War in the Woods: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America's Public Lands Review

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War in the Woods: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America's Public Lands ReviewWar in the Woods will open up your eyes to the truth of outdoor marijuana cultivation. Mexican cartels have controlled much of the drug trade into the United States for years. Most people don't know that the cartel-associated marijuana grows in California supply 75-80% of the marijuana in the U.S.
Californians in general are a much more diverse and tolerant people, regardless of their political stance or their personal beliefs about legalizing marijuana. Some will be against the use of marijuana for any reason, some will accept it for medicinal purposes only, and some will vote to fully legalize marijuana for recreational use. But what we all despise is the destruction of the environment and the many delicate eco-systems that set California apart from anywhere else. The cultivation of marijuana on our public and private lands is not just the act of planting. It is the diversion of natural creeks and springs, the removal of oak and manzanita, the riparian destruction that takes years to repair, and the poisons and pesticides that flow into our reservoirs. And then there are the cultivators who will protect their cash crop with firearms. There is generally about one confrontation a year between law enforcement and armed cultivators that ends up with a suspect being shot for pointing a firearm at a peace officer and refusing to drop it. Since June this year there have been seven officer-involved shootings with marijuana cultivators. The cartels are becoming more aggressive and they will shoot anyone who has the ability to call 911 and report what they saw.
Read this book and then read it again. It will fill you with rage that this is happening right here, almost literally, in our own back yard.War in the Woods: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America's Public Lands Overview

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The Pearl (Centennial Edition) Review

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The Pearl (Centennial Edition) ReviewMost people born and raised in America cannot even imagine the depths of poverty that most of the rest of the world are forced to live with. This story illuminates this fact, as we enter the world of Kino, a pearl diver and occasional fisherman, his wife Juana, and their baby son, Coyotito. All they have is a grass shack house, a few clay cooking utensils, and their prize possession, Kino's boat, inherited from his father and grandfather. The boat is the family's livelihood, providing the means to put a meal on the table and to provide a few pesos for store bought goods by selling the small pearls Kino is able to find.
But Kino and his family, far from being depressed or unhappy, have a great treasure, the love they have for each other and their satisfaction with life as it is, with few disturbing dreams of greater things. But their quiet, routine life is turned upside down the day that Kino finds a Great Pearl. Suddenly Kino can dream of better things: a rifle for himself, school for his son so he will be able to read and tell what is really in the books, a real house. But dreams can be deadly things. Dreams lead to desire, and desire to greed, and greed to violence.
What happens to Kino and family from this point on is not a pretty story. Now we see that underneath the quiet, idyllic seeming small town and its inhabitants lie the seeds of cheating, betrayal, collusion, fear, and murder. And we see the gradual loss of Kino's real treasures. By the end of the book, events have reached the level of real tragedy, and you, along with Kino, are liable to end up in a state of emotional exhaustion.
Steinbeck's prose for this book matches his characters and situation very well, a very minimalist sentence structure and set of speech patterns. As a parable, the story has a strong moralistic point, but Steinbeck does not overdrive his thematic message, but lets his story speak for itself. One of Steinbeck's great strengths was his ability to capture on paper the characters he saw around him, and this book is a showcase for that talent. The characters of Kino and Juana are exquisitely drawn, real people you can relate to even though their lifestyles may be very far from your own. And because they are real people, it is very hard not to get drawn into their lives, where their dreams and their pains very readily become your own.
This may not be Steinbeck's greatest book, as it is too short and with too limited a focus to compare to something like his Grapes of Wrath. But within its own territory, there are very few other pieces of literature that are even half as good.The Pearl (Centennial Edition) Overview

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Revenge of the Gypsy Queen: A Tracy Eaton Mystery Review

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Revenge of the Gypsy Queen: A Tracy Eaton Mystery ReviewRevenge of the Gypsy Queen is an enjoyable romp with sleuth wannabe, Tracy Eaton. In this first installment, we find Tracy in New York with plans to attend the wedding of her sister-in-law, Marisa. All is well until the bride is kidnapped and the family seems more concerned with cover up then recovery . Tracy swings into action, and with the help of loveable Uncle Philly, they scour the city, running into any number of memorable characters. This book contains wonderful dialogue and a plot that keeps you guessing. I highly recommend it!Revenge of the Gypsy Queen: A Tracy Eaton Mystery Overview

