Eagle Reviews

"Eagle or Sun?" is a collection of prose poems by the great Mexican poet Octavio Paz. Several of the short pieces represent a sort of hybrid form between the poem and the essay; others seem to represent a melding of the poem and the short story. Although Paz can be obscure, and even somewhat indulgent, at times, "Eagle or Sun?" is marked by flashes of brilliance which make it an important piece of 20th century literature.

Some of the book's highlights included section X of "The Poet's Works," a nightmarish vision of language gone awry; "The Blue Bouquet," which is undoubtedly one of the greatest horror stories ever written in any language; and "My Life with the Wave," a surreal fantasy story that is rich in irony. "Eagle or Sun?" may not be easy reading, but it is a rewarding and memorable work from one of Mexico's most important writers.

A superb collection of early writings from 1949-50, Paz explores Mexico from three fronts, past, present and future. Influenced by Surrealists his prose is vivid and colorful as he explores the relationship between language and poet, reality and language and his vision of the past. His exploration of the apocalytic future, as foretold by the Aztec calendar stone is haunting. The world lost a great poet but his works live on for future generations.

Best poetry and a good translation. As "A Draft of Shadows" (translated by Weinberger also), it worths the reading. These books both are the best Paz's poetry... light on the other side... beating.

In his Sceond book dealing with endangered species Mac Priebe again tells a compelling tale of the sucess of the removal of the second species from the endangered list.

This book maintains a high level of educational value with out overwelming the intended audence with scientific data.

I am a bird watcher for many years and realy did enjoy this book.

Scott Wright

I knew Mac as a child, and it is both fitting and rewarding to see his passionate interest in wildlife has blossomed into a solid writing career on the topic so dear to his heart.

The book is informative, interesting and entertaining -- as a highschool teacher I highly reccommend the book to all students interested in learning about the history and biology associated with our noble national bird.

The book provided value on every page, and I (and my students) are eagerly awaiting Mac's future works!

On July 4, 2000, the bald eagle will be officially removed from the List of Endangered Species. The Bald Eagle: Endangered No More is in celebration of a species that has been saved from extinction and begins with Neil Armstrong's famous Moon Mission words "The Eagle has landed." The final page shows a healthy eagle family nesting at the Kennedy Space Center in the 1990s. Highly recommended for personal, school and community library wildlife collections, Mac Priebe's informative and inspiring text is perfectly showcased by the artistry of Jennifer Priebe, 39 full color photographs, 3 black and white photos, maps, charts, glossary, and a website list.

One of the best of the serise. After the events of "Time Nomads" where we (eventually) got to hear about the origins of Dean Ryan sets off to find his own son. There is always a catch in the deathlands however, Dean has been captured and is being used as slave labor in a New York salt mine.

Overall-Not the best but we do meet Dean.

I read this novel like all the rest in the series about 2 or 3 times - it is an awesome read for action/adventure fans. This is a good stand alone read but you will get hooked in like millions of others to this great saga of survival in an altered world known as - The DEATHLANDS!

ANOTHER CLASSIC IN THE SERIES I OBTAINED THROUGH AMAZON.COM TO FILL THE GAPS IN MY COLLECTION. THE GROUP END UP IN NEW YORK MINUS JAK LAUREN WHO STAYS BEHIND IN NEW MEXICO. THEY ENCOUNTER YOUNG STREET GANGS THAT RULE THEIR TURF AS WELL AS SCALIES , A MUTANT BREED THAT USE HUMANS FOR SLAVE LABOR. ITS HERE IN N.Y. THAT RYAN DISCOVERS HE HAS A SON WHO IS NOW 10 AND A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. THEY ALSO MEET HARRY STANTON- KING OF THE NEW YORK UNDERWORLD WHO KNEW RYAN AND DIX FROM THEIR TRADER DAYS. A GREAT STORY AND A MUST FOR ALL FANS OF THE SERIES. PARTICULARLY NASTY PART IS WHEN J.B. GETS BIT BY A BUG , I WON'T SPOIL IT , BUT IT'S NASTY! THUMBS UP!

As I first picked up this book, I was expecting an exciting story about a Navy SEAL expedition and that is exactly what I got. Orr Kelly takes military action to a new level in Seals Eagle Force. If even mildly interested in the operations of the Navy SEALs, you must read this book. The plot is great and the only thing that takes away from the book is remembering all of the names of the characters and a number of misspelled words.

