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This audio book had some ups and downs. returnreturnThe first few chapters where an absolute drag, practically made me fall asleep while driving. However, once the time travel started it got much better. They toung-and-cheek went on and on about how time travel doesn't make any sense, and I appreciated that. returnreturnMy favorite part was when Jim returned to Dirt (later learning the actual name was Earth) 1975 and he learned to speak English from a kidnapped biker so his phrasing and stuff was all wrong. Pretty good stuff. returnreturnJust when we though all was lost, ta-da Angelina shows up and saves the day, but since it was written in the 70s the man gets all the credit.

IF this audio book had been released in the 21st century rather than in '85 it would have been called a prequel. Definitely better than the sequeles to the Stainless Steel Rat, focusing on how Slippery Jim became a a criminal mastermind, rather than how he uses his criminals mastermind to keep criminals in check. returnreturnStarts out with robbing stores for candy bars, selling those to other kids, and then getting caught on purpose robbing a bank in hopes of learning from a true master. returnreturnFinally finds such a master and they make a humorous journey through procu-swine burgers to a far off planet.

I was hoping that this book would let me better understand Soccer. I'v been watching regularly for 10 years, but it still seems like the ref just does whatever the hell he wants. returnreturnGuess what, after reading the official rules, officially, the ref does whatever the hell he wants. returnreturnThere is a few complicated rules about when the and where the ball is dropped during different stoppages of play, but for the most it wasn't much new to me. It would be useful to have handy, but not to just read through as a borrowed library book.

Abyss was FANTASTIC. The best part was it lead me to fall in love with Han Solo all over again. The Grandfatherly persona has taken a slight edge off the old man, Every interaction he has with Leia brought a smile to my face, even though my life was quite serious. Also the completely separate storyline of the Sith finally interacts with the Jedi, though from the ending I'm not sure how long that will be. returnreturnAs usual with Star Wars audio books the "cinematography" was amazing.

This audio book was well written, and entertaining. It provided insight on some folks I already knew well, like Pope John Paul II, and others whom I had heard of, but didn't really know anything of, like Mother Teresea. His Chrsitian charity shines through his journalistic approach, even when trying not to. Aikman did well and made me want to learn more. returnreturnThe physical disk was not good Disc one would not play in a standard MP3 CD player, and when copying to another still didn't, I had to burn to 5 standard CDs and even that didn't quite copy as I'd expect to. As usual, if you really are interested, get the dead tree version.

My First Experience with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World was the late 90s early 2000s syndicated television show. That was pretty light and really unbelievable. This was not. returnreturnreturnI really liked this book. I do not, however, understand the characters desire to keep their discovers a secret. Some the descriptions as to how the Lost World is inaccessible I think could use some improvement too. Like most books, I think that reading this would be better than listening, but I didn't' like it enough to buy a copy to read.

A collection of the first 10 issues or so from the Batman and Robin series after the Flashpoint action caused a reboot. I liked the Earlier ones with Dick Grayson as Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin. Damian is still Robin, but Bruce Wayne is back as Batman (and Grayson appears to be missing, but I'm sure nightwing is out somewhere). returnreturnSome interesting stories. The authors at DC, however, seem stuck on this "Why Can't Batman Kill People" stint. But the experience with "Nobody" was alright. Didnt' leave me wanting more though...

So what happened to Jake Sisko? Apparently met a bunch of aliens that are unlike anything we have seen in the Star Trek universe before. returnreturnThis book was not nearly as good as the ones S.D. Perry wrote earlier in the DS9 Relaunch series. Her description of the new aliens didn't really give me enough to understand who these new half man dog people were, it would have been beneficial to put the crew of the wa on the cover. returnreturnHowever the back-story to whatever happened to Qai Opaka is worthwhile. She reminds me of a futurist Pope Francis. I hope this sets us up for a great UNITY story, but we'll have to wait and see

The best book in the DS9 Relaunch series I have read yet. returnreturnWorf goes with Martock back to the Klingon empire, now as the Federation ambassador. Yet, not everyone on Qo'nos is happy with the way the Klingons seeked the assistance of Humans and even Romulans against the dominion. returnreturnIn a political/military/civil war/conspiracy a young and coming politician/military "hero" creates a false flag attack and try to show that Worf and the Federation are the masters behind the puppet Martock. returnreturnThere's even some comic relief from a crying Ferengi how didn't want to be a garbage baron, trying to make a living on the Klingon homeworld.

