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Shadow Watch (Silhouette Intimate Moments)

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Could have been a great story

Shadow Watch (Silhouette Intimate Moments)
Linda Conrad
Manufacturer: Silhouette
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0373274882

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Could have been a great story.......2006-06-18

Dr. Victoria Summer works on a Navajo reservation to pay off her student loans for medical school. When a young man collapses at a high school wrestling tournament she comes face to face with sexy Navajo medicine man Ben Wauneka and enters a world unlike any she's ever known before.

With well-drawn characters and lush world building, Shadow Watch could have been a great story. As a reader, I quickly found myself drawn into the world Ms. Conrad builds on the reservation. However with an easily telegraphed plot, I found the story lacking any suspense. Yes we knew that Ben and Victoria would get together, and of course, because this is a happily ever after kind of book that somehow, miraculously Ben's eyesight would be restored. And his eye sight did come and go awfully conviently for the plot anyway.

However, I found too many things left unexplained like why Ben even suggested celibacy for the Brotherhood, and how the others reacted to the knowledge (because even if he didn't tell them, I'm sure everyone knew) that he had broken his own vow of celibacy. The discussion I wanted to happen -- never did.

And that's, I'm afraid, where this book fell short. I love Native American stories and shape shifters, so what should have been a slam dunk of a book was a mild dribble. The book didn't capture my attention, nor did it really deliver on the promises it made, except a "happily ever after" ending and more sequels.

Shadow Watch: Power Plays 03 (Power Plays)

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The International Terrorists Game.
Half-Way Decent
I quit after an hour of it as a book on tape
Another Clancy Rip-off
Somewhat disappointing

Shadow Watch: Power Plays 03 (Power Plays)
Tom Clancy , Martin Greenberg , and Jerome Preisler
Manufacturer: Berkley
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0425171884

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The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station.

But the launch of a shuttle carrying parts for the station is sabotaged. Mysterious guerrilla attacks occur at the manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. And Gordian's deepest fears are confirmed...

The Orion project has been targeted by an international terrorist whose criminal enterprises thrive on violence and political instability. Harlan DeVane's goal is to cripple Gordian's intelligence and security team, while stowing a high-powered electromagnetic pulse generator aboard Orion -- a state-of-the-art weapon with the capacity to throw every major American city into chaos...

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The International Terrorists Game........2005-05-17

This series of POWER PLAYS created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenburg include Ruthless. com, Politika, Wild Card, Cutting Edge, Zero Hour, and Cold War. SHADOW WATCH is based on an interactive computer game by Red Storm, woned by Tom Clancy, Virtus Corp. and Pearson plc. The cover of this one has the "all-seeing eye" blown from the top of the pyramid used in the movie 'National Treasure' as a space shuttle.

Orion, an international space station had been developed, and on April 15, 2001 (this novel was printed in 1999),a spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, was sabotaged a few seconds before lift-off. The disaster was the death of the mission commander, Jim, as it exploded and burned. This had been achieved by terrorists who wanted to install an electromagnetic pulse generator which was capable of destroying major American cities from space.

Mr. Clancy has written man other books including RED STORM RISING, WITHOUT REMORSE, THE TEETH OF THE TIGER, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, PATRIOT GAMES and series called OP-CENTER AND one featuring Jack Ryan. His non-fiction books include SUBMARINE, MARINE, CARRIER, AIRBORNE, FIGHTER WING, and ARMORED CALVARY.

Half-Way Decent.......2005-01-10

As this is the first Tom Clancy read, although I have several movies based on his books, suck as The Hunt for the Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger.

Although I thought his writing was good and was a cliff-hanger like feeling throughout the book, as I read other reviews I guess his other books must have been alot better.

Anyways some of the sub-plots were well written and were interesting (urchin diving with Tom Ricci), they only showed he was tough and the man for the job, but took to many pages to show it. Also the train wreck took to long to explain with insignificant people who just died in the end. It was important to the fact that the Terroists weapon was ready for use, but the extant to the wreck was explained was un-necessary.

The whole part in Russia where the guerrilas buy the HMD or whatever is still kind of hazy as to what actually happened.

I quit after an hour of it as a book on tape.......2004-10-16

This was a 3 hour book on tape and after being regaled for more than half an hour with all of the details of a battle in which I neither knew who was fighting or why they were fighting I decided that I'd had enough.

These Clancy rip-off story lines only go to show that Clancy has a special talent for developing characters when he actually writes the books. It also shows that he has a special talent for soaking up the cash wherever he can. What a con - let Clancy creates the characters and let hacks write the books for him!

Please, don't waste your time!

Another Clancy Rip-off.......2003-09-30

I bought the Abridged CD version. There were no tracks on the CD. Therefore, if you stopped listening, you would have to search the entire CD to determine where you left off. A 70 minute disk needs several breaks.

The story was abridged. Whoever did the production should look for another job. The first third of the novel was almost impossible to comprehend. I read/listen to approximately 5 books per week. This one was one of the worst editing jobs I have come across.

