pieces, to travel to Vietnam, to this "perplexing and alien place, where the language was more beautiful because they could not understand it," to find and perhaps recover their missing father.

Whilst Jon travels, seeking out the distraction of men, Ada is left in DaNang, trying to make sense of Charles' story. She meets an officious and unhelpful police inspector, who tells her that her father remains missing, and falls into the company of ex-pat American missionary Jack Doud, and his distracted, inattentive wife, Elaine, both had met Charles, even had dinner with him, and remembered that he had told them he felt "lost." Eventually Ada finds solace in the arms of a Hoang Vu, a disconsolate Vietnamese artist, who has survived the war and survived the hard times after the war, but continues to be plagued by his own ghosts.

A letter found in her father's bag gives Ada a sign that she so desperately needs; it's as though she is connected to her father as his voice lifts and falls away, the message tells of him looking out over the harbor of DaNang and contemplating, with great peace, his own death. Wracked by the guilt and pain, Charles wonders how he can take away the pain of the random shedding of innocent blood.

Charles imagined that by coming back to this place and solving some mystery that he would understand what had happened to him, but although the streets were the same, it was just not the same place, as everything else has vanished. Both father and daughter ache for a connection: Ada thinks about the future and the past and how she feels so detached, whilst Charles ponders the "light and shade" that falls across his own memories, a whole history arriving with absolute clarity and then disappearing.

Bergen writes beautifully of time and place, the story dreamlike, and poetic, espousing the universal themes of love, death, and mourning, as the author transports the reader to this striking and foreign landscape, where western values are seen as an anathema, and where exotic sights, sounds and smells dominate: a man leaning over a pool table, a child crying beside a chicken; a woman sleeping beside her jewelry shop, a boy being beaten by a stick, a man and a fridge on a bicycle.

Bergen offers no easy answers to the chaotic after-effects of war and the journey towards emotional healing, yet he shows how lives can often slip away, undiscovered. His characters "set sail in a particular direction, certain of the route," and then find themselves loose and set adrift. Charles remains paralyzed by his past actions, caught in an emotional dilemma not of his own making. Ada, wise and intelligent beyond her years, aches for her father, the man she has loved more than anyone. Both are wandering, helpless, through a quagmire of painful feelings, hoping against hope, fumbling toward a resolution that often seems impossible. Mike Leonard February 06.

A great journey.......2006-01-12

Bergen has managed to take a story and tell it in a simple fashion with complicated characters that you want to keep learning more about.

The more you read the Time in Between, you realise it isn't about the location(s) it takes place in, or the background of the characters, but how you want to find yourself lost in this world where Charles, his children, and other side characters are meandering.

So much of what I have read of late is just hackneyed stock characters going through the motions. It was so pleasing to see real people for once in a novel, who are searching for something inside themselves, instead of just running from scene to scene to plod the story along.

There is nothing here that is also too heavy. From the notes here on Amazon you can already see it is about a former Vietnam Vet, but the book isn't about the war or Charles problems dealing with it. Part of the book takes place in Canada, but that location has nothing to do with the events that take place, the kids could have grown up anywhere. So don't be put off from the fact that Vietnam and Canada are mentioned, you don't have to be familiar with these places to understand the novel, let alone the Vietnam war.

The climax of the novel comes towards the middle if you haven't forseen it already, but Bergen makes you want to keep on reading. There is only the universal theme of moving on with life and the people who you meet along the way, perhaps it is truly "the time in between" that matters. Great read.

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To much To late

Long Time Between Kisses: A Novel
Sandra Scoppettone
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060252294

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To much To late.......2003-01-24

This book was poorly written but had a good plot. This is the story of a young woman, Billie James and her encounters with, love, heartache and the other problems teens' today face. The one main thing that I disliked about this book is that fact that the story did not get very exciting until the last 4 chapters. As I started to read the book I wanted to put it down but as the end of the book grew closer I became more and more interested. The problem with having too much at the end was that it leaves you with a dead end in the story. I think the author relates well to teens but writes with an odd style and that threw me off at first. I encourage people who enjoy books about the things real people face to read this, but if you get bored in the beginning keep reading because as you get deeper into the book you will come to find that you love it.