This audio book was just as good as the memories of her husband. I was't sure how I'd take to hearing about putting on dinner parties in the Gerogia Governors' mansion, but Mrs. Carter explains it in an amusing way, that only more makes me wish that Jimmy hadn't had such a failed economic policy and would have been able to beat Regan so I could have experienced a real family of the people. returnreturnFrom starting the story to them having to fix the pipes in their Plains, GA home themselves the night before Jimmy's inauguration, to their famous Camp David Summit where Israel and Egypt signed a lasting peace deal, to the Iran contra. returnreturnShe's a real winner, sticking by her man when no one else would, and giving him a real what for when everyone else told him his butt didn't stink. And still doing monthly household budget meetings even when the White House staff could have taken care of everything for them.returnreturnI felt I could hear Suzanne telling these stories about me someday, if only Michigan was ready for a state senator who respected individual liberty?

This graphic novel tries to bridge the gap between Firefly's last episoide and the film Serenity. returnreturnHere's what it did for me, made me want more Firefly. I know Joss, you want to be done, but we want more!

This book was quite different from what I expected. With a title like "Why does a nice guy like me keep getting thrown in jail?" I had expected to have more stories and reasoning behind actual trips to jail, perhaps with some humors antics to go along with. But this book has little of that save a saddening visit by his family in the Prologue and a couple of inserts like "(I'm writing this in jail and a policeman who's a Christian just came to tell me he agrees with me.)"returnreturnOne noticeable point is that Terry seems to not understand the definition of Anarchy nor Pagan, but I can overlook that for now. The overall message was good and surprising well written considering the source. I first learned of Randal Terry when he ran for the Democratic nomination for president against Barrack Obama in 2012. However his writings in 1993 show that he is incredibly pale-conservative, or at least was. It would be interesting to read a new book after his conversion to Catholicism in 2005. returnreturnI know Randal Terry to be a hard lined pro-lifer, and that's what I was looking for. However, the sub title was the real point of this book, and the most interesting part was the quotes at the beginning of each Chapter from historical Nazi Germany allowing the reader to make his own connection between the way that state treated the Church and the way ours is treating us now. In the bibliography I learned most of these were from J.S. Conway's 1968 book "The Nazi Persecution of the Churches." If you want more that may be the better book to read, but if you want to see what one man's take on the Christian church of the 1990s was like, read this one. Though I hadn't heard of Terry till nearly 20 years after this book was written, many of his suggestions for the future of the Church have already been taken.

This collection of 1940s radio shows was interesting. I really liked the Lone Ranger shows and would have given them a 5 star on their own. returnreturnI liked that they didn't completely edit out the advertizments, like "The Shadow Brought to you by Blue Coal" and the spots inside of "The Legend in the Scarlet Cloak" for how to add this show to your local programing, indicating it was from a demo record sent to stations. returnreturnHowever when it came to the serial of the Adventures of Superman "Batman's Mystery" it was ridicioulus. I thoguht I woudl like this because I love my VHS of the the 1940s Batman theatre serial, but the radio was annoying. Every 15 mintues show less than half of it was actual action. Most was theme music, an up until this point, and a long list of winners of some contenst "Bill Smith, Hancock, MI, Geroge Jones, Brooklyn, NY," etc. While this may have been fun as a kid in the 40s listenign each day, or missing a day, one after another on 4 CDs is ridicolus, to the point I'm waiting on listening to my next Superman collection. Also the Superman/Batman story seemed to be silly about the secret identiy thing. Repeatedly telling the listener "Clark Kent who is really Superman" and "Bruce...I mean Batman" to the point that if a super hero really did that, it woudl be worse than Batman only driving the same car as Bruce Wayne did, back in the theatre serials.

The best part of this particular collection of Spooner's writings was the introduction by Smith. This introduction included mentions of other writings that were not included in this collection that I think would be more valuable, that is more informative, than what was. This includes Mentions of writings on an argument against Women's suffrage, and the necessity for paper inflationary currency. Of the collection that was included, I felt Spooner did a great job on the overarching message contained within "Trial by Jury" giving a good information on why the jury of the pears is so important, and a better idea of what Jury Nullification really is (a lot of "paleo-conservatives" seem to be promoting lately that the jury has the ability to actually strike laws from the books). I find it interesting how much he referenced England. It makes me wonder if perhaps in 19th century America more folks actually cared what England had did, most Americans now-a-days will give 0 credit to anything that is not American. I did not appreciate his continually long pointless quotes from other writers, particularly quoting in Latin and then trying to argue with himself the translation. Still many of the writings have the flavor of a student trying to meet the page/word number requirement for an assignment, but all in all a good collection on philosophy, and if one were to decide to purchase a collection of his works (which are available for free as they are in public domain now) this would be a good one. Also of note, either the table of contents or the titles in the book are wrong on the number of "No Treason: the Constitution of no Authority" however as I had read this essay previously I did not attempt to do so again. &c. viz. (common abbreviations in the writing for et cetera. and vis-à-vis).