The story itself was a major reach. There was little or no character development.

I will not waste my time on any more series inspired books by Clancy.

Somewhat disappointing.......2003-02-15

Well, this book wasn't terrible, but it could have been much better. Definately doesn't live up to Politika or Ruthless.com, let alone the plethera of other Clancy novels. The biggest problem I had with this book was the fact that the characters never seemed to get their act together. They spent all but the last 60 or so pages of the book doing almost nothing. It seemed like for the first 250-300 pages, maybe two hours had passed in the world. To make matters worse, the ending wasn't even very glorious, for lack of a better word. It was like the good guys foil the plot, and a low monotonous "yay" murmers from the audience. An entire chapter was also spent describing a train wreck that should have been summed up in about 3 paragraphs tops. He basically described a couple hundred innocent people dying, and it had no real impact on the story WHAT-SO-EVER.

I don't really know much about how Clancy is doing buisness, but I see people saying he fathered the series and sold it out to other authors. All I have to say is that it doesn't speak very highly of Clancy as an author to let authors nobody has heard of write books in his name and not even check to see if they're on par with his original works. I found it disappointing overall.

However, if you've never read any Clancy novels, the Powerplay series might be a good one to start out on. You may expierence disappointment from Politika and Ruthless to Shadow Watch and other books in the series, but you definately won't be disappointed when you start reading other Clancy novels like Without Remorse and Clear and Present Danger.

Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Shadow Watch
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Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Shadow Watch
Tom; Greenberg, Martin Clancy
Manufacturer: Berkley Pub Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NHVOZU

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Shadow Watch
Sara Chance
Manufacturer: silhouette
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0373054068

Shadow Watch (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
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Shadow Watch (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Michael Knight
Manufacturer: Prima Games
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761528709
Release Date: 2000-03-29

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Detailed information on all six operatives
Tips for selecting the right operatives for each job
In-depth information on how to become a master team leader
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Advice for decision-making and interrogation techniques
Strategies and tactics for all eight mission types
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Detailed location maps

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El Mozo.......2003-11-23

This was awsome! I loved it! It tell you how to do everything!
A good buy.

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Power Plays: Shadow Watch
Tom Clancy
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audioworks
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Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: B000QAWUS4

TOM CLANCY'S POWER PLAYS: POLITIKA;ruthless.com;SHADOW WATCH;BIO-STRIKE [4 NOVELS]

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TOM CLANCY'S POWER PLAYS: POLITIKA;ruthless.com;SHADOW WATCH;BIO-STRIKE [4 NOVELS]
Created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik
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Past dam disaster casts a shadow over Three Gorges. (dam project in China): An article from: World Watch

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Past dam disaster casts a shadow over Three Gorges. (dam project in China): An article from: World Watch
John Tuxill
Manufacturer: Worldwatch Institute
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00096LMPC
Release Date: 2005-07-28

Book Description

This digital document is an article from World Watch, published by Worldwatch Institute on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 639 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: New evidence has surfaced on a massive collapse of 62 dams on the Huai River drainage in Henan province, China, in Aug. 1975. The catastrophe left between 86,000-230,000 persons dead, but the government succeeded in suppressing coverage of the incident. The same symptoms of poor planning and management, government's apparent unconcern for public safety and neglect of environmental, social and technical concerns that precluded the tragedy are being seen in the Three Gorges project, which would erect the world's largest dam across the Yangtze River.

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Title: Past dam disaster casts a shadow over Three Gorges. (dam project in China)
Author: John Tuxill
Publication: World Watch (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1996
Publisher: Worldwatch Institute
Volume: v9 Issue: n4 Page: p6(1)

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The Power Plays Collection : Politika Ruthlesscom Shadow Watch

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The Power Plays Collection : Politika Ruthlesscom Shadow Watch
Tom Clancy , Martin Greenburg , Martin Greenberg , Jerome Preisler , and J.K. Simmons
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The expanding shadow economy.(Cover Story): An article from: World Watch

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The expanding shadow economy.(Cover Story): An article from: World Watch
Ed Ayres
Manufacturer: Worldwatch Institute
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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ASIN: B00096LMQ6
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from World Watch, published by Worldwatch Institute on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 7999 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The growth of the global economy has also boosted the shadow economy, a term used for global productive activities which are untaxed, unsanctioned, unregulated and often unseen. Shadow economy activities include unregistered settlements, illegal industry, unregistered occupations, unlocated populations, non-geographic communities, involuntary work, nonlocated activity and anarchic functions. Governments can fight the shadow society by strengthening institutions that can provide missing services, focusing on 20th century global concerns and allocating public resources to work in accordance with their fully accountable value.

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Title: The expanding shadow economy.(Cover Story)
Author: Ed Ayres
Publication: World Watch (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1996
Publisher: Worldwatch Institute
Volume: v9 Issue: n4 Page: p10(14)

Article Type: Cover Story

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