Set of 25 Romance Novels by Jayne Ann Krentz (To Tame A Hunter, Ghost of a Chance, Legacy, Uneasy Alliance, Man with a Past, Witchcraft, Between the Lines, Ties That Bind, True Colors, Main Attraction, Test of Time, Family Way, Full Bloom, Joy, Womans Touch, Ladys Choice, Perfect Partner & More!)

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Set of 25 Romance Novels by Jayne Ann Krentz (To Tame A Hunter, Ghost of a Chance, Legacy, Uneasy Alliance, Man with a Past, Witchcraft, Between the Lines, Ties That Bind, True Colors, Main Attraction, Test of Time, Family Way, Full Bloom, Joy, Womans Touch, Ladys Choice, Perfect Partner & More!)
Jayne Ann Krentz
Manufacturer: Mira
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000VPPV76

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Set of 25 Romance Novels by Jayne Ann Krentz: To Tame A Hunter, Ghost of a Chance, Legacy, Uneasy Alliance, Man with a Past, The Wedding Night, Witchcraft, Between the Lines, Ties That Bind, True Colors, Main Attraction, Test of Time, Family Way, Full Bloom, Joy, Woman's Touch, Lady's Choice, Perfect Partners, Wildest Hearts, Grand Passion, Absolutely Positively, Deep Waters, Eye of the Beholder, Lost and Found, Falling Awake

The West Coast Avengers #20 : In the Meantime, In Between-time (Marvel Comics)

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The West Coast Avengers #20 : In the Meantime, In Between-time (Marvel Comics)
Steve Englehart
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A novel homogeneous assay format utilising proximity dependent fluorescence energy transfer between particulate labels [An article from: Analytica Chimica Acta]

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A novel homogeneous assay format utilising proximity dependent fluorescence energy transfer between particulate labels [An article from: Analytica Chimica Acta]
A. Valanne , H. Lindroos , T. Lovgren , and T. Soukka
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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This digital document is a journal article from Analytica Chimica Acta, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Particle labels feature considerably higher specific activity than small molecule labels due to high number of label molecules incorporated in one unit. We developed a novel homogeneous assay relying on time-resolved detection of fluorescence energy transfer between particulate labels. The long-lifetime fluorescent Eu(III)-chelate-doped donor nanoparticles and the prompt near-infrared fluorescent TransFluoSphere(TM) acceptor particles possess high specific activity, resulting in great sensitivity potential. The proximity required in fluorescence energy transfer was achieved via antibody-antigen interactions, where the model analyte was prostate specific antigen (PSA), and donor and acceptor particles were coated with monoclonal anti-PSA-antibodies specific for discrete PSA epitopes. Due to long-lived donor emission and near-infrared acceptors, the sensitized acceptor emission was detectable in delayed measurement window free of autofluorescence. Due to these properties and low non-specific binding of the particles, the detection limit of below 0.1ng/mL PSA and low variations, typically 0.1-7%, were achieved. The developed homogeneous assay setup is applicable to sensitive indirect competitive or non-competitive high-throughput screening.

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The Time in Between
David Bergen
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD

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Vietnam War novel.

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The murdered body of lesbian publisher Rosemary Finney is found on a remote hiking path south of San Francisco. Local police of the wealthy Woodside enclave quickly focus on a prime suspect: Investigative Reporter Velvet Erickson. Velvet appeals to her friend and former lover--private eye Yoshi Yakamota, whose detective skills more than make up for her failing eyesight--for help. Yoshi dedicates the resources of her firm, Blind Eye Detective Agency, to proving her friend's innocence. But every time the investigators rule out one suspect, another takes their place. What has Rosemary Finney done to make so many enemies? And which one did it?

First in the Blind Eye mystery series.

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Fantastic New Mystery Series.......2007-04-07

Blind Curves is the first book in a thrilling new detective series by Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall. The story takes place in San Francisco, the authors' home, and the descriptions are rich and lively, thus making the city itself an additional character in the novel.

