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The Grass Roots

The founding years

The name “Grass Roots” originated in 1965 as the name of a band project by the Los Angeles, California songwriter and producer duo of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. Sloan and Barri had written several songs in an attempt by their record company, Dunhill Records to cash in on the budding folk rock movement. One of these songs was “Where Were You When I Needed You,” which was recorded by Sloan and Barri and a now forgotten line-up of studio musicians. Sloan provided the lead vocals and played guitar. The song was released under “The Grass Roots” name and sent, as a demo, to several radio stations of the San Francisco Bay area.

When moderate interest in this new band arose, Sloan and Barri went to look for a group that could incorporate The Grass Roots name. They found one in a San Francisco group named “The Bedouins” and cut a new version with that band’s lead vocalist, Willie Fulton. In 1965, the Grass Roots got their first official airplay on Southern California radio stations, such as KGB(AM) in San Diego and KHJ in Los Angeles with a version of the Bob Dylan song, “Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man)”. For some months, The Bedouins were the first “real” Grass Roots but the partnership with Sloan and Barri broke up when the band demanded more space for their own more blues rock-oriented material (which their producers were not willing to give them). Willie Fulton, Denny Ellis, and David Stensen went back to San Francisco, with drummer Joel Larson the only one who remained (he was to become a member of a later Grass Roots line-up, as well). In the meantime, the second version of “Where Were You When I Needed You” peaked in the top 40 in mid-1966; an album of the same name sold poorly, probably because there were no Grass Roots anymore to promote it at the time of its release.

The years of success

The group’s third and by far most successful incarnation was finally found in a Los Angeles band, called The 13th Floor (not to be confused with the 13th Floor Elevators). This band consisted of Creed Bratton, Rick Coonce, Warren Entner, and Kenny Fukomoto and had formed only a year earlier before submitting a demo tape to Dunhill Records. Rob Grill was recruited into the band when Fukomoto was suddenly drafted into the army. The band was offered the choice to go with their own name or choose to adopt a name that had already been heard of nationwide.

As The Grass Roots, they had their first top 10 hit in the summer of 1967 with “Let’s Live For Today” (an English cover of “Piangi con me”, a 1966 hit for the Italian quartet The Rokes). With Rob Grill as lead singer, they recorded a third version of “Where Were You When I Needed You.” The band continued in a similar hit-making vein for the next five years (19671972). In the beginning, they were one of many U.S. guitar pop/rock bands, but with the help of Barri and their other producers, they developed a unique sound for which they drew as heavily on British beat as on soul music, rhythm and blues and folk rock. Many of their recordings featured a brass section, which was a novelty in those days among American rock bands, with groups like Chicago just developing.

The Grass Roots songs hitting the radio in these times include “Let’s Live For Today” and “Things I Should Have Said” (1967); “Midnight Confessions” (1968); “Bella Linda”, “Lovin’ Things”, “The River Is Wide”, “Wait A Million Years”, and “Heaven Knows” (1969); “Walking Through The Country”, “Baby Hold On”, and “Temptation Eyes” (1971); “Sooner Or Later” (1971); and “Two Divided By Love” (1971). The bulk of the band’s material continued to be written by Dunhill Records staff (not only Sloan and Barri). The Grass Roots also recorded songs written by the group’s musicians, which appeared on their albums and the B-sides of many hit singles. The most successful of their hit singles were “Let’s Live For Today” (U.S. #8) in 1967, “Midnight Confessions” (U.S. #5, their biggest hit) in 1968, “Wait A Million Years” (U.S. #15) in 1969, “Temptation Eyes” (U.S. #15) in 1971, “Sooner Or Later” (U.S. #9) in 1971, and “Two Divided By Love” (U.S. #16) in 1971.

In 1969, Creed Bratton left and was replaced by Dennis Provisor on keyboards and vocals, plus rotating lead guitarists Terry Furlong and Brian Naughton to form a quintet the first of many line-up changes that the band was to be subject to. In 1971, Rick Coonce, Terry Furlong, Brian Naughton, and Dennis Provisor left and were replaced by Reed Kailing, Virgil Weber and original member Joel Larson. The singer/songwriter/guitarist duo of Warren Entner (later a successful heavy metal manager with groups such as Rage Against the Machine and Quiet Riot) and Rob Grill remained the point of focus in all these years.

