A quick read for those interested in getting a start on the functions and responsibilities of various Israeli intelligence agencies. Although highly entertaining, it seems that this book should be read with a grain of salt, since there are some doubts to the origins of the information printed. Yet that is not a problem since the book focuses a great deal on the politics of the Israeli intelligence community rather than on the details of individual cases.

Woog has unified the diverse hopes and fears among gay athletes and coaches of all levels into a common ground- the facing of those fears and meeting of those hopes. Taking account of these gay men, those both open and in the closet, Woog brings a greater understanding to their pain and triumph, as well as the roads they have traveled to get where they now are. Woog is objective with both the positive and negative experiences, and brings out the true meaning of althetics to both team and individual, along with the struggles of these gays men to be a part of the athletic circle. Reading this book was positive and meaningful, and gave a good look at just how diverse levels of homophobia exist within different sports themselves as they do within society. Woog brings the sub-culture of gay athletics up front, showing the agonies and triumphs in this realm that are overlooked. Having read this book alongside Patricia Warren's "The Front Runner" (the fictional story of a gay man and his gay coach/lover competing into the 1976 Olympics) gave an even greater depth and aspect to Warren's book as well as a greater understanding of the painful and euphoric extremems gay athletes endure. My one hope is that Woog writes a second book, with either new accounts of these proud gay athletes, or a follow-up of those already shared in his book.

This is a pretty good book. I'm not gay and I learned a lot about what gay athletes have to go through. I personnally know Dan and he came to my house and autographed it for me. It is very entertaining and you learn about gay people's lives. I would suggest getting this book today if you can. Dan Woog is a nice person.

I'm not gay but I picked this up because I know Dan Woog and he's a nice guy. I started reading and realized what gay people actually have to go through. It made me realize how lucky I am to be straight. It was very inspirational. Please buy this book, it will change and move you and all of Dan Woog's book they are all good and moving and they will change you. Woog is a nice guy please support him by buying his great books.

I read this book but it had a lot of un- information. I got more out of the movie. It does give a little info but not enought.

I really enjoyed reading this book it was very interesting and thought that the authors did an amazing job interviewing the key people. It did get a little slow at times but it was just because of all the details. It did have a little too much detail as to what was done to the children and the effects that occurred but it helps us understand and realize what the parents and medical staff had to see these helpless children go through. I do recommend this book to all who like to read true crime. Enjoy! :o)

I have to quibble with the previous reviewer. The book -- the result of years of research and absolutely factual (as it says in the Preface) -- was the BASIS for the well-received although fictionalized TV-Movie-of-the-Week. The book is, also, not your average True-Crime; this one is, like Capote's classic IN COLD BLOOD, a NOVEL as well. You won't be disappointed. (A final note: Dan Reed was not a "contributor," he was the CO-author, and, at the time, married to Ms. Moore.)

There are such strange circumstances around the death of Foster that no unprejudiced person who has done serious research can conclude it was suicide. But Moldea does. Draw your own conclusion.

Don't let his detractors on labor's loony left or the hard right fool you. Dan Moldea calls them as he sees them -- and his years of investigative and journalistic experience propel "A Washington Tragedy" at the top of the pile of books about the high-profile suicide of Vincent Foster. Moldea's critical eye, rigorous thinking and fair, balanced analysis of the facts make this book the essential read for anyone seeking the truth surrounding the most tragic sideshow stemming from the Whitewater business scandal.

Dan Moldea does an outstanding job of presenting the entire record of the Vince Foster tragedy in context. Unanswered questions posed by the conspiracists are answered, with significant referencing to the forensic record.

But this book does much more. It reviews the various articles written by Scaife funded activists, like Chris Ruddy and Reed Irvine, and demonstrates how the conspiracists twist the story to suit their agenda. This book is a must read to anyone studying the vast right wing conspiracy.

Betty Broderick knew exactly what she was doing. This book just helps perpetuate her con. The author propagates Betty Broderick like a poster child for all vindictive spouses who whish to murder their partners. Martyrdom status and all that implies for Betty! No way I say!

