The Reality of Vladimir Putin’s Russia

The collapse of the Soviet Union was a pivotal moment in history. The Western values of democracy, liberty, and free markets seemed to be sweeping the world. Would the new Russia, emerging from the ruins of communism, also adopt these values?

The answer is found in The Code of Putinism, by Brian D. Taylor, Professor and Chair of Political Science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. This is a gem of a book, concise and well-researched. The author shows a deep breadth of knowledge, and his writing makes history come alive.

Our latest Goodreads Giveaway has started!

Enter today to win an autographed print copy of the new Michael Quinn short story Paradise.

What is Paradise?

‘On a rainy night, traveling along a desolate stretch of the California coast, Michael Quinn pulls his motorcycle off the highway and checks into a roadside inn. 

An unforgettable evening awaits him…if he lives through it.’-Spartan Press

“This appealing spy is ready for his own series.”-Kirkus Reviews

“Grabs your attention and takes  you for a wild ride.”-Goodreads

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What is Paradise?

On a rainy night, traveling along a desolate stretch of the California Coast, Michael Quinn pulls his motorcycle off the highway and checks into a roadside inn.

 

An unforgettable evening awaits him…if he lives through it.

“This appealing spy is ready for his own series”- Kirkus Reviews

 

Paradise is available for order here

“Action packed…has it all!”-Amazon Review

“Great story…keeps you turning the pages”-Goodreads

 

Much of the modern world, the world that dominates our nightly news, arose from the ashes of a war that ended a century ago.

For a captivating summer read, Norman Stone’s World War One, A Short History  (Basic Books, 2009, 226 pp.) will time and again leave the reader thinking, “So that’s how things came to be.” Written like a novel, the events flow fast and furious, as the great empires of the day are pulled into a conflict whose resolutions still dominate the globe.

A few examples:

 

At a time of global disarray, perspective can be gained from this biography of a man who helped save the world when it truly was ablaze.

Most Americans only know Winston Churchill as the cigar-chomping Prime Minister whose brilliant leadership of England led to Allied victory in World War II. In Paul Johnson’s Churchill we get to know a man who, in addition to preserving “freedom and democracy and the values we hold dear in the West,” accomplished much more in his long life.

Our latest Goodreads Giveaway has started! Enter today for an opportunity to win an autographed print copy of  the new Michael Quinn short story The Third Man.

Our latest Goodreads Giveaway has started! Enter today for an opportunity to win an autographed print copy of  the new Michael Quinn short story The Third Man.

 

Now available for pre-order, the latest Michael Quinn short story The Third Man. Order it here.

Late night, the Caribbean Sea: Ex-Navy SEAL Michael Quinn, now a CIA special operative, is on a solo scuba dive, hunting for stolen weapons that could threaten the Western world.

Late afternoon, Laguna Beach, California: An art gallery owner arrives home to find his world turned violently upside down, and his life on the line, because of a secret known only to him.

These fateful events form The Third Man, the exciting prologue to the explosive debut thriller, Night of the Bonfire.

 

If a summer movie about a brave surfer girl battling the cruel side of Nature sounds appealing, check out The Shallows.

No big-budget special effects or labyrinthine plot here. This is a simple tale in which a trip to a secluded Mexican beach, a beach with special meaning to the heroine,

starts off like this:

And then this:

 

     Her trip, however, soon takes a fateful turn, and turns into this:

 

 

Purchase your copy of the best-selling Michael Quinn debut novel Night of the Bonfire here!