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All in a day's work
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/01/2012
» On his own or with a co-writer, James Patterson pens more crime thrillers than any two or three other authors combined. Nary has a year passed in which a couple or three of his latest books doesn't cross my desk. A number of homicide detectives and private eyes are his literary creations. The most popular is Alex Cross of the Metro Police Department (Washington, DC).
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What if JFK lived?
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 30/01/2012
» There are two aspects to time travel, travelling to another time; making a change before returning to the starting point. That change leads to other changes and those to other changes still. HG Wells noted this in The Time Machine, Hollywood in its Back to The Future series.
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A religious relic
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 03/06/2013
» If the founding fathers of old are to be believed, it was God who told them to bring into being their respective religions. In return, they were to obey his commands without demur. To demonstrate how serious and powerful He is, He left incontrovertible, magical evidence of His existence.
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Endless struggle
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 19/08/2013
» Of all the conflicts of human history, that between the haves and have-nots is the most enduring. The owners determined to keep the profit, the workers demanding a better wage. Both feel in the right. When negotiations are fruitless, each resort to force. Strikes. Strike-breakers. Broken heads. Broken bodies.
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FBI heavies again
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 02/09/2013
» We have all read a book, seen a film, heard music and thought we can do better. Just give us a chance and we will show them. And become rich and famous, too. Some pen a novel, act in a play or movie, compose a song. But in most cases the critics find it has no merit, the public hold their noses.
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A gay first lady
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 20/01/2014
» People in every social, economic and political sphere share a fondness for rumours. True or not, they spread like wildfire. Men, women, children are fair game. Family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, acquaintances are embarrassed, reputations tarnished, careers ruined. The more they are denied, the more they are believed.
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Taiping women
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 27/01/2014
» Yank author, Thai resident, Dean Barrett is fluent in several Chinese dialects as well as knowledgable in China's history and mythology. He is perhaps best known for his pictorial books about beautiful Thai women. It may be said that he has beauty on the brain. Every woman in his novels is "beautiful". He never tires of using the term, once a page minimum.
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An axe to grind
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 02/06/2014
» In days of yore — before magazines and books, television and radio, films and even plays, storytellers roamed from town to town to tell in verse or prose of conflicts from the past that resulted in bloodshed and revenge. The better storytellers were invited back to repeat the tales, or to tell of others.
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Here we go again
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 04/08/2014
» Mark Twain said that anybody could be president of the US, then quipped that anybody is. Sarcastic, but not untrue. In its less than two-and-a-half-century history, the US has had few chief executives worthy of the position. However, according to the democratic process, no matter how corrupt and/or incompetent, they are voted in and have to be voted out.
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An enjoyable read
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 22/09/2014
» There’s no catching up with James Patterson, on his own and with a stable of co-authors, the prolific American novelist. While other writers turn out one or two works of fiction annually, it is close to one or two seasonally for the Yank scrivener. And they range from good to very good.
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