I have seen and continue to see this type of behavior in marriages emanating from either spouse. I am not referring to the act of consummate violence such as this book chronicles but to circumstances that can lead up to it. They are happily married, have children, live comfortably and one day it is all over. It may be the husband or the wife but one spouse decides that it is time for a change. One spouse may be cheating or not. It really doesn't matter. It turns the world upside-down. What brings a person to make such a traumatic decision? I do not believe that any one person knows for sure. Who knows what goes on inside a household or behind closed bedroom doors? In a relationship does any one person know what is going on in the mind of the other? What it all comes down to is impressions. These impressions can be based on reality or imagination. It is all a matter of how well a person interprets the facts and what those facts mean to that person. It's sort of like a psychiatrist with a patient who comes in with an emergency. A broken nail can be an emergency to some patients. Author Stumbo is obviously biased to Betty's unique denouement to a relationship that Betty has envisioned through some delusion of reality. It seemed like Betty really needed this relationship and the children for her own stability. I believe she thrived and survived on a role of self-imposed pity because it filled some void in her psyche. This books made me wonder about the meaning of love. I don't believe that Betty really loved her children or her husband. She just went through the motions because she needed that void filled in her life. There were obviously things that Dan needed in his life. Dan was a smart guy. I think he eventually saw the physiological makeup of his wife. She was sick and she needed help. How many people in a relationship really understand when their partner needs professional help? Not many do. I think Dan just took the quickest and easiest and most accessible out there was - Linda Kolkena. Unfortunately it is the children that suffer the most. However, my main contention about this book is that Linda Kolkena was just as much a human being as Betty Broderick is. Dan Broderick was just as much a human being as Betty Broderick is. They both had a right to live their own lives. Now Linda and Dan are dead. Betty never manifested any symptoms of psychosis. If a person is truly psychotic I do not believe they are responsible for their actions. That's my personal belief. Betty knew perfectly well what she was doing. There are tens of thousands of male and female Betty Brodericks out there. My advice to this author is to go hang out in some singles bars from which you will hear horror story upon horror story. Like Tarzan said to Jane: It's a real jungle out there. People fall every day but they pick themselves up and grab hold of the next vine. And come to think of it Tarzan never did like guns in his jungle.

While I in no way defend what Betty did, the movie version had Dan and Linda as angels just picked on by Betty. In the book, it showed the way Dan really manipulated the system and got what he wanted. They knew she was crazy but I don't think she would have went over the deep end as much if Linda hadn't took over her house, kids, even the Notre Dame games, just stepped into her shoes. You see it all the time, women work so he can go to school, give up their career and when men go through their "menopause" they want a younger woman along with their corvette. This is definitely a tragedy and I just wonder now how the kids lives turned out.

This is a terrible book. It tries to argue that there is a growing suburban gang problem in the USA. To support this claim, it spends most of its time detailing European gangs (football hooligans in UK and racist & anarchistic skinheads in Eastern Europe). However, Korem fails to tie these groups to any American "gangs." Additionally, the "suburban gangs" in America he does find aren't really gangs. Korem argues these "suburban gangs" are caused by a breakdown in the traditional American family (divorce, abuse or dysfunctional parents). Not surprisingly children in this situation are more prone to act out. But, they are not in gangs. They group together with other kids and get deeply involved into Heavy Metal or Punk music or the occult. Sometimes they do drugs or runaway. But, the vast majority of them are just going through a phase and move on within a few years. Korem's attempt to make this a growing national crisis is meritless. He has no hard data to support his claims and uses journalistic accounts and illustrative stories to cover for the absence of any stastical support. Do not buy this book. There are numerous other gang books that are better written, better researched and focus on actual gang problems.

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Hal, the new kid in town, tries to make a good impression on his hockey teammates. However, by trying too hard and placing his personal performance first, he forgets such fundamentals as teamwork, the importance of defense, following the coach's directions, and enjoying the game, and he plays worse than on his former hockey team. With the help of his coach and his dad, Hal learns to play team ball, and the taste of victory is as sweet as the post-game hot fudge sundaes.

The book has 29 pages, generally unimaginative pictures, and a fairly predictable story. Still, the young hockey fan will enjoy the action and may appreciate the emphasis on teamwork and defense. A "Hello Reader!" book (Level 3) recommended for students in grades 1 and 2.

I'm 16 years old, and my school is often compared to Columbine High. I think it's extremely sad that there are so many kids my age out there committing crimes, that an author is able to put together a 500 page book on juvenile crimes. But overall, the book is good if you're into crime solving and detective work.

