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Jim DeFelice
In AMERICAN SNIPER, Jim DeFelice wrote of a remarkable soldier's courage on the battlefield. His November 15th release, FIGHTING BLIND, tells of a remarkable soldier's courage after the battle the blinded him and nearly ended his life -- Major Ivan Castro, a blind Green Beret, marathon runner and... show more



In AMERICAN SNIPER, Jim DeFelice wrote of a remarkable soldier's courage on the battlefield. His November 15th release, FIGHTING BLIND, tells of a remarkable soldier's courage after the battle the blinded him and nearly ended his life -- Major Ivan Castro, a blind Green Beret, marathon runner and adventure athlete.Order you copy now! Meet the authors this weekend in the Fayetteville and Charlotte, North Carolina area. See Events listed below. Emphasizing his NO-LIMITS philosophy, Major Ivan Castro's memoir is an exhilarating look at the human spirit through one man''s attempt to defy physical limits and live life to the fullest.See more at IvanCastroFightingBlind.com on the world wide web. A Green Beret captain working with a sniper team in Iraq of 2006, Castro was blown off an rooftop in combat. Although near death and blinded, a year later, he was running with a sighted partner in the Marine Corps Marathon, and fighting to convince the US Army to retain him in a support position so he could continue to serve his country. With the help of his wife and a growing circle of friends and supporters, Castro not only recovered, but took on new and exciting adventures. He went on to run 50 marathons, tandem bicycle races, HALO jumps, Invictus games, and a ski race to the South Pole with Prince Harry to raise awareness of the potential of wounded soldiers. -------------------------And if you haven't picked up Jim's newest technothriller series, written with co-author Dale Brown, you can order PUPPET MASTER (William Morrow) here. This one's set in Boston, where billionaire inventor Louis Massina develops bionic replacement limbs, surveillance bots, and robots capable of locating and rescuing disaster survivors. Drawn into a financial hacking scam, Massina agrees to work with the FBI, ending up as the target of Russian gangsters and hackers who want to steal his technology for their own ends. When the billionaire inventor takes matters into his own hands, he becomes the Puppet Master, capable of unleashing the greatest cyber-weapons in the world. But who is he really fighting?

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The Bent Bookworm
The Bent Bookworm rated it 9 years ago
This book gave a lot of interesting perspective to the military, the war in Iraq, on the elite teams doing spec ops. What stood out a lot to me is the way most of those guys see everything as either black or white, with no possibility for a gray area. I understand why they make that distinction, at ...
StitchersGirl
StitchersGirl rated it 9 years ago
2.5 stars rounded up to three, because parts of this story broke my heartWow, this was so not what I expected. This is gonna be a long review, and a very personal one at that. Let me elaborate on my disappointment. When the movie with Bradley Cooper came out, my man was positively stoked. Ex-German ...
A Tale of Two Pages
A Tale of Two Pages rated it 9 years ago
American Sniper is the story of a man who put his life on the line time and time again for the benefit of his country. He felt it was his duty to America, and it left him at odds with his wife.As the book progresses, you quickly learn to like Chris Kyle. I never met the man myself, but I am deeply m...
Rosie's Books
Rosie's Books rated it 10 years ago
I watched American Sniper and was in awe of Chris Kyle's life. I wanted to know more and knowing that the movie was based on a book he wrote I decided to go ahead and read it.Chris Kyle writes about the war and the events that he experienced as facts without too much insight as to how he felt, he is...
Jammies' books
Jammies' books rated it 10 years ago
My beloved father, who introduced me to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and A Canticle for Leibowitz, gave this book to me. Unfortunately, I did not finish it. In fact, I got 50 pages in and realized this book was what happens when Top Gun and the Hammacher-Schlemmer catalogue have a baby togethe...
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