[video=youtube;KVu3gS7iJu4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Please read this article. I find it rather disturbing but maybe that's just me.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20664571

Sorry, but I don't know how to post an article so I've had to put it as a link.

If our host should happen to read it as well then Dr Wilson I would be especially grateful for your opinion. To me it just feels wrong, but then you look at the sums of money involved and I have to ask myself if I would do any different?

Writers for New Orleans Workshop - December 12-15
NOLA
http://www.writersforneworleans.com/

A little piece on researching the Mob for COLD CITY: "Surviving the Mob: What I Didn't Learn from The Godfather"

get an advance look: http://www.criminalelement.com/stories/2...irman-jack

Trailer!

[video=youtube;-fXxEtyyKwg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fXxEtyyKwg[/video]

Some websites are saying that the villain will be Khan. I've seen one that says that it will be Gary Mitchell. I'm wondering why it must be someone from the old series.

Is anyone else excited about this? Yeah its going to be strange that it will be in three movies and I've accepted the fact that I probably will not see Smaug in the first film, but it still looks like it will be very good.

Hey All!

New to the site and the forums. I'm a US high school social studies teacher and have been a fan of FPW works for a very long time. When I first read EotS I found that it explained basic concepts of free market capitalism in very easy to understand ways. I've been keeping in the back of my mind for a long time that it would be fun to include the text as a required reading for my econ classes, but I'm not entirely sure how to fit it into the curriculum. I'm kind of looking for some help along these lines. Specifically:

~Is there already 'out there' a teaching syllabus for the book?
~I'd like some involved questions for the reading, what would be a few good examples?
~Apart from quizzes, worksheets, and essay questions, what do you suggest for other assessments?
(I had been thinking about maybe having some of the students act out skits)
~Would it be better as a paper text or e-book?
(Potential costs are important, as are ability to 'loan' copies and possession rights)
~Your general thoughts on this matter are all helpful!

I appreciate any and all assistance on this!

ObRPJ comment: Just finished going through all of my RPJ books and bought the rest on line. Can't wait for them to show up this week!

November 27, 2012

Yesterday was Cyber Monday. Today is COLD CITY Tuesday.

COLD CITY kicks off The Early Years Trilogy which begins in 1990 and recounts how Jack arrived in New York City as a callow twenty-one-year old and made the city his home.

NYC was a different place then. The Disneyfication of Times Square was still years away. A national recession was on, the crime rate was high, and 42[SUP]nd[/SUP] Street was still Grindhouse Row.

Jack was different too. He didn’t know the ropes yet - hell, he didn’t even know where to find the ropes. But he’s a quick learner, adaptable, and choosy about who he’ll call a friend. In other words, a natural-born survivor.

Want to know how he got so tight with Abe, how he met Julio? COLD CITY is the place. Meet the new Jack, not the same as the old Jack - but all the ingredients are there to brew up the guy people will come to know as the Repairman.

A great place for a new reader to start the Repairman Jack series, because here's where it =really= begins. So if you need holiday gifts for RJ fans or RJ virgins, or any thriller readers or crime fiction fans, COLD CITY fills the bill.

If you haven't pre-ordered it, but plan to buy a copy, please do so this week.

Swell fella that I am, I've gathered multiple ways to make COLD CITY yours:
HARDCOVER -
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EBOOK -
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AUDIOBOOK: http://tinyurl.com/8jkot45

Check out the discounts being offered above. Your holiday shopping is DONE.

These websites are each offering a free copy of COLD CITY:

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http://beforeitsnews.com/books/2012/11/g...49262.html

http://www.layersofthought.net/ (scroll down a bit)

http://puretextuality.com/2012/11/25/blo...#more-6618

http://www.mybookishways.com/2012/11/rel...ilson.html

More to follow...