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I Just Read: Auditions by the journalistic icon, Barbara Walters. The Washington Post said "As Walters explains it, relentlessness is what comes from a nomadic youth spent following her father's roller-coaster show business career from Boston to New York and Miami. Lou Walters's night club, the Latin Quarter, made him a Broadway legend, but he died in a Florida nursing home, leaving his wife and developmentally disabled adult daughter to be supported by Barbara, who was a single mom. Seeing her own career through the lens of show business, living "just one bad review from closing," Walters admits she always feared her hard-fought success would be taken away. Hence, for all her stellar achievements, we understand her compulsion to prove herself in a never-ending audition." I love this woman's tenacity. When she speaks of her camping trip with Fidel Castro I was right there with her. I loved this book. "Born Standing Up by Steve Martin I love love love Steve Martin. When I saw "The Jerk" and "Roxanne" I felt that Steve was warm and charming, intelligent and a little shy, after reading his book I am sure of all those things. Steve, you could say is a bi-product of Disney. This book covers his career as a stand-up comic. I highly reccomend this book. "Duma Key" By Stephen King. I've been reading Stephen King since I was a little kid. I started with "The Stand" next came "The Gunslinger Series" which he finally wrapped up. Duma Key is set along the Florida Gulf Coast. Ed Fremantle has been in an accident that causes brain damage and the loss of his right arm. Also the loss of his wife. To try and create a new life Ed moves to Duma Key and becomes an overnight success as an artist, who's inspiration is...a gift/curse of the island itself. I love the supernatural aspect of this book. Sure it takes awhile to get to the really juicy stuff, but once you get there, I dare you to put the book down. "Treasure Of Khan" This is a Dirk Pitt novel. Dirk (as always) is dashing and daring and a man of international intrigue!!! Grrrr!! I would Sooooo do him! (Not that he would do me, I'm just sayin') Anyway...This time Dirk is scouring the bad-lands of Inner Mongolia as earthquakes are striking the globe's major oil deposits. As always Dirk and his trusted friend Giordino save the world. Clive Cussler never disappoints me with his ability at writing adventure. BOOKS I RECOMMEND: .. "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" was a really great book about the Apocolypse. All of the characters are in place as the 4 horsemen prepare for the great battle, however the antichrist is missing and when he is discovered; we learn that he was switched at birth, and his upbringing has been deviated from the master plan. Tongue in cheek funny. "CHARLOTTE'S STORY" by Charlotte Arpin/Niedhuak First Printed in 1973, this book can be picked up at any Walgreens in the keys. Charlotte and her husband are offered a home on Elliot Key, during 1934-35, the way they earn a living, deal with rum runners, and live off of the treasures that the ocean provides is charming, funny, and informative. This should be required reading for anyone living in the FL keys. Another "KEYS MUST READ" is - "Storm Of The Century" The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. By, Willie Drye (ironically). This book was published by "National Geographic", and made into a feature presentation on the "History Channel". 200 mile-an-hour winds and a 20ft high storm surge of raging water hit Lower Matecumbe Key, a base camp of tar colth tents was there housing over 400 WWI Veterans. The tale delves into the lives of Fl.Keys residents. The book frighteningly recounts the days leading up to, the horrifying day of the storm and the aftermath. It's not Always Paradise. ..