Velvet Erickson, journalist, is suspected of killing wealthy publisher and former lover, Rosemary Finney. Since she is the only suspect and must prove her innocence within 48 hours or be jailed until her trial, she hires friend Yoshi Yakamoto, owner of Blind Eye Detective Agency. Yoshi and fellow detective Bud Williams set out to find the killer, but along the way they uncover corruption at the highest levels in the wealthy secluded town of Woodside, south of San Francisco. In a race against time, the real murderer is doing everything possible to keep the truth from unfolding, and Velvet is counting on the Blind Eye team to save her skin.

This easy to read, down to earth novel is electrifying from the get-go. The pace moves at a quick clip, and the authors clearly explain the complex relationships as they divulge key clues. Blind Curves is used metaphorically and literally throughout the book tying together the mystery puzzle neatly in the end.

The character development though is what makes this novel stand out and will make the reader craving for more in the series as they complete Blind Curves. In revealing that Yoshi is legally blind and Bud is a paraplegic and wheelchair bound, we get a glimpse of the challenges they face and how they compensate. But the reader does not feel sorry for these two because Blind Curves strips away the labels and gives us gritty, likeable, and appealing characters. The authors add depth to their characterization by enlightening us, and we see Yoshi as clever, intelligent and at times manipulative, but never helpless. This detective knows how to get to the facts, and she uses all of her resources to do it. Anderson-Minshalls add to the book by including wonderfully colorful secondary characters in Tucker, Yoshi's receptionist, and AJ, an East Palo Alto policewoman.

One of the best features of this book is that all of the key characters except Bud are lesbians, and that's the way I like my fiction. While the reader is left hanging as to what the future has in store for these characters, I was fully satisfied with Blind Curves. I am counting the days until Blind Leap's release in October of 2007.

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Blind Curve (Warner Forever)
Annie Solomon
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ASIN: 0446613584

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FROM DARKNESS Bullets are whizzing around him, but he can't shoot back. In the middle of a weapons bust, undercover cop Danny Sinofsky suddenly goes blind. Now this man who has always looked out for himself can't cross a room without the help of his mobility instructor, Martha Crowe. Furious and frustrated, he'd almost rather die than live this way#151;and someone is more than willing to grant him his wish. TO DANGER Hiding her emotions beneath a calm, practical facade, Martha is sure Danny doesn't remember her, the plain girl from his high school who had a crush on him. When she witnesses an attack on his life, the two are thrown into a safe house, and this man without sight starts to see deep inside the soul of a courageous, passionate woman. Their very lives will depend on their fragile connection#151;and their ability to move as one, combining Danny's razor-sharp instincts with Martha's eyes. Because an enemy is stalking them both, moving in closer and closer for the kill.

Customer Reviews:

GOOD SUSPENSE!.......2006-10-07

Good romantic suspense about a blind cop and his rehab counselor who happens to have been "plain Jane" in high school who had a crush on him. They both learn to live in a different life than what they had planned.

I loved this!.......2006-08-16

This is one of my favourite books. I loved Danny, the cop who was blinded in the line of duty. His struggle to deal with his blindness, together with the escalating threat to his life, was incredibly emotional. His mobility coach, Martha Crowe, becomes entangled in both his personal and professional life. She falls desperately in love with Danny, although she is incredibly insecure about her appearance. Events conspire to both threaten their lives and to keep them apart. I've read this so many times it's dog-eared!

A Wonderful Surprise!.......2006-03-23

Annie Solomon joins the short list of most exciting new author I have read in a while. Pamela Clare was the other one. Blind Curve is a romantic suspense that kept me glued to the story from start to end. There was definitely no pause, no slow spot, and no lag. This one was up there with the likes of Linda Howard and Suzanne Brockmann.

Danny Sinofsky is working a gun trade as an undercover cop but when he arrives at the warehouse something goes very wrong. The guy selling the gun ends up dead and Danny ends up blind.

Martha Crowe is a mobility instructor and when Danny loses his sight, she is called to help him cope with his new blindness. Danny might be blind but Martha isn't and when she walks in on an attempt to Danny's life, she becomes a witness.

Now Danny and Martha are on a race against time, trying to keep in front of the assassins while trying to find out who has betrayed them to the enemy.

The narratives in this book keeps you on the edge and just turning the page to find out how these two will pull themselves out of the mess they're in.