The final years

From 1970 on, success slipped away slowly but surely. The Grass Roots had their last top 10 hit with “Sooner Or Later” in June, 1971, and success with “Two Divided By Love” not long after. Their final two hits in 1972 were “The Runway” and “Glory Bound”. Follow-up singles sold disappointingly or failed to chart altogether – it was clear that their time was over. The 1976 single “Out In The Open” became their swan song, with the band having disbanded the previous autumn.

Rob Grill remained in the music business and launched a solo career in 1979 (assisted on his solo album by several members of Fleetwood Mac). When interest in bands of the 1960s began to rise again in the 1980s, Grill reformed The Grass Roots (now as “The Grass Roots Starring Rob Grill”) and tours the United States. He continues to lead the band into the new millennium and is the voice of The Grass Roots, playing many live performances up to the present day.

In 1982, The Grass Roots performed an Independence Day concert on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., attracting a large crowd. However, in April 1983, James G. Watt, President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of the Interior, banned Independence Day concerts on the Mall by such groups. Watt said that “rock bands” that had performed on the Mall on Independence Day in 1981 and 1982 had encouraged drug use and alcoholism and had attracted the “the wrong element”, who would mug people and families attending any similar events in the future. During the ensuing uproar, Rob Grill stated that he felt “highly insulted” by Watt’s remarks, which he called “nothing but un-American”.

In 2006, former manager Marty Angelo published a book entitled, Once Life Matters: A New Beginning which has numerous stories about his life on the road with Rob Grill and The Grass Roots back in the early 1970s.

Since 2005, Creed Bratton can be seen as “Creed Bratton”, Quality Assurance Officer, in the American NBC television situation comedy The Office. He continues to write songs and has released several solo albums, including Chasin’ the Ball, The ’80s, Coarsegold, and Creed Bratton.

Discography

Singles

Release date

Title

Flip side

Record label

Chart Positions

US Charts

Cashbox

UK

1966

Mr. Jones (Ballad Of A Thin Man)

You’re A Lonely Girl

121

Where Were You When I Needed You

These Are Bad Times

28

Only When You’re Lonely

This Is What I Was Made For

96

1967

Tip Of My Tongue

Look Out Girl

Let’s Live for Today

Depressed Feeling

8

Things I Should Have Said

Tip Of My Tongue

23

Wake Up, Wake Up

No Exit

68

1968

Melody For You

Hey Friend

123

Feelings

Here’s Where You Belong

Midnight Confessions++

Who Will You Be Tomorrow

5

1969

Bella Linda+++

Hot Bright Lights

28

Melody For You

All Good Things Come To An End

Lovin’ Things

You And Love Are The Same

49

River Is Wide, The

(You Gotta) Live For Love

31

I’d Wait A Million Years

Fly Me To Havana

15

Heaven Knows

Don’t Remind Me

24

1970

Walking Through The Country

Truck Drivin’ Man

44

Baby Hold On

Get It Together

35

Come On And Say It

Something’s Comin’ Over Me

61

Temptation Eyes

Keepin’ Me Down

15

1971

Sooner Or Later

I Can Turn Off The Rain

9

Two Divided By Love

Let It Go

16

1972

Glory Bound

Only One

34

Runway, The

Move Along

39

Anyway The Wind Blows

Monday Love

107

1973

Love Is What You Make It

Someone To Love

55

Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire

Look But Don’t Touch

We Can’t Dance To Your Music

Look But Don’t Touch

Stealin’ Love (In The Night)

We Almost Made It Together

1975

Mamacita

Last Time Around, The

71

Naked Man

Nothing Good Comes Easy

1976

Out In The Open

Optical Illusion

1982

Here Comes That Feeling Again

Temptation Eye

She Don’t Know Me

Keep On Burning

Powers Of The Night

Powers Of The Night

++Gold Record – RIAA Certification +++Composed by Italian superstar Lucio Battisti)

Albums

1966 – Where Were You When I Needed You

1967 – Let’s Live for Today (US #75)

1968 – Feelings

1968 – Golden Grass (US #25) Gold Record – RIAA Certification

1969 – Lovin’ Things (US #73)

1969 – Leavin It All Behind (US #36)

1970 – More Golden Grass (US #152)

1971 – Their 16 Greatest Hits (US #58) Gold Record – RIAA Certification

1972 – Move Along (US #86)

1973 – Alotta’ Mileage

1975 – Self Titled

1978 – 14 Greats

1982 – Powers Of The Night

2000 – Live At Last

2001 – Symphonic Hits

2008 – Live Gold

Pop culture

The name Grass Roots was used sporadically by Arthur Lee of Love, in the Los Angeles area. Dunhill Records secured the legal use of the name by releasing a record, which Lee never did.