My first adventure in investigative journalism, I was immediately captivated by the beginning: cast of characters, general overviews, and the excitement that, based on the overview of how the book was to go, it was worth reading. The material was well written in that Mr. Moldea went into fine and captivating detail asto what the investigators were thinking, what EVERYONE was thinking. I was a little suspicious of the passage where he describes visiting with Sirhan Sirhan, and given the result of the encounter, maybe made the author a little biased asto how his investigation would lead to. The ending left me in a completely different place, where I believe the author's evidence lead me to. His conclusions were not anything I had agreed with. I feel he made the evidence ultimately fit the official version of the tragic downfall of RFK that fateful June evening in 1968.

This book begins as a fascinating saga of a rational man dedicated to determining the truth of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. It develops into a real-life detective thriller, posing many provocative questions that challenge the official theory that Sirhan Sirhan acted alone.

Then, inexiplicably and incredibly, the author finishes his account with an assertion that Sirhan DID act alone, based only on his 3rd conversation with Sirhan, who evidently is no role-model for sound-mindedness. Mr. Moldea appears to just "give up" at this point, and offers only vague "explanations" as to why he resigns himself to Sirhan's complete responsibility for the assassination. What haunts the reader here is that the author's formerly penetrating, precise methodolgy DISAPPEARS, and we are abandoned to an implausible dismissal of the woman in the polka-dot dress and her companion (Mr. Moldea now asserts that he doesn't believe any of that now, though he certainly made a convincing case earlier in this book). Mr. Moldea then offers an embarrassingly weak theory of how Sirhan could have gotten to within 2 inches of RFK, after virtually proving -earlier in this book- that this was impossible!. Finally, the author too easily absolves Thane Eugene Cesar complicity in RFK's murder, largely on the basis of a polygraph (so-called "lie detector") examination, administered many years after the event. Polygraph "tests" are hardly reliable, as their inadmissability in court demonstrates. Mr. Moldea's entire book COLLAPSES as he contradicts himself on the "more than 8 bullets" evidence and other previously-presented indications of others' involvement in the assassination. I read this volume late into the night, only to be profoundly disappointed by the author's sudden change of character. His almost bizarre, bland ending must be the reason that this hardcover book is now available on bargain shelves for around $4.00. Readers desiring a sincere effort to investigate RFK's tragic death will need to consult other authors than Dan E. Moldea!

As a 10 year student of the RFK assassination,I was eager to get ahold of Dan Moldea`s work on the case.A prior magazine article of his had been primarily responsible for the release of the long witheld LAPD files on the case.
The book does not dissapoint.Moldea carefully and articulately moves through the entire case and looks under every stone in the search for answers.NO other researcher has interviewed so many personnel connected with the case.He is not biased to any side,as the reader can easily see in Moldea`s scathing comments on LAPD,and in his meetings with Sirhan.
Moldea`s thoroughness had me enthralled and by the time the dramatic end arrived I realised that I simply had to read it again...it was that good...and most of all,it closed the door on my research into the case.This account of the RFK case cannot be bettered,in my opinion.

To say that I am appalled at Mr. Mitrione's writing of this book, more specifically the book's subject matter, is an understatement. Having lived in South Florida during the time of Mitrione's employment as an FBI agent there, I am very familiar with his career and the circumstances which ended that career. It is chilling to contemplate how Mitrione researched this book by gaining information from the honest, hardworking investigators who were able to bring Grissom to justice. Even more disturbing is how Mitrione intruded into the lives and the pain of the victim's families. I agree that this story should have been told to honor the victims-especially the young women whose bodies were not recovered-their families, and the incredible dedication of the law enforcement officers. I am sorry that Mr. Mitrione was the one to tell it, and I am left wondering why he did.

This is one of the worst true crime books I've read. The narrative is disjointed and hard to follow. There is very little information about the psychology of the killer. The writing is insulting to the reader - it almost seems as though the book was written for children. If you read a lot of true crime like I do (Ann Rule, etc.) then you probably won't enjoy this book - it is horrendous writing. However, this case of Richard Grissom, probably the most heinous murderer in the history of Kansas, deserves more attention.

The book Suddenly Gone, was not the best I have read. I knew two of these girls and why Grissom wont give the families a chance to locate and burry the victims is beyond me. This case brought to life the Death Penalty in the state of KS. And if not for one mans driving force through it all its hard to say that Grissom would have been convicted. Thank you Paul Morrison, for caring so much for the girls and the families. I am from Overland Park Ks. and also know that Grissom most likely killed at least one other girl, Terri. Our town was in tears as the search continued for years. If you didn't live through that trial and feel first hand what went on you can't possibly know the effect it had and still has on many of the KCMO and KCK Overland Park and Olathe Ks areas. You are still loved and missed so very much. Pasha Oswalt