books about: kingmakers

books about: kingmakers

books:

Kingmakers

Kingmaker's Sword (The Rune Blade Trilogy, Book 1)

Ann Marston

Eos, 1996

Better than I expected.
The first thing that attracted me to this book when I was walking through the used book store was it's cover, not exactly a plain looking book, it looked different and made me pick it up. It looked good so I got it. The world always says "don't judge a book by it's ...

The Kingmakers: How the Media Threatens Our Security and Our Democracy

Mike Gravel, David Eisenbach

Phoenix Books, 2008

worthy of being read but needs a larger historical context
For those who are interested in familiarizing themselves with how the media treats events and, especially, campaign issues, this book is useful. It balances out popular myths created by the media, in particular, by major news commentators ranging from Russert to ...

Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East

Karl E. Meyer, Shareen Blair Brysac

W. W. Norton, 2008

Intrusion in the Holy Land
Although Meyer and Brysac don't tell why Americans learn so disastrously little from history, they've made some of the history itself wonderfully accessible. Now they do that for the modern history of the Middle East, whose "three universal faiths" extol "brotherhood ...

The Kingmaker

Brian Haig

Warner Books, 2003

Meet Sean Drummond: The James Bond of the Legal Profession
This is the first novel by Brian Haig that I have read; it works very well as a standalone story although definitely made me want to read his two earlier novels with Major Sean Drummond as the chief protagonist. While this is a story within a legal framework, it is ...

The Innocent Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker)

Karen Miller

Orbit, 2007

Too close to the archetype, but fun anyway.
So, this is supposed to be an epic fantasy. It almost goes without saying, then, that the story will follow the "hero's journey" archetype -- essentially all epic fantasy does. The trouble is, the story is just too thin. There isn't enough dressing on the ...

The Awakened Mage (Kingmaker, Kingbreaker)

Karen Miller

Orbit, 2007

Awesome finish.
The Innocent Mage introduced us to a Lur full of life, vibrant and peaceful. The Awakened Mage, however, takes us into a Lur where Morg, an immortal mage with a vendetta from beyond the Wall, may destroy everything that Asher, a simple Olken, has grown to love. I ...

The Kingmaker

Brian Haig

Grand Central Publishing, 2003

Kingmaker is yet another Crowning Accomplishment for Haig.
Kingmaker is another in the Sean Drummond series that has enough reality mixed in that it could be "ripped from the headlines". So action packed that it was difficult to put down to go to work or go to sleep. works as a stand-alone story, but even better if read in ...

The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty

Avalyn Hunter

Eclipse Press, 2006

A Crowning Achievement in Thoroughbred Journalism
Avalyn Hunter brings to life the outstanding racing career of Northern Dancer and his legacy through his sons of establishing a royal dynasty in the Thoroughbred industry. There is enough information packed into the tight 200 pages of writing for those interested in ...

Kalvan Kingmaker

Pequod Press, 2002

Thoughtful and engaging series continuation
John Carr does a thoughtful and often exciting job of continuing H Beam Piper's Lord Kalvan saga. This is a direct sequel to Great King's War and continues the themes of the expanding conflict created by Lord Kalvans arrival in and transformation of Hos-Hostigos. ...

Kingmaker: Be the One Your Company Wants to Keep... on Your Terms

Joanne Cini

Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2004

Kingmaker : Exactly Right !
Kingmaker by Joanne Cini is a must read for anyone who wants to survive and thrive in today's no frills, high productivity business environment. It has already become required reading in our company.

THE KINGMAKERS: The Mainstream Media and the Road to the White House

PHOENIX BOOKS, INC., 2008

Americans have a healthy distrust of the mainstream media today. But only the most sophisticated consumers of news know of just how the media has taken on the role of kingmakers for the benefit of corporations and their stockholders. In the 1970s , Gravel opposed the military draft and nuclear weapons testing and was questioned by media ...

Warwick the Kingmaker

Michael Hicks

Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Great Biography of the War of the Rose's central figure
A Warwick! A Warwick! Mr. Hicks work should be applauded. While the beginning of the book is very academic, in verse and research, it attempts look at Richard Neville, 16th Earl Warwick and Kingmaker, as a whole person. Hicks looks back on both primary and some ...

Scaramouche the king-maker

Rafael Sabatini

Houghton Mifflin company, 1931

Classic swordfighting adventure
Scaramouche an overlooked classic. The story is better than The Three Musketeers! Get a copy and read it to your kids.

Warwick the Kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame
A. J. Pollard

Hambledon & London, 2007

Warwick the Kingmaker was a fifteenth-century celebrity; a military hero, self-publicist and populist. For twelve years, he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings. In the dominant strand of recent English historical writing, Warwick is condemned as a man who hindered the development of the modern state, ...

Kiltie The Kingmaker: The Ten Lessons of Bobby Jones's Teacher Stewart Maiden

Sidney L. Matthew

Sports Media Group, 2004

Old School Classic
This is a fascinating and valuable collection of the teachings of Stewart Maiden and should be of great interest to anyone interested in Bobby Jones's playing style and the history of the period. The writings included here are not only substantial and cover all the ...