The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw.
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Third in the classic first four of a great catalog. More R&B than the classic East-West(my favorite) but still has it's own merits. I would suggest this as a must for most PPBB fans. I lost interest after Elvin Bishop left the band, but others may find the latter records good as well. If you are buying the vinyl version. try to find the gold label (monarch) pressings. The sound very good.
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It's been a long time since I read one of Robin Cook's medical mysteries, but I was in need of distraction. Cook delivered. This book has been around quite a while, but I hadn't read it. I was caught up in the story linking the Salem witch trials with the modern search for pharmaceutical wonders. I got ahead of the story, anticipating the drastic and unexpected changes the human guinea pigs would experience, but I didn't mind at all. This was a quick, engrossing read.
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Porkies is my all time favorite movies, I think they shoul do a reunion show with as many of the origianl cast as possible.
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So good to have Bob Lind back again. It's remarkable how his craft and emotional insights seems to have deepened despite a 40-year absence from the airwaves. There's so much to savor here.
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I hope they continue this character. Its a unique approach having him work at the morgue. As a Bay Area resident, iI like the Berkeley area setting.
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if you love the BB, or even like them, you will love this CD.
It is good to have them back.
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I see from other reviews there are still some readers around who remember the Doc Savage series... and some writers, too!
Although I have been losing interest in the OUTLANDERS Series, this was an enjoyable return to the antics of Doc, Ham, and Monk as they battled heroically against impossible foes.
Only the names were changed, and I can only hope that Abraham Flag, along with his colorful companions Barnaby and Little Ant, will magically appear from the "other side" to help the Cerberus gang in their never-ending battle to restore the world to sanity.
Norm
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The Piglys and the Hundred-Year Mystery

by Mary Coons

 The Piglys and the Hundred Year Mystery is the delightful story of three pigs in Pigville who challenge the familys hundred-year curse. Annabelle and Parker Pigly, brother and sister, and their cousin Elsa are the last remaining Piglys in Pigville when Elsa is falsely accused of cheating and kicked out of journalism school and someone attacks Parkers bike repair shop. Instead of fleeing, the trio turnss its trotters to discover who is attacking them and why. Does it have anything to do with their strange inheritance from their great-grandfather, Persistence P. Pigly, one of the towns forefathers who turned out to be a crackpot?
 Coons draws her characters with flair. Parker is a resourceful repair pig who hates ties and doesnt mind getting his trotters greasy. Annabelles sweet personality and her cooking endear her even to the loser Hank Thugmuffin, and Elsas journalistic snout sniffs through the papers of the past to preserve the Piglys present.
 Reminiscent of E.B. White, Coons style is great for kids. My daughter read the book three times, sometimes giggling out loud. But Coons style also enchants and delights adults with its alliterations, its clever descriptions, and witty names: the legal firm of Lyon, Cheetham, and Steel; the lawyer Epsom T. Salter, the ruffian Hunk Thugmuffian, Egbert Lyons rich floozy wife, Rosetta Stone Lyon, and the arch-villain Venial Smith.
 Then Coons charming illustrations bring the characters and the village to life. Filled with beautiful detail and enticing hints, Coons brings individuality to all of those pigs.
 This tale is one parents do not need to worry about instilling fears and bad morals into their children. The Piglys, though not perfect, are a close-knit family with a strong work ethic, determination, and courage. Although they do not face vampires or zombies, they do save their village from a mysterious lightning machine, and Parker escapes spending his life as a wall ornament in a dungeon due to Immutable Glue. They show compassion, resourcefulness, persistence, and courage in their great crusade to destroy the curse, restore their name, and resurrect the true history of Pigville.
 This book makes a great gift for kids from seven to adulthood, younger if you read it to them. (Some teens may think they are too sophisticated to enjoy it, but theyll mature some day and love it.) I plan to order several for Christmas. But I definitely will keep one for myself. I believe The Piglys and the Hundred-Year Mystery should become a childrens classic up there with Beatrix Potters books and Charlottes Web.
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A while back, mystery writer Robert Parker tried his hand at bringing Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe back to life.  In this book, writer and former private eye Joe Gores takes on the equally daunting task of filling us in on Sam Spade's career prior to The Maltese Falcon.  Gores prepared for this in a previous volume in which he has Spade creator Dashiell Hammett star in his own detective story.

