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Mac Wingate: Mission Code: Symbol #1 by Bryan Swift

Brian Spross — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:06:37 +0000

Mission Code: Symbol is the first book in the Mac Wingate series by Bryan Swift. Mac Wingate is pulled from his mission in Northern Africa for a special task for General Patton in Casablanca. There is a group of high level Nazi’s meeting in Casablanca with the Vichy French secretly. Mac Wingate must attempt to take them out.

I am certainly going to pick up more of these books when I find them.

Mac Wingate Series by Bryan Swift

Brian Spross — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:02:31 +0000

I picked up the first book in the Mac Wingate Series by Bryan Swift at my local used book store. This is one of those early 80s paperbacks so it stinks (not the content, the actual book). The cover price is very low on this book so the store just threw it in with my other books. Mac Wingate is a special operations warrior in World War II. He is a man that gets things done so he is given difficult tasks by Allied leadership.

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Mission Code: Symbol #1

The Gunsmith: Crime of Passion #169 by J. R. Roberts

Brian Spross — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:49:23 +0000

Crime of Passion is the 169^th book in the Gunsmith Series by J. R. Roberts. Clint Adams, the Gunsmith, has been commissioned to build a gun for a wealthy Montana rancher, Lawrence Dain. Unfortunately, the rancher’s wife is jealous of her husband’s fondness for guns. The Gunsmith has no idea what kind of trouble building a gun can cause.

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II, Jedi Eclipse #5 by James Luceno

Brian Spross — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:48:33 +0000

Agents of Chaos II, Jedi Eclipse is the 5^th book in The New Jedi Order Series by James Luceno. This a post-movie Star Wars book. In this book, the forces of the New Republic continue to fight the Yuuzhan Vong. The New Republic is being pushed around the galaxy and Luke Skywalker is trying to keep the Jedi Knights on the same page. In the meantime Han Solo is working to evacuate planets ahead of the Yuuzhan Vong onslaught.

The Gunsmith: The Hanging Tree #269 by J. R. Roberts

Brian Spross — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:25:15 +0000

The Hanging Tree is the 269th book in the Gunsmith Series by J. R. Roberts. In this book, Clint Adams, the Gunsmith, comes across a rustler that has been hung by vigilantes, without a trial. This does not sit well with the Gunsmith and he connects with a Texas Ranger, Jack First, to hunt down the vigilantes. This book has a lot of short chapters and it is interesting because there are blank pages before each chapter. I’ve heard that publishing has some odd number of pages where it is possible to publish a longer book cheaper than a shorter one.

Reward for Good Work

Brian Spross — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:38:49 +0000

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

- Jonas Salk

Secret Formula for Success in the Free Enterprise System

Brian Spross — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:08:11 +0000

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard. You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

- Art Williams

Positive Attitude

Brian Spross — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:34:58 +0000

People generally get whatever they expect out of life. Expect the worst, and that’s what you’ll get.

- John C. Maxwell

Overnight Success

Brian Spross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:35 +0000

It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.

- Eddie Cantor

Opportunity & Luck

Brian Spross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:50:30 +0000

Opportunities are the result of pluck, not luck. The people who succeed seek out opportunity, and if they can’t find them, they create them.

- John C. Maxwell

Waking Up Successful and Enthusiastic

Brian Spross — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:33:48 +0000

Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there is something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at, something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today.

- Whit Hobbs

Hard Work and Luck

Brian Spross — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:05:04 +0000

I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.

- Stephen Leacock

Thomas Edison on Success

Brian Spross — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:25:46 +0000

People don’t work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they’ll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they’ll wake up and find themselves rich. Actually, they’ve got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.

- Thomas Edison

Taking Risks

Brian Spross — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:07:37 +0000

If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.

- John C. Maxwell

Opportunity & Motivation

Brian Spross — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:48:25 +0000

Opportunities and motivation are connected. Motivated people see opportunities, and opportunities are often what motivate people.

- John C. Maxwell

Disappointments and Dreams

Brian Spross — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:46:59 +0000

It’s easier to rationalize your disappointments than realize your dreams.

- Unknown

Skepticism and Success

Brian Spross — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:46:46 +0000

It is easier to be skeptical than successful.

- Unknown

The Zone: Overkill #5 by James Rouch

Brian Spross — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:05:15 +0000

Overkill is the fifth book in The Zone Series by James Rouch. In this one, the team heads through the dangerous Elbe region to Hamburg, Germany as part of a relief force; however, when they get there they have been decimated. They join the defenders of a surrounded Hamburg trying to beat back the Russians. This is the standard post World War III apocalyptic book and it was a good read.

Big Bank Breakups

Brian Spross — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:02:35 +0000

I was reading this article on Minyanville on why the big banks have to breakup and it got me to thinking. I am a hyper-capitalist; however, what has been happening with big banks is not acceptable. A quote from the article, “Lack of tight regulation in the TBTF space leads to the worst economic system of all: asymmetric socialism. The enormous gains are reaped by employees and shareholders, but losses are socialized and paid by taxpayers.” is right on point. Don’t get me wrong, I have made my fair share of money on Goldman Sachs as a stockholder in the last year or so, but it is not right. Maybe the answer is breaking these guys up. Then the Obama proposed tax on banks would not be applicable. Just got me to thinking.

Matt Jensen: The Last Mountain Man: Savage Territory #4 by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

Brian Spross — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:28:41 +0000

Savage Territory is the fourth book in the Matt Jenson: The Last Mountain Man Series by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone. In this book, Matt Jensen grants a dying friend, Lee Marcus’, wish to take a bankroll to Marcus’ brother in St. Louis. Jensen must head to the Arizona Territory when Marcus’ brother has moved. During his travels tracking down Marcus, Matt runs into a rich Easterner, Jay Peerless Bixby, and his wife, Cynthia Bixby, who are land prospectors. Cynthia is grabbed by Apaches and Matt must get her back before they kill her. Oh and during all of this, Matt has to take out Lee Marcus’ killer, Pogue Willis.