The song “Let’s Live For Today” has the identical Italian melody and virtually the same arrangement that was used in an earlier song called “Be Mine Again”; although this song includes the “One, Two, Three, Four” and “Sha-La-La-La-La” as in The Grass Roots hit, the lyrics are otherwise different. The version by the Dutch band The Skope that was released in 1966 is included on the Pebbles, Volume 15 LP.

The band was seen in the Doris Day film With Six You Get Eggroll. They play the song “Feelings” at a crowded dance party.

The Grass Roots have appeared on over 50 national television shows including, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Ed Sullivan, Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, Good Morning America, VH1 Hit-Makers, MTV, and a record sixteen times on Dick Clark American Bandstand.

The 1975 Self Titled LP is seen in the film FM. The back cover appears in a long DJ broadcast room scene with characters played by Cleavon Little and Martin Mull.

The band is mentioned by John Candy’s character in the film Uncle Buck. He comments about the music while navigating a teenage party looking for his missing niece.

Guitarist Creed Bratton plays a character also named Creed Bratton, a fictional version of himself, in the US version of the television show The Office. In a scene that never aired from the episode “Booze Cruise”, Bratton’s boss, Michael, borrowed the guitar from a cruise ship’s band and poorly plays a version of “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple. Bratton then takes the guitar from Michael and proceeds to surprise the rest of the passengers with his excellent playing. The scene then cuts to a confessional, where Bratton talks of his time with The Grass Roots, complete with pictures of the actual band and references to actual tours. In another deleted scene from the episode “Product Recall”, a fictional Scranton Times writer notices Bratton was a member of The Grass Roots. He also sang one of his own songs titled “Spinnin’ N Reelin’” in the episode “A Benihana Christmas”.

The band was mentioned frequently on the nationally syndicated Don and Mike radio show. Don Geronimo sat in with the band several times at performances in the Washington DC area.

The Grass Roots version of the Bob Dylan song, “Ballad Of A Thin Man”, was featured in the 1987 Robin Williams film Good Morning, Vietnam.

The Grass Roots song “Midnight Confessions” was featured in the 1997 film Jackie Brown.

The Grass Roots song “Let’s Live For Today” was used in a 2008 TV commercial to promote the Volkswagen Routan.

Members

19651967

Steve Barri (b. Steven Barry Lipkin, February 23, 1942, Brooklyn) Various Instruments, Producer, Songwriter

Denny Ellis Rhythm Guitar

Willie Fulton Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

Joel Larson (b. April 29, 1947, San Francisco) – drums

P.F. Sloan (b. Philip Gary Schlein, September 18, 1945, New York) Lead Vocals, Various Instruments, Producer, Songwriter

David Stensen (b. February 25, 1947, San Bruno) – Bass Guitar

Classic Lineup 19671971

Creed Bratton (b. William Charles Schneider, February 8, 1943, Los Angeles) Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Songwriter (to 1969)

Rick Coonce (b. Erik Michael Coonce, August 1, 1946, Los Angeles) Drums, Songwriter

Warren Entner (b. July 7, 1944, Boston) Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Songwriter

Terry Furlong (b. December 31, 1942, London) Lead Guitar (1969-71)

Rob Grill (b. Robert Frank Grill, November 30, 1943, Los Angeles) Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Songwriter

Brian Naughton Lead Guitar (1969-71)

Dennis Provisor (b. November 9, 1950, Los Angeles) Lead Vocals, keyboards, Songwriter (1969-71)

19721975

Warren Entner Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Songwriter, Producer

Rob Grill Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Songwriter, Producer

Reed Kailing Lead Guitar, Songwriter (1972-74)

Reggie Knighton (b. November 3, 1953, Biloxi) Lead Guitar (1974-75)

Joel Larson Drums

Terry Dailey Drums

Dennis Provisor Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Songwriter

Virgil Weber Keyboards (1972-74)

Gene Barkin Guitar, Vocals

Terry Furlong Lead Guitar

Post1975

Rick Alexander Lead Guitar

Steve Berndt Bass Guitar

Brian Carlyss Bass Guitar

Terry Danauer Bass Guitar

Alan Deane Lead Guitar, lead/background vocals

Coy Fuller Drums

Ralph Gilmore Drums

Rob Grill Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Songwriter

Scott Hoyt Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar

Joel Larson Drums

Charles Judge Keyboards

Reagan McKinley Drums

Luke Mearett Drums

David Nagy Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar

Terry Oubre Lead Guitar

David Page Drums

Dennis Provisor Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Songwriter

Hal Ratliff Keyboards

Dave Rodgers Keyboards

Scott Sechman – Lead Guitar, Vocals

Glen Shulfer Lead Guitar

Mike Steck Bass Guitar

Gene Wall Keyboards, Vocals

Current

Mark Dawson – Secondary Bass Guitar and Vocals

Joe Dougherty Drums

Rob Grill Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Songwriter

Dusty Hanvey Lead Guitar

Chris Merrell Secondary Guitar

Larry Nelson Keyboards

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (Jan 2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (7th ed.). Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 262. ISBN 0823076903. 