I had issues with the dependency between these two characters, but Solomon handles that potential problem with great tack and wonderful forsight. This one is a book you must not miss!!!

Loved This Book!!!!!.......2005-12-06

I checked this book out of the library because I needed something to read. BUT I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!! What I really loved about this book is the fact that Martha and Danny could see throught each others facade to the real person inside. A great mystery mixed with hot romance and a little comedy this book is now in my collection.

Thumbs up!.......2005-08-26

Blind Curve has it all for a romantic thriller. Cover to cover and never a dull moment. I will read Annie Solomon's work again ... and again.

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Blind Curves
Jim Harris
Manufacturer: Inspire Media LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 097326571X

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BLIND CURVES is a continuation of Jim Harris's fourth book BLINDSIDED which was published in 80 countries worldwide. This book highlights the same principles as the previous only updated.

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This digital document is an article from New Internationalist, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1654 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Learning curve: Latha Janet is the only blind teacher in her village in South India. And the lessons she gives are learned from life.(EDUCATION)
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Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Area 51 was the most secret place in America.  But it was only one piece in a puzzle that stretched from Egypt's Pyramids to the mysterious face on Mars...

Part of a plan begun 5,000 years ago by those who had been here before.  And are coming back.

When scientist Lisa Duncan and Special Forces officer Mike Turcotte uncovered the stunning truth about Area 51--a "training area" on Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada--they opened up a Pandora's box kept hidden from the American public for fifty years.

What they uncovered explained decades of UFO sightings--and the most baffling mysteries of history from the Great Pyramid to Easter Island.

But these findings were only the beginning. Now a signal had come in from outer space: our first contact with extraterrestrials. The message said they were coming. It didn't say they had been here before...and left something behind. But what waited deep within the Rift Valley of Ethiopia and inside an ancient Chinese tomb would determine Earth's fate. The dawning of a new age.  Or the destruction of us all...

Robert Doherty is a pseudonym for a bestselling writer of military suspense thrillers. He is also the author of Area 51 and The Rock, and is currently working on a third novel in the Area 51 series, entitled Area 51: The Mission.

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Hooray for Mike Turcotte!.......2007-10-08

Take Erich von Daniken add a dash of James Bond and Rod Sterling and mix in excitement and suspense. Be sure you read the series in order.

A Great read.......2005-08-10

I didn't know what to expect when I first opened the pages of this novel, but I gotta say this was a great book. I found it to be an absolute page turner and found it very suspsenseful. I would deifnitely recommend this book to any sci fi fan, and the best news is, that this is only book one in an entire series of books. Yeah, as you read on the plot seems more and more outrageous,butwith the unexpected twists and turns the suspense is overwhelming and much rewarded by the reader throughout the series. I would recommend this book and continuing series to anyone.

Area 51: The Reply.......2004-07-25

A fun easy read and great follow-up to the first book. I ordered the third book immediately upon finishing this one.

I think the author owes it to their reader.......2004-07-21

to give them a better ending than "To Be Continued".

The science is (very) shakey. The drama a bit too cliche. Entertaining reading none the less, provided expectations are set correctly.

But the ending, please, something better than "Go Buy My Next Book"?

Better than the first book!.......2002-09-10

Fast action and unexpected twists of the action guarantee an exciting reading adventure. As usual the historical and esoteric backgrounds are well researched, and together with a realistic setting they end up in an almost credible plot. The characters are again credible and where they are stereotypes, they help to develop the plot and as creative instruments add to the tension that marks the book from the first to the last pages. One of the best in its genre.

Area 51, All 9 Books: Area 51 + The Reply + The Mission + The Sphinx + The Grail + Excalibur + The Truth + Nosferatu + Legend

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Area 51, All 9 Books: Area 51 + The Reply + The Mission + The Sphinx + The Grail + Excalibur + The Truth + Nosferatu + Legend
Robert Doherty
Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000UAKCEO

Area 51, the Reply, the Sphinx, the Grail, Excalibur (Area 51, Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)

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Area 51, the Reply, the Sphinx, the Grail, Excalibur (Area 51, Volumes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6)
Robert Doherty
Manufacturer: Dell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VOIVA6

