A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic by Doogie Horner (illustrated by JJ Harrison) a retelling of the movie through a delightful Xmas rhyme.
The first novel in an American Civil War trilogy, focuses on Robert E. Lee, Winfield Scott Hancock, Stonewall Jackson, and Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Chamberlain
About: Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World’s Most Wanted Criminal by Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña is a memoir of the two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents who spent decades hunting drug traffickers. The two authors are the subject of the Netflix show Narcos, which follows their hunt for Pablo Escobar in Colombia. 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Language: English ISBN-10: 1250202884 My rating for Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World’s Most Wanted Criminal — 5 Buy Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World’s Most Wanted Criminal from Amazon.com* More Books by Steve Murphy* More Books by Javier F. Peña* Thoughts: This is a fascinating look inside the DEA, how they worked this famous case, and their relationship with outside entities. The authors are very generous in giving credit where its due, and not taking all the glory for themselves. Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World’s Most Wanted Criminal by Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña is written with alternating chapters by the authors. They talk about their beginnings in law enforcement, their time at the DEA academy, their lives in Colombia, and up to the…
Dark Territory The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan is a non-fiction book dealing with new form of warfare which might sound bombastic but is readable
Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee’s Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis – The true story of Fred Mayer, a Jew born in Germany returns during World War II.
A Matter of Interpretation tells of Michael Scot, scholar, translator, and a priest, has been asked by Emperor Frederick II to translate the works of Aristotle.
The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw tells the epic story of one of the most eventful and impactful day
The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor is a historical fiction book inspired by true events of resistance fighters in German-occupied Belgium during World War II.
Just as Cervantes’ Don Quichotte made fun of the junk-culture in his era, Mr. Rushdie goes to a literary war with the garbage that Americans are inundated with
In The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer bats the story out of the park again, with an unbelievable plot involving the CIA, Germany’s secret service, and others.