Even though it is in the same genre as Keith Douglas'-'Seal Team'series it comes at it from a slightly different angle. And like a .50 cal sniper round it for sure hits the mark! The storyline, characters, and action all come together in a well written,fast paced book that is fun to read and hard to put down! I have read the previous book and look forward to the next one! This guy knows his stuff! I highly recommend this book!

Orr Kelly does a wonderful job with this book. It is definitely a page turner and no dull moments. If you like novels about the Seals you will love this one! Well worth the read.

Marblehead today is a yuppie heaven; shiny SUVs ply the tree-lined streets, and over-ample pseudo-colonial mansions crowd their small lots. North of Boston, "Marblehead" has become a synonym for "posh" and "snotty". This is ironic, for I remember it in my childhood, half a century ago, a rough town of drinkers, cursers, and womanizers who didn't give a damn for any outsider's opinion. Marbleheaders could be recognized anywhere by their accent and by certain 'code' words. I still think of it in my imagination, strong as the New England rocks that line the shores, the rain dripping into the narrow lanes off the now long-gone elms, mournful seagull cries over the shingled roofs of odd wooden houses by the harbor. That was the Marblehead I knew, full of fields, woods, ponds, and small farms; wildflowers and butterflies; pale red starfish in the tidal pools. Yeah, it's gone now. It's just a shadow of that raffish self.

But if you want to know what it was, if you want to capture the flavor of this, my beloved home, be sure to read THE HEARTH AND EAGLE, which takes you from early colonial days, when Marblehead was a rowdy offshoot of serious Salem, to the 1920s. I won't advise you that this is the best novel you'll ever read, but for sure it is the best one ever written about this town. If you've read it, you'll practically be able to find your way around the winding streets that always lead down to the sea. The author did her research while living at 30 Franklin Street, which her imagination turned into an inn by the name of the title. She may not have been a local, but she certainly captured the flavor of town and depicted a long stretch of Marblehead history through the lives of her characters. If my description grabs you, get hold of this book. Then come visit the town and see how it's changed.

This book captures all the details of Marblehead's unique history in memorable characterizations. Reading Hearth and Eagle will make those not blessed with an address in Marblehead long to visit and experience this unique stetting for themselves. A wonderful read. I could not put it down. My copy has been passed through half of Marblehead's residents!

I am only twelve, but I found this book fabulous! Although put into easily read text, The Hearth and Eagle is a complex and extremly enjoyable book. My mother has lived in Marblehead for a good period of her life, and it has always been to me a funky kind of town. However, after reading this book, I realised how spirited 'Headers have always been. While reading it during school, the people sitting near me would continually roll their eyes as I proceeded to make endless faces and gasps, totally absorbed in the book!

This book is drier than the wonderful BBC series starring Ian Richardson. But because Michael Dobbs spent years as a journalist covering British politics, plot points that are simplified or glossed over in the series are explained in more detail. So I feel like I understand what went on in the TV series more, but it's not as much fun. The book went through some significant changes on the way to the teleplay adaptation.

This is the first in a trilogy that is, perhaps, the best of modern political fiction. The reader can't help but be riveted by the lead character, even hoping for his sinister plots to succeed. Even having seen the BBC television version, I loved the book. It's a great read.

This book is the best one in the collection

A CIA spy thriller written by newcomer Alan Eagle with a believable "mindreading" science. This Jack Higgins-like melodrama unfolds quickly and you won't want to put it down. It is bestseller caliber both in story and the unfolding style of presentation. The Washington intrigue is great for this election year, intermixed with a "West Wing" type insight into White House personalities.

This book was certainly a page-turner and is interesting reading for anyone!

I found this book hard to put down once I began to read it. The description of the methods used to train mind-readers are so plausible that you wonder if indeed such an effort was undertaken by the CIA, who, incidentally, refuse to confirm or deny any such activity. We know the Russians engaged in similar activities, but do not know how successful they were. This book will be particularly of interest to anyone who has considered the possibility that certain paranormal manifestations could be channeled into productive use for covert activity, whether it be for national security, or business espionage. The incidents recounted in the book come to life for the reader because they do not veer toward fantasy, but are so realistic that you think you are reading fact, not fiction.

This is the second book in this series about Jason Coles. I could not believe how much it is like the first one, "Stone Hand." In this one Jason Coles has quite being a scout and settled down to raising horses. He comes back to his cabin to find his Indian wife killed and his adopted son carried off. Remember this is the same son that was carried off in "Stone Hand". He of course goes after the ones who did it and they are led by "Black Eagle." The story line is about Jason going back to the army as a scout. Will not tell you the ending because you may read the book. I just got tired of the same little boy being carried off, brought back and carried off again. Maybe West can come up with a different story line in his next book.