^ Grass Roots at Allmusic

^ “The Grass Roots Official Site ((( Official Biography )))” (in English). The Grass Roots. http://the-grassroots.com/html/biography.html. Retrieved 2009-08-18. 

^ Biography

^ “July 4: Day of Music, Parades, Fireworks”, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., July 3, 1982, p. D1.

^ a b c Phil McCombs, “Watt Outlaws Rock Music on Mall for July 4″, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., April 6, 1983, p. A1; Phil McCombs and Richard Harrington, “Watt Sets Off Uproar with Music Ban”, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1983, pp. A1, A17.

^ “Creed Bratton” (in English). IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105588/. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

^ “allmusic ((( Creed Bratton Discography Main Albums )))” (in English). allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=CREED. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 

Billboard

Official website

External links

The-GrassRoots.com Official Site

The Grass Roots at AllMusic.com

CreedBratton.com

RickCoonce.com

WarrenEntner.com

TerryFurlong.com

RobGrill.com

ReedKailing.com

Joel-Larson.com

Naughtones.com

DennisProvisor.com

Gunga Dave Stensen

Marty Angelo.com former manager.

Sechman.com Scott Sechman

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1633 (1632 Series) $26 The new government in central Europe, called the Confederated Principalities of Europe, was formed by an alliance between Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians led by Mike Stearns who were transplanted into 17th-century Germany by a mysterious cosmic accident. The new regime is shaky. Outside its borders, the Thirty Years War continues to rage. Within, it is beset by financial crisis as well as the political and social tensions between the democratic ideals of the 20th-century Americans and the aristocracy which continues to rule the roost in the CPE as everywhere in Europe. Worst of all, the CPE has aroused the implacable hostility of Cardinal Richelieu, the effective ruler of France. Richelieu has created the League of Ostend in order to strike at the weakest link in the CPE’s armor–its dependence on the Baltic as the lifeline between Gustav Adolf’s Sweden and the rest of his realm. The greatest naval war in European history is about to erupt. Like it or not, Gustavus Adolphus will have to rely on Mike Stearns and the technical wizardry of his obstreperous Americans to save the King of Sweden from ruin. Caught in the conflagration are two American diplomatic missions abroad: Rebecca Stearns’ mission to France and Holland, and the embassy which Mike Stearns sent to King Charles of England headed by his sister Rita and Melissa Mailey. Rebecca finds herself trapped in war-torn Amsterdam; Rita and Melissa, imprisoned in the Tower of London. And much as Mike wants to transport 20th-century values into war-torn 17th-century Europe by Sweet Reason, still he finds comfort in the fact that Julie, who once trained to be an Olympic marksman, still has her rifle …

1633 (The 1632 Universe) $7.99 David Weber, Eric Flint, James Baen (Editor),Mass Market Paperback,Series: 1632 Series, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books

1633 By Eric Flint and David Weber $7.99 Enjoy the book 1633 By Eric Flint and David Weber and other bestselling books from Simon & Schuster.

1634: The Baltic War (The 1632 Universe) $1.99 Eric Flint, David Weber,Mass Market Paperback – Reprint,Series: 1632 Series, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books

1634: The Baltic War By David Weber and Eric Flint $7.99 The Baltic War which began in the novel 1633 is still raging, and the time-lost Americans of Grantville¿the West Virginia town hurled back into the seventeenth century by a mysterious cosmic accident¿are caught in the middle of it. Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Emperor of the United States of Europe, prepares a counter-attack on the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and Denmark¿former enemies which have allied in the League of Ostend to destroy the threat to their power that the Americans represent¿which are besieging the German city of Luebeck. Elsewhere in war-torn Europe, several American plans are approaching fruition. Admiral Simpson of Grantville frantically races against time to finish the USE Navy¿s ironclad ships¿desperately needed to break the Ostender blockade of the Baltic ports. A commando unit sent by Mike Stearns to England prepares the rescue the Americans being held in the Tower of London. In Amsterdam, Rebecca Stearns continues three-way negotiations with the Prince of Orange and the Spanish Cardinal-Infante who has conquered most of the Netherlands. And, in Copenhagen, the captured young USE naval officer Eddie Cantrell tries to persuade the King of Denmark to break with the Ostender alliance, all while pursuing a romantic involvement with one of the Danish princesses.

