Harley-Davidson Race to the Rally
Harley-Davidson: Race to the Rally takes gamers from coast to coast across America, exploring classic rides and the biker lifestyle. Charge out on the highways and byways across America on fully upgradeable classic and late-model Harley-Davidson motorcycles while facing outrageous road challenges. Experience the thrill of saddling up an American icon and the camaraderie of its brotherhood from their living room.
Video Game: Travel across America and visit Big Sur, historic Route 66 and the Badlands, Ride 20 authentic Harley-Davidson motorcycles - The Dyna, Softail, Touring, Sportster and more, Upgrade your Harley with licensed parts and accessories — thousands of changes you make for gravity-defying jumps, high-speed turbo boosts and more, Soundtrack with great rockers that capture the Harley-Davidson attitude - George Thorogood, Heart, Poison, Great White and more
Company: Activision Inc. (2006-11-22)
List Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $7.37
Used Price: $6.00
TRON 2.0 Killer APP
TRON 2.0: Killer App digitizes players inside the world of a war-ravaged computer system on theverge of collapse. It is 20 years after the first TRON film, and computer scientist Alan Bradley has learned to duplicate the mistake that digitized humans. When a company called fCon uses this discovery to try a world takeover, Bradley disappears. His son Jet is left to digitize himself and enter the world’s computer networks, seacrhing for the truth. Intense multiplayer action over Xbox Live and system link for up to 16 players
Video Game: Face deadly Security Programs, Thorne’s corrupt minions, Resource Hogs, Seekers and other rogue users, Innovative new player modification system for choosing weapons, shields, gadgets and abilities, Arsenal of 16 high-impact weapons, including the powerful disc, digital grenades and cyber sniper rifles, Split-screen multiplayer combat for up to four players, Ten exciting new multiplayer maps as you fight against your friends for bragging rights
Company: Disney (2004-10-05)
List Price: $7.99
Amazon Price: $7.41
Used Price: $1.68
The Reggae Scrapbook
From its birth in the vibrant Kingston ghettos through it phenomenal popularity in the 1970s to its iconic standing in today’s global culture, reggae and its close relations–ska, rock steady, dj, dub, dancehall, and raggamuffin–have taken the world by storm.
In The Reggae Scrapbook, scintillating words and images propel our appreciation of Jamaican music into the 21st century. Accomanying us on this journey is one of the men who introduced reggae to America and helped rock the world with its syncopated beat, Roger Steffens.
Through lectures, books, magazine articles, radio, and television, Steffens has shared his knowledge of reggae around the globe as the world’s premier archivist and collector of reggae memorabilia. Here he traces reggae’s history and roots, supplemented by an audio CD featuring interviews with such reggae greats as Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff and “Toots” Hibbert.
Divided into chapters on “Roots and Ska,” “Rock Steady,” “The Golden Age,” “Rockers,” “Digital and Dance Hall” and “Internationalization,” and enhanced by sidebar features on historic figures, styles, and events, The Reggae Scrapbook is all you could wish for in a celebration of the rise of this irresistable musical and social force.
The Reggae Scrapbook also conveys reggae culture through a treasure trove of memorabilia, the cream of Steffen’s collection of more than 30,000 photographs, 800 T-shirts, 3,000 buttons, 10,000 posters and flyers as well as innumerable, seven-inch singles and album covers, posters, postcards, and tickets.
Photographer Peter Simon presents a stunning collection of evocative images, from reggae’s rough beginnings to the latest festivals, providing a stunning visual accompaniment.
Author: Roger Steffens, Peter Simon
Hardcover: 124 pages
Company: Insight Editions (2007-10-30) (2007-10-30)
ISBN: 1933784237
List Price: $45.00
Amazon Price: $26.93
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The Pirate’s Daughter
In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood’s most famous swashbuckler arrived dramatically in Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. After a long and storied career on the silver screen, Errol Flynn spent much of the last years of his life on a small island off of Jamaica, throwing parties and sleeping with increasingly younger girls. Spanning two generations of women whose destinies become inextricably linked with the Hollywood star, The Pirate’s Daughter tells the provocative history of a vanished era, of uncommon kinships, compelling attachments, betrayal, and atonement in a paradisal, tropical setting. May, the illegitimate daughter of Errol Flynn, belongs neither to the emerging black nation of Jamaica nor to the white, expatriate society on the island. Her mother, Ida, romantically adventurous, dreams of a bigger more glamorous world than that of her small seaside town. For them both, trying to find the right way to live their lives is about discovering who they are and where they truly belong. As adept with Jamaican vernacular as she is at revealing the internal machinations of a fading and bloated matinee idol, in this culturally sensitive and delightful novel, Margaret Cezair-Thompson weaves a saga of a mother and daughter finding their way in a nation struggling to rise to the challenge of independence.
Author: Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Hardcover: 432 pages
Company: Unbridled Books (2007-10-31)
ISBN: 1932961402
List Price: $24.95
Amazon Price: $8.89
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Set in the year 2008, Ghost Recon is a Tom Clancy-inspired war game that puts you in command of a Special Forces unit pitted against Russian ultranationalists trying to rebuild the former Soviet Union. Although the story arc is grand in scale (in keeping with Clancy’s style), the game doesn’t involve you in the war’s major battles. You’ll actually spend most of your time behind enemy lines–rescuing downed fighter pilots, knocking out enemy patrols, ambushing armor columns.
