A Voice for the Dead: A Forensic Investigator’s Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave, James E. Starrs ISBN: 0399152253; 304 pages; Putnam Adult (February 17, 2005) Professor James Starrs is a Professor of Law as well as Professor of Forensic Science at the George Washington University, Washington DC. His work Scientific Evidence in Civil Read More
Writing
In Review: Masters of Chaos
Masters of Chaos, Linda Robinson ISBN: 1586482491; 388 pages; Publisher: Public Affairs (October 30, 2004) Many books talk about what the U.S. Army Special Forces do, but few detail how they do it. Their mission certainly includes direct combat operations, but their primary mission is unconventional warfare, which revolves around teaching guerrillas or insurgents how Read More
Normal People Worry Me
I actually wrote this almost five years ago, but I still like it.
Fast or Slow?
Fast Or Slow? came from the same writing class. The instructor told us that he believed that if you could write well about death, you could write well about almost anything.
Automat
Automat came from a writing class. The instructor had us choose a photo postcard from a face-down pile, then gave us ten minutes to crank out a descriptive passage. The image I ended up with was Edward Hopper’s Automat.