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I used to ply the acting trade but retired to devote myself full-time to writing. I've written several plays and published seven novels, The Dogs...Barking, And Ye Shall Be As Gods, The Id Paradox, Song for the Forsaken, Suffer Not The Mole People, ONLY THE DEAD (Know the End of War) and To Sing Like a Mockingbird are available in all mediums. ...more

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To Sing Like a Mockingbird

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To Sing Like a Mockingbird is one of those books that sneaks up on you. At first glance, it’s a story about juvenile reform and small town politics, but by the end, it becomes a meditation on integrity and the price of sticking to your beliefs.

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First of all, I found this work eminently readable. Mr. Bushnell has a very fine style that is both chronologically and topically easy to follow. The book gives you a quite clear picture of how the Colombian society developed and what were the influe ...more
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I wish I had a bit better understanding of economics for this work. There were a few parts I needed to read over and check out some of the vocabulary online. However, the fault is mine not Mr. Dikotter's. This is an incredibly thorough account of Chi ...more
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I found this to be a quite serviceable general history of Guatemala. It didn't go into a lot of detail or sociopolitical analysis but it was, in my opinion, reasonably objective, without a lot of tendentiousness. I guess I would have appreciated a b ...more
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