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Area 51: An unemployed freelance journalist receives an audio tape that nearly scares her to death, then sends her racing to N.M. An investigative reporter & a UFO watcher sneak into a restricted zone called Area 51. An archaeologist makes a startling discovery deep within the Lower Chamber, a discovery that could change the world. Mike Turcotte, formerly of Special Forces, joins Nightscape, the elite security force guarding Area 51, & sees something that makes his blood run cold. Dr. Lisa Duncan, the Pres. scientific adviser, leaves to join Majic-12, the top secret project at Nellis A.F.B. to try to stop it before doomsday begins. The Reply: When scientist Lisa Duncan & Spec. Forces off. Mike Turcotte uncovered the stunning truth about Area 51, a "training area" on Nellis A.F.B. in NV, they opened up a Pandora's box kept hidden from the Am. public for 50 yrs. What they uncovered explained decades of UFO sightings, & the most baffling mysteries of history from the Great Pyramid to Easter Island. But these findings were only the beginning. Now a signal had come in from outer space: out first contact with ET's. The message said they were coming. It didn't say they had been here before & left something behind. But what waited deep within the Rift Valley of Ethiopia & inside an ancient Chinese tomb would determine Earth's fate. The dawning of a new age. Or the destruction of us all. The Sphinx: No place is safe from alien infiltration. Not even top secret Area 51. Scientist Lisa Duncan & Spec. Forces Off. Mike Turcotte know that better than anyone. Secrets have been revealed. Codes have been broken. A countdown has begun. Using alien technology, a group has gained control of a Star Wars satellite that could engulf the planet in a nuclear fire. With no room for error, Turcotte and Duncan must race to solve an ancient riddle and prevent a global catastrophe. Joined by a secret band of renegades, Mike & Lisa must travel to Egypt in a frantic search for answers.

Area 51 Series: Area 51, The Reply, The Mission, The Sphinx, The Grail, Excalibur, The Truth, Nosferatu, Legend (Set of 9)

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Area 51 Series: Area 51, The Reply, The Mission, The Sphinx, The Grail, Excalibur, The Truth, Nosferatu, Legend (Set of 9)
Robert Doherty
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Taking a Chance on God explores how lesbians and gay men can claim both a positive gay identity and a fulfilling life of Christian faith.

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Great Book! .......2006-07-16

The "Honest Truth" (or, more accurately, Reactionary Bias) does not sound as much against homosexuality as he does unsafe sexual behavior, which many, many gay men do not engage in. Heterosexuals do a lot of stupid stuff too, but we do not blame heterosexuality, we blame the self-destructive behavior. What HT fails to explain in his review is this: How do you account for all the gay men out there (myself included, HELLO) who are not promiscuous and risk-taking in their personal lives? I'd like to here the "honest truth" about that! Oh, and by the way, what makes straight people always think they're such authorities on gays and lesbians? If you want to find a real expert, look no further than an actual gay person. What a concept.

Very important book.......2006-06-08

I got this book for my birthday one year after finding it on the shelf at a bookstore. Being a part of the minority group of gay Christians, I was intrigued. The "target audience" for the book is for homosexuals and their loved ones, but it really could be read by anyone, and I think it should be. McNeill offers theology on living in fear, guilt, shame, anger, and living with pathological faith and the importance of maturing spiritually. I think any Christian can relate to any (if not all) of these topics, and not just struggling gay Christians. It's the kind of book that you may want to read with a pencil or pen in your hand so you can underline parts that are important to you. (That's what I did.) This is a caring, humble, and comforting book, and one that I highly recommend and cherish.

Pro Gay, Pro Christian!!!.......1999-01-09

I am a gay ordained minister of the gospel, and this book helped me accept my homosexuality. It is suberbly written and researched. A must for anyone coming out, and a definite must for any minsiter workign with the gay community. God bless the author.

Pro Gay, Pro Christian!!!.......1999-01-09

Taking A Chance On God - Liberating Theology For Gays, Lesbians, And Their Lovers, Families And Friends

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Taking A Chance On God - Liberating Theology For Gays, Lesbians, And Their Lovers, Families And Friends
John J. Mcneill
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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Binding: Paperback
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