You control a six-man squad, divided into two teams, and you have the opportunity to handpick your squad members (and their equipment) after each mission briefing. You can switch your point of view to any of the six active soldiers–the soldier you control automatically becomes the leader of his team, while the other team operates according to orders you give via a map interface. Thus, you can move one team into a covering position, leave them with orders to provide cover fire, and then lead the other team in to reach your objective. Or, break up your squad and try to achieve two objectives simultaneously.
The level of detail and realism is incredible, right down to the way the soldiers communicate in hushed tones and with gestures. The complexity of the game requires an elaborate controller setup that takes a while to get used to (luckily there are plenty of training missions designed to help you learn the multitude of movement, weapons, and command functions). Once you get the hang of it, you’ll find it’s worth the time spent in boot camp. –Maile Bohlmann
Pros:
- Incredible graphics and realism
- Wide array of tactical options integrates strategy into the action
- Missions are diverse and challenging
Cons:
- Controls are complicated, hard to master, and sometimes counterintuitive
- Dramatic music and “drill sergeant” narration between missions is pretty campy
- Enemy soldiers sometimes behave too predictably
Note: This review refers to the PlayStation2 version of this game.
Video Game: ESRB Rating: Mature, Genre: Action/Adventure
Company: UBI Soft (2002-11-13)
List Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $1.99
Used Price: $0.01
Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil
Expansion pack; Requires original DOOM 3
DOOM 3: Resurrection Of Evil extends the terrifying Hell of DOOM 3 - while adding variety and depth to the first-person action experience that is DOOM. Two years following the unexplained disaster on Mars, the UAC returns to the abandoned facilities to investigate a mysterious beacon buried deep in the ruins of the ancient civilization. 8-player multiplayer and jump pads deliver a dynamic multiplayer experience Real-time 5.1 sound, with room acoustics that are accurately modeled
Video Game: Battle six new demons - including the hunters - with new weapons like the double-barrelled shotgun, Possess demonic powers to use against the enemy, Slow down time to outmaneuver enemies, or harness the force of gravity to control your environment, Manipulate objects and use them as weapons or access secret areas, Fight in all new 8-player capture the flag arenas
Company: Activision Inc. (2005-10-05)
List Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $0.99
Used Price: $7.98
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn is a true classic. After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan travels to Jamaica Inn on the wild British moors to live with her Aunt Patience. The coachman warns her of the strange happenings there, but Mary is committed to remain at Jamaica Inn. Suddenly, her life is in the hands of strangers: her uncle, Joss Merlyn, whose crude ways repel her; Aunt Patience, who seems mentally unstable and perpetually frightened; and the enigmatic Francis Davey. But most importantly, Mary meets Jem Merlyn, Joss’s younger brother, whose kisses make her heart race. Caught up in the danger at this inn of evil repute, Mary must survive murder, mystery, storms, and smugglers before she can build a life with Jem.
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Company: Avon (1995-06-01) (1995-06-01)
ISBN: 0380725398
List Price: $7.99
Amazon Price: $3.94
Used Price: $1.90
Manhunt
Manhunt highlights the sick and gruesome world of cold-blooded murderers. It’s an intense, violent gaming experience, capturing the dark side of humanity more accurately than any game before. NOTE - This game has accurate&realistic depictions of violence and murder. It is not recommended for sensitive or younger game players.
Video Game: You are James Earl Cash, a killer sentenced to death row. On the night of your execution, you are taken away by a mysterious director named Starkweather. You’re now the star of a brutal TV show. Dropped off in a city of psychopaths, where everyone is after him, Cash has one night to fight his way out of the city. Kill or be killed., Panic-inducing 3rd-person action rewards stealth over fighting. Use shadows to your advantage, find Safe Zones and hide out there - waiting&planning the perfect murder, Use whatever you can find to kill the men after you — the bloodier, the better. Cameras are everywhere&Starkweather wants to see blood. lots of it., The levels get tougher&tougher, and so should you — use crowbars, bats, machetes, guns and lots of stealth to kill your way home, Study the enemy’s movements and lure them into traps — but be careful, they get smarter as you play. Eventually they’ll start setting traps for you.
Company: Rockstar Games
List Price: $19.99
Amazon Price: $16.95
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
Chronicles of Riddick acts as a prequel to “Pitch Black” and “The Chronicles Of Riddick”. The enigmatic antihero namedRiddick escaped from one of the universe’s most violent prisons, Butcher Bay. This game presents the story of how he escaped triple-max security.
Video Game: This intense, epic storyline will reveal secrets of Riddick’s past and drop hints about his future, Groundbreaking graphics technology creates vivid, ultra-realistic harsh environments, Exciting combination of frenetic 1st-person shooter action with stealth and hand-to-hand combat, Riddick’s trademark eye-shine enables players to see in the dark, for a new kind of stealth gaming, Features voice and likeness of Vin Diesel
Company: Vivendi Universal (2004-06-02)
List Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $7.00
Used Price: $2.85
Grocery: Case of two 12-ounce cans of ground Rasta Blend coffee (total of 24 ounces), Satisfying, Electrifying, Indulging, Hints of ripe berries, Auto Drip grind for cone filters 
