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Title: The Quigley rifle: now, for the rest of the story.(MONTANA MUSINGS)
Author: Mike Venturino
Publication: Guns Magazine (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 51Issue: 11Page: 14(2)

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on February 19, 1998. The length of the article is 1232 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.

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Title: In and Out.
Author: Tomás Pérez Turrent
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: February 19, 1998
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v44Issue: n2331Page: p68(1)

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on October 25, 1999. The length of the article is 796 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.

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Title: Una intriga romántica: Carta de amor.(movie)(TT: A romantic mystery: Love Letter.)(TA: movie)(Reseña)
Author: Pedro Crespo
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 25, 1999
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 76

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Customer Reviews (17)

Sackett audio
As with all audio books, the audio reader is almost as important as the the writer.David Strathairn is an excellent choice for this role.The L'mour book is very good and the reader is excellent!!!!!!!

day breaker
I accumualted 105 louis l'more paper back books over a 3 yr period and read every one. i found that he was extremely knowledgeable of the time he wrote about and researched every adspect.Was living in the center of the area he wrote about. i am a newbie kindle owner (1 Week)and was greatly surprised to find all of the books i had lovingly accumulated and then lost, available on kindle,i am rereading them all and starting with the beginning of the sackett series.hope all who get a chance will do the same and enjoy as much as i have

happy customer
The book was shipped on time and the condition as described. I would gladly use this seller again in the future.

wanting a refund
its in spainish and nowhere does it say so. how do i get my money back. very misleading. although the title is in spanish /it is a western/ everything else is in english.

It's worth seeing the Sacketts ride onto the scene
The first of L'Amour's famous Sackett series is the story of Tyrel and Orrin Sackett, brothers from Tennessee.Forced to leave their home for their part in the bloody end of the Sackett-Higgins feud, they hook up with gentleman scholar Tom Sunday and old time mountain man Cap Rountree, and carve out a new life for themselves in the cattle country along the Purgatoire and Santa Fe.But other men, like Jonathan Pritts, are also intent on staking a claim on the country, and they are prepared to run off the old Mexican settlers to do it.All that stands in Pritts' way is the family of a tough old Mexican don - and Tyrel and Orrin.

The Sackett family may be L'Amour's most famous creation, but they're not his best work - his real masterpieces are Kiowa Trail and High Lonesome.While The Daybreakers may not be L'Amour's best, it's definitely one of the better Sackett novels, nearly as good as Tell Sackett's debut novel and vastly better than Mustang Man, The Sackett Brand, Sackett's Land, or Lonely on the Mountain.

The Daybreakers has an epic sweep lacking in many of L'Amour's novels, covering many years.Tyrel is a thoroughly likeable character, although he is slightly bland, and his brother Orrin doesn't engage so strongly.The villainous Pritts is appropriately slimy, although he is upstaged by his daughter Laura, oneof L'Amour's more memorable villains.But Tom Sunday is the book's most remarkable feature: a good man gone bad, a hero undone by his own character flaws, and he lends the story a mournful, tragic note that is very rarely found in L'Amour's generally upbeat fiction.You keep rooting for Sunday to turn himself around, right up to the very climax of the story, and Tyrel's ultimate gunfight leaves a very different flavor in your mouth from your typical Western story's finale.

The book is a bit bloated, notably by an unnecessary diversion of the action to Montana.There is also some silly posturing (though quite typical for the day) about how Indians "never owned any land," because they were always roaming and fighting each other for it; you might just as well say that medieval Europeans never owned any land because their barons were always fighting each other for it.Nonetheless, L'Amour's respect for, and understanding of, Indian culture remains well superior to many of his contemporaries and fellow Western authors.

David Strathairn delivered a number of good readings of the Sackett novels later on, but he can't quite find his stride in The Daybreakers.He sounds exactly the same as in all the Tell Sackett novels that he read, and indeed for the first five minutes I thought Tell was the narrator; nor is Strathairn able to put the same confidence and bonhomie into the reading that he mustered in his later L'Amour performances.Strathairn also reads the name "Purgatoire" by its old French pronunciation of "Per-ga-twa," rather than rendering it as "Picketwire," the way Tyrel and virtually all Anglos would have.

I wish I had read The Daybreakers first of the Sackett novels; it's not the best, but it's close, and the novel would have had more suspense and interest if I hadn't known part of the plot from reading later Sackett novels first.It's a good, solid Western, which is all the praise L'Amour would have wanted.
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Terrific Sgt Rock Movie Collectible by DC Comics. Based upon the original Sgt Rock comic series, this set used Tom Selleck's image as Sgt. Rock. A follow up to the popular movie, this comic series is a must have for any fan! ... Read more

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Classic issue of Playgirl magazine featuring Tom Selleck on the cover and in an interview inside. Also in this issue: Playgirl's Man David Peters, the Men of the Big 10, a not-quite nude pictorial of former Dodger catcher Steve Yeager, Ron Howard, fiction, and lots more! ... Read more

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Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary in the latest addition to the celebrated series.

The last time Jesse Stone, chief of police of Paradise, Massachusetts, saw Wilson "Crow" Cromartie, the Apache Indian hit man was racing away in a speedboat after executing one of the most lucrative and deadly heists in the town's history. Crow was part of a team of ex-cons who plotted to capture Stiles Island, the wealthy enclave off the Paradise coast, by blowing up the connecting bridge. Residents were kidnapped, some were killed, and Crow managed to escape with a boatload of cash, never to be seen again. Until now.

