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The Warrior Elite_ The Forging - Dick Couch
FromThere is a pod of good books on the SEALs, but this one is unique. Couch, a Vietnam-era SEAL and retired naval reserve captain, was given the most complete access possible to t... -
The Troubled Man_ A Kurt Wallan - Henning Mankell
SUMMARY: Every morning H kan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. However, one winter's day he fails to come home. It seems that the retired naval o... -
The Shape Shifter - Tony Hillerman
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. A picture cut from a glossy magazine, Luxury Living, draws retired Navajo tribal policeman Lt. Joe Leaphorn into a hunt for a soulle... -
Sky of Stone - Homer Hickam
From Publishers WeeklyRetired NASA engineer Hickam became a minor mass market celebrity in 1994 after a last-minute 2,000-word filler for Air & Space magazine (he spent three hours... -
Shadow Warriors_ Inside the Spe - Tom Clancy; Carl Stiner; Tony K
Amazon.com ReviewShadow Warriors is the third of Tom Clancy's commander books, and this time around Clancy teams up with General Carl Stiner, retired, to recount the recent histor.... -
One Rough Man - Brad Taylor
FromIn his first novel, Taylor, a retired Delta Force commander, introduces Pike Logan, a member of a supersecret, off-the-grid unit of commandos authorized to work outside the law... -
Known Dead_ A Novel - Donald Harstad
Amazon.com ReviewDonald Harstad was an Iowa deputy sheriff for 26 years, and only retired so that he could pursue his passion for writing. His first book was a well-received police... -
All the Little Live Things - Wallace Earle Stegner
Joe Allston, the retired literary agent of Stegner's National Book Award-winning novel, The Spectator Bird, returns in this disquieting and keenly observed novel. Scarred by the se... -
About Schmidt - Louis Begley
Amazon.com ReviewAlbert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feel...