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A Time For Us (Michael Kaplan Mysteries)

David W. Cowles

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Blue Hawaii, a Las Vegas hotel and casino, is plagued with turmoil caused by internal politics and a power struggle between the Corporate and Old School factions.

A psychotic serial killer is running rampant, murdering and hideously disfiguring employees and former employees of Blue Hawaii. When Michael investigates the crimes for the Las Vegas Times, he discovers his wife, Myra, may be the killer’s next victim.

Be sure you have ample free time when you start reading A TIME FOR US, for you won’t want to put the book down until the tumultuous ending.

ABOUT THE MICHAEL KAPLAN MYSTERIES …

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries are a new generation of novels. They’re murder mysteries with the tempo of fast-paced R-rated movie thrillers, filled with gorgeous wanton women, sleazy, amoral villains, rapid-fire action, multiple killings, explicit sexual encounters, and extremely graphic violence. As with today’s motion pictures, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries are intensely erotic and mayhem-filled.

In the Michael Kaplan Mysteries, David W. Cowles, a long-time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, captures the essence and flavor of the exciting “Entertainment Capital of the World” and its surroundings—the glitz, glamour, and grit as seen through the eyes of tourists and gamblers; an insider’s view of the casino industry; and the ordinary hometown known to locals.

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries provide readers with an accurate insight into the fascinating day-to-day operation of Las Vegas casinos. Readers familiar with Las Vegas will instantly recognize the famous hotels, casinos, and restaurants upon which fictional counterparts are modeled.

From the prologues through the teasing, I-want-more epilogues, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries abound with strange but interesting three-dimensional characters; demented, despotic, obsessed villains; exciting, romantic locales; constant plot twists and turns; clues, false clues, red herrings, surprises, and gotchas; and an abundance of subtle humor, wordplay, sexual repartee, and erotic situations.

Seldom are things as they seem in the intriguing, fast-moving Kaplan mysteries. The good guys often turn out to be the bad guys—and vice versa.

Michael Kaplan is in his early thirties. He’s tall, dark, and handsome; intelligent, educated, and urbane. A woman-charmer, not a womanizer. Masculine, not macho. But Michael has major character flaws that make him fallible, culpable, and a thoroughly different type of mystery hero.

He’s completely clueless (and therefore helpless) when dealing with the seductive wiles of the beautiful, lustful, sexually predatory women he encounters, until it’s too late for him to avoid entanglement. His naiveté and compete lack of judgment when dealing with the opposite sex keep him in constant trouble.

Although Michael is a law school graduate who passed the California bar exam on the first try, he’s never practiced in the profession. His legal training entitles him to quote the law. His lack of experience causes him to sometimes misquote it, and he frequently proves the adage that “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

Kaplan isn’t particularly ambitious—in fact, he’s rather lazy. He works beneath his education and abilities as a restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Times. The newspaper’s managing editor continuously prods and goads Michael into taking on additional responsibilities—which he reluctantly accepts, with an attitude falling somewhere between stubbornness, obstinacy, and recalcitrance—and with good reason. Michael has an uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When bodies are found, convincing evidence usually points toward him.

Blue Hawaii, a Las Vegas hotel and casino, is plagued with turmoil caused by internal politics and a power struggle between the Corporate and Old School factions.

A psychotic serial killer is running rampant, murdering and hideously disfiguring employees and former employees of Blue Hawaii. When Michael investigates the crimes for the Las Vegas Times, he discovers his wife, Myra, may be the killer’s next victim.

Be sure you have ample free time when you start reading A TIME FOR US, for you won’t want to put the book down until the tumultuous ending.

ABOUT THE MICHAEL KAPLAN MYSTERIES …

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries are a new generation of novels. They’re murder mysteries with the tempo of fast-paced R-rated movie thrillers, filled with gorgeous wanton women, sleazy, amoral villains, rapid-fire action, multiple killings, explicit sexual encounters, and extremely graphic violence. As with today’s motion pictures, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries are intensely erotic and mayhem-filled.

In the Michael Kaplan Mysteries, David W. Cowles, a long-time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, captures the essence and flavor of the exciting “Entertainment Capital of the World” and its surroundings—the glitz, glamour, and grit as seen through the eyes of tourists and gamblers; an insider’s view of the casino industry; and the ordinary hometown known to locals.