55 Ways To Promote & Sell Your Book On The Internet $19.95 After spending nearly 20 years building a thriving, home-based publishing business in the music marketing niche, author Bob Baker is ready to show you the insider steps that led to his success.This new book reveals the most practical and cost-effective ways that Bob and other successful authors have promoted themselves and their books online. It demystifies Internet book marketing and makes it accessible to any author at any skill level.”As the co-author of ‘Guerrilla Marketing for Writers’ and the director of Author 101 University, I know smart book marketing ideas when I see them. Bob’s new book is filled with simple but highly effective strategies any author can use to get attention and sell more books online.”-Rick Frishman, founder of Planned Television Arts, www.RickFrishman.com”Bob Baker’s fantastic ’55 Ways’ book should be at the top of every author’s required reading list. It is an essential guide to the new world of online promotion and marketing – a must-have for any writer who wants to harness the Internet to build an audience and sell more books.” -David Mathison, author of “Be the Media,” www.BeTheMedia.com”If you want to increase your book sales, read Bob’s ’55 Ways’ book. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand resource will demystify online marketing. It’s just the kick in the pants you need to goose your book sales.” -Steve Weber, author of “Plug Your Book!” and “ePublish.”

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $29.99 David Weber, Read by Khristine Hvam,Compact Disc – Unabridged, 9 CDs, 11 hrs. 4 min.,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $14.99 David Weber, Read by Khristine Hvam,MP3 on CD,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $24.99 David Weber, Read by Khristine Hvam,MP3 on CD – Unabridged, 1 MP3-CD, 10 hrs. 58 min.,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $39.97 David Weber,MP3 on CD – Unabridged,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $18.99 David Weber,Hardcover – Signed Edition,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $9.5 David Weber,Hardcover,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $10 David Weber,Compact Disc – Unabridged,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $14.99 David Weber, Read by Khristine Hvam,Compact Disc,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Brilliance Audio

A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington Series #1) $9.99 David Weber,Paperback – Original,Series: Stephanie Harrington Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books

A Beautiful Friendship By David Weber $18.99 Stephanie Harrington always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl . . . until her parents relocated to the frontier planet of Sphinx in the far distant Star Kingdom of Manticore. It should have been the perfect new home — a virgin wilderness full of new species of every sort, just waiting to be discovered. But Sphinx is a far more dangerous place than ultra-civilized Meyerdahl, and Stephanie’s explorations come to a sudden halt when her parents lay down the law: no trips into the bush without adult supervision!<P> Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries, and the biggest one of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species.<P> The forest-dwelling treecats are small, cute, smart, and have a pronounced taste for celery. And they are also very, <I>very</i> deadly when they or their friends are threatened . . . as Stephanie discovers when she comes face-to-face with Sphinx’s most lethal predator after a hang-gliding accident. <P> But her discoveries are only beginning, for the treecats are also telepathic and able to bond with certain humans, and Stephanie’s find — and her first-of-its kind bond with the treecat Climbs Quickly — land both of them in a fresh torrent of danger. Galactic-sized wealth is at stake, and Stephanie and the treecats are squarely in the path of highly-placed enemies determined to make sure the planet Sphinx remains entirely in human hands, even if that means the extermination of another thinking species.<P> Unfortunately for those enemies, the treecats have saved Stephanie Harrington’s life. She owes them . . . and Stephanie is a young woman who stands by her friends.<P> Which means things are about to get very <I>interesting</i> on Sphinx.<P><B>About </B><I><B>A Beautiful Friendship: <P></B></I>“It’s rare to find teen science fiction that strays beyond popular dystopian fare. The environmental messages, huma

A Dog Named Obey Collected Poems: Collected Poems $2.07 In this collection of 22 distinctive and expressive poems, David Weber, artist and composer, shares reflections and powerful imagery on a long life and lasting love, still lively, tender and turbulent. He poses the big questions as “In a Blasphemous, Megalomaniacal Extrapolation,”when he asks, “Is time God’s spray aimed at the Devil/ Which he managed to avert, but drenched/ Humanity instead?” He also addresses from many angles the richness and complexities of marriage in the title poem, when he challenges, “Go on, give up the hound./The bark of my lust/ Stands on all fours./Don’t look away,/News underfoot is for mud and pups./I’m the man who sings through his pores.” A World War II veteran, Weber notes that, “It was only after retirement in 1987 as a teacher of fine art that the urge to crystallize aspects of giving in verbal language dawned and, I hope, blossomed.”

