`'China Attacks'' Rises to Third Bestselling Book About China and War on Amazon.com, Receives Favorable Review in Hong Kong.Features Editors IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 "China Attacks," a novel seemingly taken from today's headlines, has risen to the third bestselling book about China and war on Amazon.com, ranking behind "The Tiananmen Papers" and "The Rape of Nanking." The book by Chuck DeVore and Steven W. Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. also received a favorable review recently in the English language daily Hong Kong Standard and its affiliated Hong Kong iMail. "The review from Hong Kong was wonderful," DeVore said, "To have a complete stranger read your work and make favorable comments about it is certainly something every author hopes for." Some of the comments by Hong Kong-based reviewer Peter Barker include, "The authors take us through a page-turning flurry of the point-counterpoint world of military invasion and international political brinkmanship brink·man·ship also brinks·man·ship n. The practice, especially in international politics, of seeking advantage by creating the impression that one is willing and able to push a highly dangerous situation to the limit rather than concede. ... (and) reach their stride when the invasion begins. "Historical, technical and military details are minute and realistic, lending credibility to much of the scenario... stratospheric strat·o·spher·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the stratosphere. 2. Extremely or unreasonably high: "money borrowed at today's stratospheric rates of interest" nuclear pulse bombs... sophisticated propaganda attacks on America. In the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of all this, the action and horrors of battle by land, sea and air are breathtakingly portrayed... Authors DeVore and Mosher are both well-qualified for the task... The book's strongest area is its portrayal of the U.S. Marines in action. "This may be the result of DeVore's years of military background -- or, it might just be because we are used to seeing these all-American good guys in Hollywood roles, from John Wayne to Forrest Gump." "China Attacks," co-written with China expert Mosher, is available online from Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ), Barnes & Noble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN), and Borders.com (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). ). Or directly from the U.S. publisher at Buy Books on the web.com. The novel also sells as an e-book through www.MightyWords.com. "China Attacks" was recently translated into Chinese and is selling in bookstores in Taiwan and Hong Kong (in English and Chinese) through Silkbook.com. More information about "China Attacks" is available on the authors' Web site: www.ChinaThreat.com. DeVore and Mosher are available for interviews by contacting: ChinaAttacks@aol.com. Source: Janet King Klein |
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