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries provide readers with an accurate insight into the fascinating day-to-day operation of Las Vegas casinos. Readers familiar with Las Vegas will instantly recognize the famous hotels, casinos, and restaurants upon which fictional counterparts are modeled.

From the prologues through the teasing, I-want-more epilogues, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries abound with strange but interesting three-dimensional characters; demented, despotic, obsessed villains; exciting, romantic locales; constant plot twists and turns; clues, false clues, red herrings, surprises, and gotchas; and an abundance of subtle humor, wordplay, sexual repartee, and erotic situations.

Seldom are things as they seem in the intriguing, fast-moving Kaplan mysteries. The good guys often turn out to be the bad guys—and vice versa.

Michael Kaplan is in his early thirties. He’s tall, dark, and handsome; intelligent, educated, and urbane. A woman-charmer, not a womanizer. Masculine, not macho. But Michael has major character flaws that make him fallible, culpable, and a thoroughly different type of mystery hero.

He’s completely clueless (and therefore helpless) when dealing with the seductive wiles of the beautiful, lustful, sexually predatory women he encounters, until it’s too late for him to avoid entanglement. His naiveté and compete lack of judgment when dealing with the opposite sex keep him in constant trouble.

Although Michael is a law school graduate who passed the California bar exam on the first try, he’s never practiced in the profession. His legal training entitles him to quote the law. His lack of experience causes him to sometimes misquote it, and he frequently proves the adage that “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

Kaplan isn’t particularly ambitious—in fact, he’s rather lazy. He works beneath his education and abilities as a restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Times. The newspaper’s managing editor continuously prods and goads Michael into taking on additional responsibilities—which he reluctantly accepts, with an attitude falling somewhere between stubbornness, obstinacy, and recalcitrance—and with good reason. Michael has an uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When bodies are found, convincing evidence usually points toward him.

Blue Goodness (Michael Kaplan Mysteries)

David W. Cowles

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BLUE GOODNESS begins with Michael Kaplan, handsome young restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Times, once again goaded by his editor into taking on additional reporting assignments.

Michael investigates a burglary at the Royal Animal Clinic. Various medications have been stolen, including a bottle of euthanasia solution veterinarians call Blue Goodness.

Michael’s marriage to Myra fails to deter the advances of two predatory women who have their talons out for him—his assistant, Kimberly Cohen, and real estate agent and part time call girl Soozie Snyder. Michael successfully resists Kimberly’s overtures, but Soozie wastes no time getting him into bed.

When Soozie relates a wild tale about hundreds of dead bodies dumped down an abandoned mine shaft in the desert south of Las Vegas, Michael decides to investigate—and, if her story is true, report it in the Times.

That’s when Michael’s troubles really begin—with Myra, who catches him with Kimberly in a compromising situation and believes they’re having an affair—and with the police, when evidence implicates Michael in an attempted murder.

ABOUT THE MICHAEL KAPLAN MYSTERIES …

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries are a new generation of novels. They’re murder mysteries with the tempo of fast-paced R-rated movie thrillers, filled with gorgeous wanton women, sleazy, amoral villains, rapid-fire action, multiple killings, explicit sexual encounters, and extremely graphic violence. As with today’s motion pictures, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries are intensely erotic and mayhem-filled.

In the Michael Kaplan Mysteries, David W. Cowles, a long-time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, captures the essence and flavor of the exciting “Entertainment Capital of the World” and its surroundings—the glitz, glamour, and grit as seen through the eyes of tourists and gamblers; an insider’s view of the casino industry; and the ordinary hometown known to locals.

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries provide readers with an accurate insight into the fascinating day-to-day operation of Las Vegas casinos. Readers familiar with Las Vegas will instantly recognize the famous hotels, casinos, and restaurants upon which fictional counterparts are modeled.

From the prologues through the teasing, I-want-more epilogues, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries abound with strange but interesting three-dimensional characters; demented, despotic, obsessed villains; exciting, romantic locales; constant plot twists and turns; clues, false clues, red herrings, surprises, and gotchas; and an abundance of subtle humor, wordplay, sexual repartee, and erotic situations.

