2007

In the translated version of The Glass Devil, Swedish mystery writer Helene Tursten features Detective Inspector Irene Huss, who investigates the murder of a family in which three of its members, a teacher, the teacher’s pastor father and his mother are murdered in two separate locations and satanic symbols are left drawn in their blood. [...]

The Alibi Man, by Tami Hoag is another of her exciting suspense thrillers that one can expect to see on the New York Times bestseller list. In this book, her protagonist is Elena Estes, a former cop turned horse trainer, who, while still believing in justice, has no ideals left about the justice system that [...]

The move by the world’s governments to inject tracking chips into animals and even humans, allowing them to track and spy on their citizens, has aroused concern regarding an individuals right to privacy.  The proposed chip contains a transponder that can be read by GPS satellite systems and is powered when the carrier’s body is [...]

With all the hype, surrounding the sky rocketing prices of crude from the Middle East it was surprising to this reviewer that the United States is already importing more oil from Africa than from Saudi Arabia. How is this possible? It appears that Africa has long been known for containing 10% of the world’s oil [...]

According to Josuha Freed of the Associated Press, DVD movies Are poised to follow music onto the Internet and to avoid the hurt that was felt with downloaded music retailers such as Wal-Mart have launched their own download movie sites. Retailers are concerned about this new technology because they have traditionally been able to use [...]

The alternative energy industry is experiencing a rapid growth but for it to continue industrial experts from
Brookings, S.D. claim the levels of ethanol used in fuel blends needs to be increased. According to Don Endres, chairperson of Brookings-based Vera Sun Energy Corp., “approximately half of the gasoline sold in the
United States is blended with 10% [...]

Financial advisor, Suze Orman’s revised and updated You’ve Earned It, Don’t Lose It provides a specialists look at retirement issues helping the reader to navigate the often-confusing course of retirement planning. It is obvious, after reading her book that Orman knows her facts and by sharing them in a concise and straightforward manner, she makes [...]

Estleman in his novel American Detective, the 17th novel in a series that he began in 1980, has done a superb job in creating private eye, Amos Walker. Estleman’s Walker is reminiscent of Raymond Chandler’s classic gumshoe, Philip Marlowe in that Walker defies authority, works without a side kick, and wisecracks in the face of [...]

Science often appears as a close cousin of sorcery bringing to life images of Merlin the magician of old. This is no where so clearly evidenced than in the explosive advances of Biotechnology where Biotechnologists may well prove to be the ”Sorcerer’s Apprentices” of the 21st century. Their advances have raised challenging issues of ethics, [...]

Like Abraham Lincoln, John Edwards comes from humble beginnings and knows how the working person must struggle to make ends meet. He is a self-made man whose political career consists of one term as the Democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina and an unfortunate failed bid for vice president in 2004.  After Edwards and John [...]