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1906 Review

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1906 ReviewI am probably in a small minority of people who knew much of this story before I read it. I am 71 years old and my mother, her parents and many of their friends survived the horrible 1906 earthquake and fires. Growing up, I heard countless stories about what happened. Everyone who survived was angry that the death toll was so low, 500 people, when it was many times that number. My grandmother collected newspaper articles that disputed the death toll and many other lies that city officials told. My grandparents told of people being driven out of their homes at bayonet point when the fire was still a long way away and told they could take nothing of their possessions with them. Every survivor told tales of the military and national guard breaking into bars and liquor stores, then shooting anyone they thought might be looting. What surprised and delighted me about this book was not just the fact that the writer corrected the falsehoods, but that he took the time to tell us what life was like in one of the most beautiful and colorful cities America has ever seen. This was like a journey through my family history. He told how everyone, even the poorest, dressed well whenever they were in public. I could hear the cable cars clanging up and down the hills, the horses hooves clomping on the streets, see into the alleys of Chinatown where they were still selling poor little girls like cattle. I loved his descriptions of the mansions on Nob Hill and the dregs of the Barbary Coast, and my grandmother, were she still alive, would have relished the Caruso sections, as she had tickets to attend one of the perfromances, one that she saved up for for weeks but missed because the opera house was burned down. I think anyone would love this book, whether or not they have ever been to San Francisco. I have asked myself for many years why somone has not told this story. I am from the generation that was rasied on books, not television. This is one I am going to treasure. I heard the author speak and saw a documentary film he presented at a library last week. He is as passionate and knowledgeable about the subject in person. The images of the city and the disaster brought back a flood of emotions, as did the book. I just thought it was all wonderful.1906 Overview

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Dem Bones Revenge: A Tracy Eaton Mystery Review

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Dem Bones Revenge: A Tracy Eaton Mystery ReviewKris Neri garnered spectacular success with her first Tracy Eaton mystery, Revenge Of The Gypsy Queen. Nominated for Anthony, Macavity and Agatha awards for Best First Novel, it was apparent that Kris Neri was an up and comer. Kris had published numerous short stories of the mystery genre in magazines and is currently at work on Tracy's next adventure: Revenge For Old Times Sake.
Picture a "Postcards from the Edge" type of relationship between mother and daughter. Mother is a combination of Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. Tracy is more of a combination of Calamity Jane and Princess Leia. Throw in Tracy's husband, who could be a mix of Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis in a suit. But Tracy is a struggling writer about to be cut off by her publisher. She has two days to "fix" her latest novel, and suddenly Mother is the prime suspect in the murder of Vince Sperry. Did Martha Collins commit murder, or did she just stumble into the thick of things? Did she want to save her mother? From the start, Neri sets up a hilarious dialogue between Tracy and Martha:
"Mother sidled close to my ear. `There's a telephone number everyone in Beverly Hills is talking about. You order a servant you can keep forever for little more than a few years' salary. I heard about it from Rico, my hairdresser. As I reeled away from her into a pile of skiwear, I shook my head. `Please tell me I'm adopted.'"
Needless to say, Dem Bones Revenge is a hilarious mystery because it so closely resembles the real deal between mothers and daughters. Tracy's character struggles with her desire to euphemistically murder her mother while trying to save her. Martha Collins is the stereotypical aging actress who can't quite get over her case of the pampered movie star blues. The plot pulls the reader from one near-miss to another as Tracy stubbornly peels away the layers of facade, pulls her husband Drew into the act, and saves Martha from herself.
Neri's characters are unique, fresh, and yet somehow are people we all know and love. She knows her territory, being a Southern Californian, which gives the plot a unique perspective.
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McCoy Pottery, Warman's Companion Review

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McCoy Pottery, Warman's Companion ReviewIf you collect McCoy Pottery, this book is chock full of illustrations of the various types of pottery produced by McCoy. It is a bit short on written descriptions and other information that might be of value to the collector. For instance less than a page (the last one) is devoted to fakes.
Chapters include cookie jars, crocks, dinnerware, experiments, flower pots, jardinieres, jars, kitchenware, lamps, lay-nel-art, pet feeders, planters, signs, vases, wall pockets, and miscellaneous.McCoy Pottery, Warman's Companion Overview

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