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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man By Dalton Fury St. Martin's Press; 320 pages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the bin Laden Manhunt | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...inconsistencies, inaccuracies and falsities which he says were perpetuated amid the hunt for Osama bin Laden in December 2001. Fury blames an "excitement-starved general public," a clueless intelligence community, an even more clueless press corps and the need to keep Delta Force operations classified for a misguided account of the operation that he calls "fantastic and exciting stuff, but utter hogwash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the bin Laden Manhunt | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...story, he acknowledges that the "world is interested" in learning of the events of bin Laden's non-capture - an about-face seeming to serve mostly Fury's need to pat himself and the other Delta fighters on the back for more than 300 pages. His detailed account borders on idolatry not only for himself, but also for his fellow comrades - "the boys" as he repeatedly refers to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the bin Laden Manhunt | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...approaches: do it quickly or wait and take the longer-term view," says Will Weisser, associate publisher of Portfolio, a Penguin imprint, who says most of their business authors are being asked to expedite books already under way. One is Eric Janszen, whose The Post Catastrophe Economy, a historical account of the economy and where it is headed, was supposed to be published in August 2009. With the crisis deepening, Portfolio asked Janszen to hurry up; the book is now set to come out early next year. Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling Rich Dad, Poor Dad, is working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Wall Street Tsunami — of Financial Books | 10/28/2008 | See Source »

...less meat,” since “livestock are a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions” and “place incredible strain on the planet’s resources.” Another notorious offense is, apparently, hot showers, which account for “two thirds of all water heating costs.” Students can do their part by “shortening the length of [their] showers or turning down the water temperature.” And to think Lent is still four months away...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: It’s Not Easy Being Green | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

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