In Spade and Archer, Gores succeeds in recreating the characters as well as the atmosphere of 1920s San Francisco.  There are times, especially in the exchanges between Spade and police detectives Dundy and Polhaus, when the reader feels as if the dialogue was taken directly from Hammett with echoes from Bogart's on screen version of Spade.  The plot has Spade chasing master criminal St. Clair McPhee over the course of 5 years while solving a series of lesser crimes.  As always, the plot is secondary to the seedy atmosphere, snappy dialogue and interaction between the characters.  All of this rings true to the hard-boiled tradition and allows the reader a passport back in time to witness the reinvention of the genre.

The only time I felt Gores misfired is in portraying a fight in which Spade is ambushed by 3 men variously wielding brass knuckles, a baseball bat and a knife.  Spade not only dispatches all 3 but does so in less than a minute, resembling James Bond more than Hammett's shambling gumshoe.

More importantly, Gores fully captures the spirit of the hard-boiled detective: operating alone in the margins of the law, disguising a rigorous moral code with a rough and cynical exterior.  In Spade, the reader can watch an archetype develop that is portrayed over the next 80 years, perhaps most fully realized today in Parker's Spenser series.

The book succeeds in its very ambitious goal.  As a result, the reader can once again "walk the streets of San Francisco with the city's most memorable fictional character" as Booklist says. It was worth waiting for.
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He's Baaaaaaaaaack! Nas,the real Nas, as arisen from the dead and brought back the superior lyricism that made him Rakim and Bob Dylan combined. Hopefully he will stay this way. welcome back Nas!
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As a kid, one of my favorite haunts was the spinner rack at the local pharmacy, where I could get my monthly fix of the Destroyer, Mack Bolan, the Death Merchant, and their cordite-drenched ilk. Over the years, I drifted away from these books. However, not too long ago, I noticed that the Mr. Mullaney was part of a Destroyer revival. Though that revival only lasted for four books, I was hooked; this was the Remo Williams I remembered, a deft blend of action, humor, and cutting-edge satire.

When I heard that Mullaney was venturing back into these waters with "Red and Buried," I couldn't wait to fire up the ol' Kindle and purchase a copy. And was I ever glad I did. This book contained all the elements of the books I loved as a child - the adrenaline-charged action scenes, the black humor, fun characters, and light-hearted jabs at the establishment (particularly the left-leaning part of it, but make no mistake - this is no political diatribe, but instead a fun return to the action-packed days of yore). I will be on board for all subsequent novels as long as they maintain this high level of quality.
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Our knives are now back alive and cut better than when they were new.
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If there is reincarnation, I want to come back as one of the author's pets.  An interesting foil and comparison between the author's unconditional love for a pet pig versus her strained relationship with her parents, who nedver seem to forgive her for marrying a Jewish man.
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I think Richard's review is just fine, and I thank him for taking the time.

My concern is, that he has a hand growing out of his shoulder. I hope he can have it removed soon...
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It took a while to get its feet off the ground, but this movie finally brings director Guy Ritchie back to what he's good at: contemporary British gangster flicks. I was worried after seeing his stinker "Revolver." And while "Rocknrolla" still carries Ritchie's trademark style, it sees him going down a slightly skewed path which promises to take his fans on an interesting ride. The movie especially pays off about half way through once all characters are well established. From the ending, there's a teaser that the characters will return in a sequel. It'll be interesting to see what Ritchie has planned (possible trilogy?).
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Greg Iles is a favorite of mine, and Penn Cage is a great character.  I missed Iles work while he was recuperating from his injuries and I'm glad he's back!
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Ishmael Wang is back in a story that it really about setting up where this series will go next.
Little action and lots of dialogue.  But I'm not complaining.  There is plenty of action elsewhere.
This return to the life of Captain Wang was most welcome.  It's almost like coming home again.