Seldom are things as they seem in the intriguing, fast-moving Kaplan mysteries. The good guys often turn out to be the bad guys—and vice versa.

Michael Kaplan is in his early thirties. He’s tall, dark, and handsome; intelligent, educated, and urbane. A woman-charmer, not a womanizer. Masculine, not macho. But Michael has major character flaws that make him fallible, culpable, and a thoroughly different type of mystery hero.

He’s completely clueless (and therefore helpless) when dealing with the seductive wiles of the beautiful, lustful, sexually predatory women he encounters, until it’s too late for him to avoid entanglement. His naiveté and compete lack of judgment when dealing with the opposite sex keep him in constant trouble.

Although Michael is a law school graduate who passed the California bar exam on the first try, he’s never practiced in the profession. His legal training entitles him to quote the law. His lack of experience causes him to sometimes misquote it, and he frequently proves the adage that “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

Michael has an uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When bodies are found, convincing evidence usually points toward him.

BLUE GOODNESS begins with Michael Kaplan, handsome young restaurant critic for the Las Vegas Times, once again goaded by his editor into taking on additional reporting assignments.

Michael investigates a burglary at the Royal Animal Clinic. Various medications have been stolen, including a bottle of euthanasia solution veterinarians call Blue Goodness.

Michael’s marriage to Myra fails to deter the advances of two predatory women who have their talons out for him—his assistant, Kimberly Cohen, and real estate agent and part time call girl Soozie Snyder. Michael successfully resists Kimberly’s overtures, but Soozie wastes no time getting him into bed.

When Soozie relates a wild tale about hundreds of dead bodies dumped down an abandoned mine shaft in the desert south of Las Vegas, Michael decides to investigate—and, if her story is true, report it in the Times.

That’s when Michael’s troubles really begin—with Myra, who catches him with Kimberly in a compromising situation and believes they’re having an affair—and with the police, when evidence implicates Michael in an attempted murder.

ABOUT THE MICHAEL KAPLAN MYSTERIES …

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries are a new generation of novels. They’re murder mysteries with the tempo of fast-paced R-rated movie thrillers, filled with gorgeous wanton women, sleazy, amoral villains, rapid-fire action, multiple killings, explicit sexual encounters, and extremely graphic violence. As with today’s motion pictures, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries are intensely erotic and mayhem-filled.

In the Michael Kaplan Mysteries, David W. Cowles, a long-time resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, captures the essence and flavor of the exciting “Entertainment Capital of the World” and its surroundings—the glitz, glamour, and grit as seen through the eyes of tourists and gamblers; an insider’s view of the casino industry; and the ordinary hometown known to locals.

The Michael Kaplan Mysteries provide readers with an accurate insight into the fascinating day-to-day operation of Las Vegas casinos. Readers familiar with Las Vegas will instantly recognize the famous hotels, casinos, and restaurants upon which fictional counterparts are modeled.

From the prologues through the teasing, I-want-more epilogues, the Michael Kaplan Mysteries abound with strange but interesting three-dimensional characters; demented, despotic, obsessed villains; exciting, romantic locales; constant plot twists and turns; clues, false clues, red herrings, surprises, and gotchas; and an abundance of subtle humor, wordplay, sexual repartee, and erotic situations.

Seldom are things as they seem in the intriguing, fast-moving Kaplan mysteries. The good guys often turn out to be the bad guys—and vice versa.

Michael Kaplan is in his early thirties. He’s tall, dark, and handsome; intelligent, educated, and urbane. A woman-charmer, not a womanizer. Masculine, not macho. But Michael has major character flaws that make him fallible, culpable, and a thoroughly different type of mystery hero.

He’s completely clueless (and therefore helpless) when dealing with the seductive wiles of the beautiful, lustful, sexually predatory women he encounters, until it’s too late for him to avoid entanglement. His naiveté and compete lack of judgment when dealing with the opposite sex keep him in constant trouble.

Although Michael is a law school graduate who passed the California bar exam on the first try, he’s never practiced in the profession. His legal training entitles him to quote the law. His lack of experience causes him to sometimes misquote it, and he frequently proves the adage that “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.”

Michael has an uncanny ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. When bodies are found, convincing evidence usually points toward him.