A Hymn Before Battle $48.96 With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans?for a price.Humanity now has three worlds to defend.As Earth”s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies. John Ringo”s first novel has bad guys from the wrong side of Hell, ”good guys” you wouldn”t buy a used car from, heroism, cowardice, military stupidity and genius, millennia-old plots, Leopard tank versus plasma cannon, and a kick-butt suit of powered armor. It”s a marvelous book, and the galactic neighborhood will never be the same once the monkey-boys and girls from Earth get done with it. –David Weber, author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series.

A Hymn Before Battle (Human-Posleen War Series #1) $0.99 With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans—for a price.Humanity now has three worlds to defend.As Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.”John Ringo’s first novel has bad guys from the wrong side of Hell, ‘good guys’ you wouldn’t buy a used car from, heroism, cowardice, military stupidity and genius, millennia-old plots, Leopard tank versus plasma cannon, and a kick-butt suit of powered armor. It’s a marvelous book, and the galactic neighborhood will never be the same once the monkey-boys and girls from Earth get done with it.” —David Weber, author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series.

A Hymn Before Battle (Human-Posleen War Series #1) $29.99 With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans—for a price.Humanity now has three worlds to defend.As Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.”John Ringo’s first novel has bad guys from the wrong side of Hell, ‘good guys’ you wouldn’t buy a used car from, heroism, cowardice, military stupidity and genius, millennia-old plots, Leopard tank versus plasma cannon, and a kick-butt suit of powered armor. It’s a marvelous book, and the galactic neighborhood will never be the same once the monkey-boys and girls from Earth get done with it.” —David Weber, author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series.

A Hymn Before Battle (Human-Posleen War Series #1) $24.99 With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans—for a price.Humanity now has three worlds to defend.As Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.”John Ringo’s first novel has bad guys from the wrong side of Hell, ‘good guys’ you wouldn’t buy a used car from, heroism, cowardice, military stupidity and genius, millennia-old plots, Leopard tank versus plasma cannon, and a kick-butt suit of powered armor. It’s a marvelous book, and the galactic neighborhood will never be the same once the monkey-boys and girls from Earth get done with it.” —David Weber, author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series.

A Hymn Before Battle (Human-Posleen War Series #1) $0.01 With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans—for a price.Humanity now has three worlds to defend.As Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies.”John Ringo’s first novel has bad guys from the wrong side of Hell, ‘good guys’ you wouldn’t buy a used car from, heroism, cowardice, military stupidity and genius, millennia-old plots, Leopard tank versus plasma cannon, and a kick-butt suit of powered armor. It’s a marvelous book, and the galactic neighborhood will never be the same once the monkey-boys and girls from Earth get done with it.” —David Weber, author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series.

A Mighty Fortress (Safehold Series #4) $27.99 The sequel to the New York Times bestsellers Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies Distressed.

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A Rising Thunder $15.35 David Weber,Hardcover – Baen,Series: Honor Harrington Series 17, English-language edition,Pub by Baen Books on 03-06-2012

A Rising Thunder By David Weber $26 Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington and the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new, technologically powerful, and utterly nefarious enemy. And as if that weren’t task enough, Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling, but still mighty, Solarian League. <P>The war between the People’s Republic of Haven and the Star Kingdom is finally won and peace established, but grave danger looms–for there is a plan well on its way to completion designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plan lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. <P>Task number one for Honor is to defend against another devastating Mesan strike–a strike that may well spell the doom of the Star Kingdom in one fell blow. It is time to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom’s wealth and power–but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the Earth-based Solarian League inevitably will take as a declaration of war. <P>The thunder of battle rolls as the Solarian League directs its massive power against the Star Kingdom. And once again, Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she <I>must</i> win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom–the insidious puppetmasters of war who lurk behind the Mesan Alignment!<P><b>About <I>Mission of Honor</i>, #15 in the Honor Harrington series:</b><P>“Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in the long-awaited 15th Honor Harrington novel…Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action.”–<I>Publishers Weekly</i> <P>“This latest Honor Harrington novel brings the saga to another crucial turning point&helli

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