en-US Wed, 25 Jan 2023 02:20:02 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 64997718 A detective with a score to settle.
Can they come together in time to stop a demon given untold power by the greed of millions?

Michael Lieberman is a special agent in charge of an anti-terrorism unit. When a case leads him into a strange world of spirits and demons, revealing his own angelic heritage, Michael never wavers, following the trail where it leads.

Sara Wilson can’t see what Michael sees, but when his case proves to be linked to a murder she is investigating, she cannot help but be drawn in as well. As she and Michael get closer to finding answers, a specter from her past rears its ugly head.

As Michael is drawn deeper and deeper into the secret world of demons and spirits, he finds he is pulling Sara in with him. As they draw closer to one another, and the secrets of their past lives reach out to claim them, can Michael and Sara save one another?

Archangel: The Book of Mammon is the first book in a new urban fantasy thriller series that features ancient conspiracies, high-tech threats, action-packed combat sequences, and compelling characters in unique situations.

If you liked The Da Vinci Code, The Dresden Files, or Midnight Riot, you’ll love Black Mike’s brand new high-stakes adventure!]]> 378 Black Mike 9925786959 Black 5 4.28
author: Black Mike
name: Black
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2023/01/25
shelves:
review:

]]> 10534 170 Sun Tzu Black 5 3.98 -400
author: Sun Tzu
name: Black
average rating: 3.98
book published: -400
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/12/10
shelves:
review:

]]> 10592
Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is...Carrie
--back cover]]> 272 Stephen King 1416524304 Black 5 4.00 1974
author: Stephen King
name: Black
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1974
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/12/10
shelves:
review:

]]> 28862
1. So it is that to know the nature of a people, one need be a Prince; to know the nature of a Prince, one need to be of the people.
2. If a Prince is not given to vices that make him hated, it is unsusal for his subjects to show their affection for him.
3. Opportunity made Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus, and others; their virtue domi-nated the opportunity, making their homelands noble and happy. Armed prophets win; the disarmed lose.
4. Without faith and religion, man achieves power but not glory.
5. Prominent citizens want to command and oppress; the populace only wants to be free of oppression.
6. A Prince needs a friendly populace; otherwise in diversity there is no hope.
7. A Prince, who rules as a man of valor, avoids disasters,
8. Nations based on mercenary forces will never be solid or secure.
9. Mercenaries are dangerous because of their cowardice
10. There are two ways to fight: one with laws, the other with force. The first is rightly man’s way; the second, the way of beasts.]]> 144 Niccolò Machiavelli 0937832383 Black 5 3.85 1513
author: Niccolò Machiavelli
name: Black
average rating: 3.85
book published: 1513
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2022/12/10
shelves:
review:

]]> 43231095
When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected by law enforcement for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her for the next several years--uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist. A killer who left a path of monstrous, randomly committed crimes in his wake--many of which remain unsolved to this day.

American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.]]> 285 Maureen Callahan 052542864X Black 0 to-read 4.07 2019
author: Maureen Callahan
name: Black
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 40574441 From the author of the international mega-bestseller The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck comes a counterintuitive guide to the problems of hope.

We live in an interesting time. Materially, everything is the best it’s ever been—we are freer, healthier and wealthier than any people in human history. Yet, somehow everything seems to be irreparably and horribly f*cked—the planet is warming, governments are failing, economies are collapsing, and everyone is perpetually offended on Twitter. At this moment in history, when we have access to technology, education and communication our ancestors couldn’t even dream of, so many of us come back to an overriding feeling of hopelessness.

What’s going on? If anyone can put a name to our current malaise and help fix it, it’s Mark Manson. In 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living. He showed us that technology had made it too easy to care about the wrong things, that our culture had convinced us that the world owed us something when it didn’t—and worst of all, that our modern and maddening urge to always find happiness only served to make us unhappier. Instead, the “subtle art” of that title turned out to be a bold challenge: to choose your struggle; to narrow and focus and find the pain you want to sustain. The result was a book that became an international phenomenon, selling millions of copies worldwide while becoming the #1 bestseller in 13 different countries.

Now, in Everthing Is F*cked, Manson turns his gaze from the inevitable flaws within each individual self to the endless calamities taking place in the world around us. Drawing from the pool of psychological research on these topics, as well as the timeless wisdom of philosophers such as Plato, Nietzsche, and Tom Waits, he dissects religion and politics and the uncomfortable ways they have come to resemble one another. He looks at our relationships with money, entertainment and the internet, and how too much of a good thing can psychologically eat us alive. He openly defies our definitions of faith, happiness, freedom—and even of hope itself.

With his usual mix of erudition and where-the-f*ck-did-that-come-from humor, Manson takes us by the collar and challenges us to be more honest with ourselves and connected with the world in ways we probably haven’t considered before. It’s another counterintuitive romp through the pain in our hearts and the stress of our soul. One of the great modern writers has produced another book that will set the agenda for years to come.]]> 288 Mark Manson 0062888439 Black 0 to-read 3.70 2019
author: Mark Manson
name: Black
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 28815
You'll learn the six universal principles, how to use them to become a skilled persuader—and how to defend yourself against them. Perfect for people in all walks of life, the principles of Influence will move you toward profound personal change and act as a driving force for your success.]]> 320 Robert B. Cialdini 006124189X Black 5 4.21 1984
author: Robert B. Cialdini
name: Black
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1984
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 10569 (back cover)]]> 320 Stephen King 0743455967 Black 4 4.33 2000
author: Stephen King
name: Black
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2000
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 1842
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race.

In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed writing, technology, government, and organized religion—as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war—and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal]]> 498 Jared Diamond 0739467352 Black 5 4.04 1997
author: Jared Diamond
name: Black
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1997
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 40102 The Tipping Point a classic, Blink changes the way you'll understand every decision you make. Never again will you think about thinking the same way.

Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work - in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?

In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink": the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing" - filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.]]> 296 Malcolm Gladwell 0316010669 Black 5 3.97 2005
author: Malcolm Gladwell
name: Black
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2005
rating: 5
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves:
review:

]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Black 4 4.33 2011
author: Yuval Noah Harari
name: Black
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2020/07/08
shelves:
review:

]]>