Review: From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America

From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America by Michael McFaul
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: A Murder in Bardstown: The True Crime Story of Crystal Rogers

A Murder in Bardstown: The True Crime Story of Crystal Rogers by Allison Tinley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes

Age of Secrets: The Conspiracy that Toppled Richard Nixon and the Hidden Death of Howard Hughes by Gerald Bellett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1981 Indictment

Accused in a 1981 Los Angeles County Grand Jury indictment of having arranged Netter’s murder to collect on an insurance policy, Meier fought extradition from Canada for more than two years.

Prosecutors contended that Netter was the manager of a struggling videotape company when he met Meier in early 1974. Meier, they said, offered to help out by arranging a loan for Netter and subsequently had him killed to collect on a $400,000 insurance policy taken out as a condition of the loan.

On Tuesday, Brenner said he still believes “Mr. Meier either alone or with others . . . caused the murder of Netter. But in a general intellectual sense, the plea bargain reflects what we can prove today. Meier had knowledge of the murder . . . and has kept his knowledge secret.”

Brenner had charged in earlier proceedings that the beneficiary of the insurance policy and the man who took it out at Meier’s request was Canadian attorney Gordon Hazelwood. Hazelwood was also indicted in the murder, but Canadian authorities refused to extradite him, claiming there was insufficient evidence.

Third Man Never Found

The third man indicted, William Raymond McCrory, was never found. Brenner claimed that it was McCrory who actually entered Netter’s hotel room and stabbed him 15 times.

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Review: The Women Soldiers Of Dahomey

The Women Soldiers Of Dahomey by UNESCO
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Hunt for Life on Mars

The Hunt for Life on Mars by Donald Goldsmith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To some of the JSC researchers, the ovoids' shapes resembled those of microfossils, the fossilized remains of bacteria so small that their sizes are measured in microns. But the ovoids at the edges of the carbonate globules are even smaller-smaller, in fact, than any known living organisms or microfossils on Earth. Does this mean that the ovoids are too small to have been alive? No one knows for sure. If living organisms had the size that the ovoids do, we could reasonably talk of nanofossils.

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Review: Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family

Out Came the Sun: Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family by Mariel Hemingway
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Third Helpings

Third Helpings by Calvin Trillin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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