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Medusa

Written on January 11, 2010 by Nayab Naseer in Book Review

Medusa is one of Clive Cussler’s latest novels, featuring Kurt Austin of NUMA, upon which all of Cussler’s novels base itself. The story deals with a deadly virus originating in remote China, a virus so deadly that the entire future of mankind is at stake. A top secret US government sponsored undersea lab conducts biomedical…

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The adventures of Iznogoud

Written on December 22, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Children's Books, Comic Books

The Adventures of Iznogoud is a comic series featuring an evil vizier, Izonogoud, trying to usurp the caliphate from his caliph in Baghdad. The setting of the play is the legendary medieval Baghdad. The stories however take modern themes and issues with the settings of Baghdad during the times of the famous abbasid caliph Harun…

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The Apocalypse Watch

Written on December 20, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Book Review

The Apocalypse Watch is one of Robert Ludlum’s better books. The story is set in modern day Europe with the new-Nazi movement set to establish the Fourth Reich. The Neo Nazis have set up a mountain hideout in the remote Hausruck Mountains of Austria from where they have surely established a strong network across Europe….

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Mickey Mouse

Written on December 18, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Comic Books

Mickey Mouse, the most popular mouse in the world is more than a comic character. He is an icon. The origin of Mickey Mouse traces six months before the launch of Walt Disney, in 1923 and since then has been a regular character in animated cartoons and comic strips from the Walt Disney Company. The…

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Flashback by Jenny Siler

Written on December 17, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Book Review

Flashback is a Jenny Siler novel set in North Africa. The plot starts with an unknown American found with a shot in her head near a convent in Burgundy and nursed back to health by the nuns. On being nursed back to health, the girl, christened Eve suffers from amnesia and now tries to find…

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Donald Duck

Written on December 16, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Comic Books

Donald Duck is an extremely popular cartoon character from the Walt Disney company. Disney presents Donald as a white anthropomorphic duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet and wearing a sailor shirt, cap, and a red bow tie, but no trousers. Disney first launched Donald Duck in 1934 in “Wise Little Hen,” and hthe…

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Numbered Account by Christopher Reich

Written on December 16, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Books

Numbered Account is Christopher Reich’s first novel. The novel belongs to the genre of financial thriller, where the plot is centered upon and the suspense has more to do with the banks and other aspects of the modern day banking system. The plot centers around three characters. A Middle East man who uses drug money…

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The Runner by Christopher Reich

Written on December 16, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Book Review

The Runner is one of Christopher Reich’s most popular novels. Christopher Reich here departs from his usual financial thrillers to author a gripping historical thriller set in the backdrop of Post World War II Germany. Devlin Judge, an ex-New York City detective turned lawyer is on the hunt of Erich Seyss, an ex nazi soldier…

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Fatherland by Robert Harris

Written on December 16, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Books

Fatherland, authored by Robert Harris is set in a fictional world where the Nazis have won the World War II and managed to capture Russia upto the Urals, and bring Western Europe under its hegemony. A Cold War exists between United States and Germany. Xavier March, a member of the Kripo, the lowest ranking SS…

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Archangel by Robert Harris

Written on December 16, 2009 by Nayab Naseer in Book Review

Archangel is one of Robert Harris’ thriller novel set in modern day post Communist Russia. Professor “Fluke” Kelso, a British history professor specializes in Stalin. He comes to Russia for a conference, and meets Rapava, an old man and ex-soldier who claims that he was present with Stalin on the night he died, in 1953….

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