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made

Three Rivers Press

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From The Breaks of the Game to Summer of '49, David Halberstam has brought the perspective of a great historian, the inside knowledge of a dogged sportswriter, and the love of a fan to bear on some of the most mythic players and teams in the annals of American sport. With Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls he has given himself his greatest challenge and produced his greatest triumph. In Playing for Keeps, David Halberstam takes the first full measure of Michael Jordan's epic career, one of the great American stories of our time. A narrative of astonishing power and human drama, brimming with revealing anecdotes and penetrating insights, the book chronicles the forces in Jordan's life that have shaped him into history's greatest basketball player and the larger forces that have converged to make him the most famous living human being in the world.
One of the finest nonfiction writers in any lineup, Halberstam likes to alternate what he's deemed his serious work--books like The Best and the Brightest, The Fifties, and The Children--with his sporting interludes, though in his hands, sports are much, much more than fun and games. Books like The Breaks of the Game and October 1964 use sports as a prism. Culture, race, society, and history are all filtered through it, and Halberstam refocuses--and interprets--what comes out the other side.

That he would now turn his considerable abilities to exploring Michael Jordan is not surprising. Halberstam loves hoops, and Jordan not only defines the game, he defines an era. His fame crosses international borders as easily as he dribbles past half-court lines. In focusing on Jordan--as athlete and force of nature--and his osmosis from a young hoop dreamer to product pitchman to the world, Halberstam is really examining intangibles like myth and legend, celebrity and fame, wealth and image, excellence and genius, race and style, the qualities of heroism and the pursuit of perfection. "That there had been even one Michael Jordan seemed in retrospect something of a genetic fluke," he writes, "and the idea that anyone would arrive in so short a span of time and do what he did both on and off the court seemed highly unlikely." But the phenomenon that is Jordan did just that.

Understanding, even admiring, what he did, how he did it, and what it means in a basketball context and a larger one is Halberstam's goal, and, despite Jordan's lack of cooperation--or maybe because of it--Halberstam's muscular prose and thinking scores powerfully. Yet, there is a wistfulness, in the end, to Playing for Keeps; the game doesn't seem as much fun and collegial as it used to for Halberstam, and Jordan, great as he may be, emerges with less of the historic grace exhibited by Jackie Robinson, Ali, and Arthur Ashe than with a quality that Halberstam deems the athlete-explorer "in terms of going beyond previously accepted limits of what was humanly possible, and somehow by dint of physical excellence and unmatched willpower, pushing those limits forward that much more." Dazzling, certainly, but not necessarily heroic. Playing for Keeps is also available on audiocassette. --Jeff Silverman


Ghost Recon (Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Book 1)

Berkley

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The U.S. Army?s Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there?s a group that?s even more stealthy and deadly. It?s comprised of the most feared operators on the face of the earth?the soldiers of Ghost Recon.


The Body's Recollection of Being: Phenomenological Psychology and the Deconstruction of Nihilism

Routledge

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This is a unique study, contuining the work of Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger, and using the techniques of phenomenology against the prevailing nihilism of our culture. It expands our understanding of the human potential for spiritual self-realization by interpreting it as the developing of a bodily-felt awareness informing our gestures and movements. The author argues that a psychological focus on our experience of well-being and pathology as embodied beings contributes significantly to a historically relevant critique of ideology. It also provides an essential touchstone in experience for a fruitful individual and collective response to the danger of nihilism.
Dr Levin draws on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology to clarify Heidegger's analytic of human beings through an interpretation that focuses on our experience of being embodied. He reconstructs in modern terms the wisdom implicit in western and semitic forms of religion and philosophy, considering the work of Freud, Jung, Focault and Neitzsche, as well as that of American educational philosophers, including Dewey. In particular, he draws on the psychology of Freud and Jung to clarify our historical experience of gesture and movement and to bring to light its potential in the fulfilment of Selfhood. Throughout the book, the pathologies of the ego and its journey into Selfhood are considered in relation to the conditons of technology and the powers of nihilism.
Leading Wisely in Difficult Times: Three Cases of Faith and Business

Paulist Press

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Three case stories of business leaders who are trying to live faithfully in difficult times. The stories explore the role of religious faith in business decision making and provide both witnesses of action and deeper reflections and insights on the relation of faith and business.