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Jeri Singleton's hard work and intellect have brought her close to
her dream of medical school, but at the cost of her young marriage.
Vulnerable and alone, Jeri meets Ted Johnston, a sad and mysterious
stranger who has abandoned the urban lifestyle to which she
aspires. Ted has succeeded in the technological world Jeri values,
yet he has lost his faith in science and technology. Drawn together
irresistibly across a lonely ski slope, Ted and Jeri begin a quiet
romance in the snow muted mountains of Colorado and quickly fall
deeply in love. Eager to experience Carnival, Jeri convinces Ted to
join a group of libertine strangers on a Mardi Gras trip to New
Orleans. As their love matures, with the parties and parades of
carnival cascading around them, they begin making plans for a
lifetime together. But they are unaware that the emotionless gears
of the modern world are grinding inevitably closer to them.
Reminiscent of Anne Tyler's Breathing Lessons and Charles Frazier's
Cold Mountain, James J. Houts takes their stylistic conventions one
step further in a mesmerizing depiction of the consequences of
modern, technological life. Rich in detail with expertly developed
characters, Carnival of Cannibals is a poignant and effecting novel
of extraordinary depth and relevance. Writers since Theocritus and
Virgil have explored the conflict between art (now science) and
nature. In "The Tempest," William Shakespeare placed Prospero, an
accomplished scientist with command over the elemental powers, into
the wilderness of an undiscovered island. Humanity's inherent
dichotomy between the desire for technology and the love of nature
is an enduring theme of Western literature. Never has the pastoral
theme been more topical than in a world of nuclear wastes, ozone
holes, Saturday night specials and the addiction of millions to
refined drugs. Carnival of Cannibals brings the pastoral theme to
our contemporary world.
How a non-professional trader beat the market crash by loving the
movies and using the lessons they teach to trade options.
A diabolical scientific discovery allows Islamic fundamentalist and
secretive Nazi sympathizers to develop a deadly, and very specific,
biological weapon for the final eradication of Israel - and the
genocide of Jews everywhere. As Israel and the Arab Bloc once again
prepare for war, it becomes widely acknowledged that Israel will
use nuclear weapons if national survival is at risk and the Arab
Bloc will unleash radical new biological weapons in response.
Michael Bradley, a brilliant inorganic chemist is swept up in the
tide of war and finds himself alone in the Tibesti Highlands of
Southern Libya. His goal is the destruction of the secret
biological laboratory that has produced the genocidal biological
weapon. A lightening paced thriller, Spirit of Error is a
frightening description of what could be happening right now in
Libya and the Middle East. In the tradition of Tom Clancy and Tim
LaHaye, James J. Houts has crafted a story with ominous
implications for Israel and the world.
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