I recommend this book to anyone looking for a better class of western adventure. The story takes enough twists and turns to keep you excited to find out what's going to happen next, and Jason Coles is the kind of hero you want to read more about. I hated to see the book end. I'd like to congratulate Charles West on a book well done.

I really enjoyed being transported back to the wild frontier. I could hardly put it down once I started reading. This book was a wonderful finale to the Jason Coles series.

It's been awhile since I read "Orchestrated Death" the first book in Ms. Harrod-Eagles Bill Slider series, but I decided to get back in the series. This is the second book in the series, and it's a good one. If you're a fan of English cozies, then give this series a try. Bill Slider is a real doll and his adventures in the fight against crime are good. I really enjoy Ms. Harrod-Eagles writing, and I'm starting to really like her characters - Bill and his sidekick Ahterton (Mr. Perfect). Dixon is wonderful too.

This was a good book that made it hard to put down.

considering some of the truly awful mysteries i have suffered at least partially through, i cannot understand why harrod-eagles' series isn't better known and why it goes out of print with such blinding speed.

this entry in the series is as impressively well written as any reader could wish--the plot is first rate; the writing is wonderful (and i love the puns--only people who can't make puns sneer at them); the dialogue is natural; the characters are individual and interesting; the relationships, situations and motives are realistic; there's humor.

as with many series, watching the growth of the main characters is part of the pleasure, so, while this installment can be read by itself, its even better if you have read the previous books.

harrod-eagles is also the author of another good series, an historical that follows one fictional family throught english history from the 15th century into othe 20th (and probably into this one soon). aside from the level of excellence in the writing, it would be hard to identiry the writer of each as the same woman. harrod-eagles has the same sort of facility as the professional singers who can do grand opera one night and creditable jazz the next.

if you like your mysteries tricky, entertaining and perceptive, this book, and the rest of the series, is for you.

This is a very interesting and yet seriously flawed book about the possibility of artificial constructions on the surface of Mars. The book itself is a serious study of a site photographed and nicknamed "Inca City: Mars" by NASA. The site was discovered on photographs taken by US space probes. The site looks almost identical to the ancient Inca capital in Peru. The book also includes paranoia about a government coverup of what is actually up there. It is difficult to know how to evaluate these facts. In the book itself we follow researches as they squint their eyes at blurry photographs and wonder what they are looking. Are they seeing the abandoned wreckage of a dead civilization or are their eyes playing games with them. They see another face on Mars, and walls and towers, and even glymphs. One sees glymphs in Arizona, but what are they doing on Mars? To find out the truth, read the book. But be forwarned that it is a difficult read, and the book has typos and the format is not professional. The best thing is that in a few years we will have much better photographs of Mars and all our questions will be answered.

I liked this book. It was really interesting, and gave a glimpse inside the shadowy world of dark projects and government coverups along with details and information about life on Mars, and the artifacts left behind by an intelligent civilization in the area of "Inca City". Sure some of the images are a little grainy, but we can't expect Viking and Mariner images to be as clear as Mars Global Surveyor shots. The Viking and Mariner images showed some amazing things like tetrahedral structures and pyramids, one even had a ramp leading off from one of the sides. That is not something that could have happened as a result of wind or natural erosion. There is also what looks like a pteradactyl carved into a burm. Or rather, carved out of a burm next to the boxes that form the 'city foundations'. All in all, it is a good book, that provides an innovative new perspective on Mars, and life that existed on that planet. I would recommend it.

This book was highly readable, and shed light on (not only) the Inca City Mars objects discovered in older NASA photos, but gave an intriguing glimpse into the covert world of dark projects and government coverups which surrounds the principal investigator, Dr. Dan Burisch. The author wrote in first person, which is not all that common nowadays, but it has the advantage of letting readers feel like they are going on a quest with the research team, as more and more anomalies are discovered at the Inca City region. Photos are sometimes grainy, but you have to remember the photos under study were taken before we had the Mars Global Surveyor. Even so, they show some amazing things, like the pyramid structure inside the square boxes, that has sharp edges at the precise angles necessary to create a perfect pyramid. There even appears to be a ramp extending from one face. These are clearly not 'natural' objects, coincidentally sculpted by winds or eroded by running water during the years when Mars had a thicker atmosphere. It makes the case for an intelligent civilization at Inca City, Mars and is a very enjoyable book to read.