I needed a break. I needed ."an off-the-wall dalliance. An all-boys' adventure in a faraway land. An adventure far away from telephones and faxes and lawyers. An adventure with an abundance of humor, serious physical exertion, and danger nominally short of life-threatening." After a little research and a few phone calls, I decided that a climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, with four friends, via the "Tourist Route," would fit the bill.In this book, the author tell the story of the climb-four days up, and two days down-with a humorous yet sensitive slant, describing the...
I needed a break. I needed ."an off-the-wall dalliance. An all-boys' adventure in a faraway land. An adventure far away from telephones and faxes and ...
""It was common knowledge that the woods behind my house in Milford were teeming with the most venomous of vipers. Monstrous Copperheads lurked behind every rock. Hideous Water Moccasins slithered through every creek. Big snakes. Poisonous snakes. All banded together in an insidious reptilian conspiracy, dedicated to the elimination of ten-year-old boys from the face of the earth."
Connecticut, 1952." School is out for the summer. In a time before computers, X-boxes, and iPods, the neighborhood kids have to get into trouble the old-fashioned way-using their imagination.
Ten-year-old...
""It was common knowledge that the woods behind my house in Milford were teeming with the most venomous of vipers. Monstrous Copperheads lurked beh...
An account of the author's latest safari in Southern Africa, told with whacky humor and unvarnished candor. The story weaves the thrill of the safari experience with poignant vignettes of contemporary African life. Phil Gray is a Hawaii businessman. When a lawsuit is filed against him for no legitimate reason he can fathom, and a legion of lawyers cannot make it go away, he feels his sanity threatened. Luckily he has an antidote: Safari. SOUTH AFRICA - A various land: Pretoria its Beverly Hills, Soweto its bowels, Cape Town its heart, Robben Island its shame, Kruger Park its light, Zululand...
An account of the author's latest safari in Southern Africa, told with whacky humor and unvarnished candor. The story weaves the thrill of the safari ...
An off-beat murder mystery, not for the faint of heart. A wife, a mother, a sister - unknown to each other - murdered under similar circumstances - in different countries - years apart. Are the crimes related? Will they reveal who killed the wife of Aiden Tarot? He dearly wants to know. But her case is long gone cold. And he is distraught. After relentless badgering by his strong-willed secretary, Jamie, he is finally convinced to conduct his own investigation of his wife's case. With the help of Jamie's mother, Phoebe, a hotshot PI, Aiden digs deep into his past and discovers more than he...
An off-beat murder mystery, not for the faint of heart. A wife, a mother, a sister - unknown to each other - murdered under similar circumstances - in...