So when Crow shows up in Jesse's office some ten years after the crime, it's not to turn himself in. Crow is on another job, and this time he's asking for Jesse's help-by asking him to stay out of his way.

Crow's mission is simple: find young Amber Francisco and bring her back to her father, Louis, in Florida. It should be an easy payday for a pro like Crow, but there are complications. Amber, now living in squalor with her mother, Fiona, is mixed up with members of a Latino gang. And when Louis orders Crow to kill Fiona before heading back with Amber, he can't follow through. Crow may be a bad guy, but he doesn't kill women. It's up to Jesse to provide protection.

Meanwhile, Jesse's on-again, off-again relationship with ex-wife Jenn picks up steam as Jenn investigates the gang problem for her TV station. As they dig deeper, the danger escalates. The life of a young girl hangs in the balance, and saving Amber could be the miracle Jesse and Jenn need for themselves, too. ... Read more

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ahhh, Jesse

Jesse is a perfect name for a cop who has seen too much, lost too much and drinks too much.
Unlike Robert Parker's famous Boston PI with the sured ego that we all want but does anyone attain as purely? Jesse Stone is haunted by his broken relationship left in CA., his inability to come to terms with a drinking problem,and yet, he comes to the front with expertise and grit.Plus, his handsome dark physical attributes match his deep unspoken inner life.
The action is clean cool and with bits of humour in a small town, unlike the big city, where as a homicide detective, Jesse worked for years.The mystery that surrounds Sheriff Stone equals the external mystery at hand in his job in Paradise.

Very disappointing!
I've enjoyed what little I've read of Robert B. Parker's 'Spenser' novels, as well as one previous 'Jesse Stone' novel. When I came across this book recently, I thought I'd read it as a 'tribute' to Parker's life, and a chance to compare and contrast Jesse Stone in print with the TV version of the character, played by Tom Selleck.
Unfortunately, after reading this book, I can see why the TV production team opted to stop adapting Parker's work. 'Stranger in Paradise' was horrible, with next to no plot, cardboard characters, and excrucitingly bad dialogue, which manages to sound stilted even though it's present in absurdly short sentences! Parker tried to go with more of a character-driven approach, but his 'Native American hit man' didn't really carry the story; instead, he just reduced the supporting cast (particularly the women) to mindless extras, while engaging in that 'tough-guy banter' that other critics raved about!
I'm sorry that Mr. Parker passed away, but if this book was indicative of his other recent work, I won't bother tracking it down.
To me, the 'definitive' version of Jesse Stone is Selleck's TV portrayal.

A good, easy read
This book is fast moving, interesting with characters you would like to know.It is a good, easy read like many of his books.

J. Robert Ewbank authro "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

Everyone's a sinner, but there is some sainthood expressed
In many ways, this is the best Jesse Stone novel penned by Parker, largely due to the presence of the dark man Wilson (Crow) Cromartie. Crow is an Apache warrior that is a contract killer and his assignment is to track down the daughter (Amber) of a Florida mobster (Louis Francisco) and report back to him. Amber is the "boyfriend" of the leader of a Hispanic gang and Crow's orders are to kill Amber's mother and then send her back. Being an honorable warrior, Crow does not make war on women and he refuses, angering Louis. The leader of the Hispanic gang then takes the job, he kills Amber's mother and tries to take her to Florida. Louis really has no familial feelings for Amber; to him it is all a matter of pride and respect.
All of this leads to an unusual and convoluted alliance between Jesse, Crow and of all people, Jesse's ex-wife Jenn. Crow is extremely sensual, women find him irresistible, so using simple tactics he is able to seduce any woman he wants, including some that are unexpected. The unusual alliance manages to survive until the end and there is the hint of Jesse and Jenn somehow being reunited.
The deep combination of relationships and circumstances Parker develops in this book could have overwhelmed it, turning the story into an unorganized convolution. However, Parker carries it out very well, every person working with Jesse exhibits noble and sinful characteristics, just like real people working in stressful situations.

Will hook you on series
Anyone familiar with crime stories is no doubt familiar with Robert B. Parker and his hugely successful books including the Spenser and Jesse Stone series. Stranger in Paradise is an entry from the Jesse Stone series that demonstrates why many consider Parker to be a master of the genre.

Jesse Stone, once a Los Angeles cop, drunk and now police chief in the quiet Massachusetts town of Paradise, is dismayed when Wilson Crowmartie, an Apache hit man, walks into his office. The last time "Crow" was in Paradise was ten years ago when he was part of a group that kidnapped and killed people at the nearby Stiles Island. Crow managed to escape with a hefty ten million dollar booty.

Stone is naturally concerned, but this time, Crow wants his help. He has been hired to find a fourteen-year-old girl, Amber and simply wants Stone to stay out of his way. But when Amber's father wants the girl's mother killed, Crow asks for Stone's help. It seems the heartless hit man "doesn't kill women." The two work together, never trusting each other, to save the girl, free her from the clutches of a ruthless gang member, while also dealing with the girl's mobster father and his thugs.

Parker's easy writing style, where most of the text is conversation, quickly draws the reader into a fast reading crime story. Jesse Stone, Crow and the other characters are well developed and I found myself caring what happened to each. While Crow's animal magnetism, drawing every female into his arms, was a bit of a stretch, the overall story of saving the teen was quick and enthralling. This book has hooked me on the series.

Quill says: Whether you're a die-hard Jesse Stone/Robert Parker fan, or a newbie to these books, Stranger in Paradise will draw you in.
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