Resources

 

I have used the following sites in my writing and teaching. I hope you will find them useful.

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 Civil War

• The American Civil War – University of Tennessee
• Civil War – Wikipedia
• The Civil War – PBS

• American Civil War

• The Civil War

• HistoryAnimated.com

• Civil War Interactive

• The History Place

• Civil-War.net

• The Civil War Courier

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Espionage

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

• Standing Next to History: An Agent’s Life Inside the Secret Service , Joseph Petro

• Inside the CIA: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Spy Agency , Ronald Kessler

• The Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad)

• DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

• Jane’s Information Group – IHS Global Limited

• Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad , Gordon Thomas

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Languages

• Arabic – Arabic Phrases – Linguanant

• Farsi – Farsi Phrases – Linguanant

• Hebrew – 500 Basic Hebrew Words and Hebrew Phrases

• Yiddish – Yiddish Practical Dictionary – Google Books The Yiddish Handbook – Dail

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Spy Movies – some of my favorites

• The Bourne Trilogy (The Bourne Identity | The Bourne Supremacy | The Bourne Ultimatum) – Robert Ludlum and Matt Damon are a great combination

• James Bond (11-Movie Collection) [Blu-ray] – My personal favorite is Goldfinger

• Green Zone – Matt Damon searches for WMD in Iraq

• The Kingdom (Widescreen Edition) – Jamie Foxx investigates terrorist attack on US compound in Saudi Arabia

• Black Hawk Down – Not really a spy movie, but I like it

• Syriana (Widescreen Edition) – George Clooney in CIA intrigue in Middle East as American oil company influences political decisions

• Reilly – Ace of Spies – The real life spy who inspired 007 staring Sam Neill

• Spy Game (Widescreen Edition) – Redford as CIA Langley type and Pitt as a field agent

• Traitor – Don Cheadle goes deep undercover to prevent a series of terrorist attacks on US

• Body of Lies (Widescreen Edition) – Crowe as a CIA Langley type and DeCaprio as a field agent

• The Spy Who Came in From the Cold – Richard Burton

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (3pc) [VHS] – Alec Guineness

• Fair Game – Government betrays spy – Naomi Watts and Sean Penn

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Oil and Gas Industry

• Energy Information Administration

• Oil and Gas Journal Online

• Platt’s Oilgram

• Society of Petroleum Engineers

• BP Statistical Review of World Energy

• International Energy Agency

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• Independent Petroleum Association of America

• American Petroleum Institute

• Rigzone

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Writing

• Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need – An excellent text

• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel, 2nd Edition – I didn’t use this but it might be a place to begin

• Digital Text Platform – Publish to the Amazon Kindle Store

• CreateSpace – Self-publish and distribute your book on Amazon.com

• Microsoft OneNote – Who needs 3×5 cards when you have this excellent tool to collect references and ideas

• Grammar checker – Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. Check your writing for grammar, punctuation, style and much more.

• Daily Writing Tips – Answers to many common writing problems.

• Amazon – Source for books on writing and place to sell your efforts

• The Chicago Manual of Style Online

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Book Clubs

• How to Lead a Book Club Discussion Just for Reading Groups

• Starting A Reading Group

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