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...words about it. And you could read them all. But unless you had a bite (with coffee) you would never know how good it is. You wouldn't know it like I do. I've never been on ketamine, so I know it only as well as a reader would know my wife's cake - secondhand. I wondered how could I warn Sasha about this drug. Without firsthand experience, could I still reason effectively with him about it? I wondered if there was anyone who could, who could say something like "Look here, son, when I was in fourth grade...
...Instead, get your own vision of the saga by reading the book. That's where fantasy comes alive, in the collaboration of the author and his audience of one. Often, the best movies play on the reader's own mindscreen...
...publishers can't publish just me-they want other authors too. So I agreed to try it if I could do something different. These books are edgier and much different from what I do under my own name, so putting it under a pseudonym helps brand it for the reader...
...mind reader. On Nov. 26, President George W. Bush and former Vice President Al Gore were all smiles before meeting privately for the first time in seven years. Gore, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, was at the White House for the traditional presidential photo op with Nobel recipients...
...little more than a superficial familiarity with terrorism. Richardson argues that it is impossible to effectively combat terrorism without awareness of the roots and goals of terrorist groups.The first half of “What Terrorists Want” lays out a fascinating and illuminating history that takes the reader from the first-century Jewish struggle against the Romans to al Qaeda’s jihad against America. A picture of terrorism emerges that stretches from Indonesia to Germany and embraces both secular and religious causes. Perhaps the most profound facet of Richardson’s work is her documentation...