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“Kauffman has done something remarkable with The Gunners . . . She’s made spending time with [her characters] not just tolerable but delightful. And she’s achieved this not by manufacturing likability, but by so convincingly rendering the affection between them that you accept each character’s foibles as readily as they do one another’s . . . There’s so much generosity and spirit and humor shared by whatever characters are on the page at any given time that I was always happy to accompany them.” —The New York Times Book Review

Following her wonderfully received first novel, Another Place You’ve Never Been, called “mesmerizing,” “powerful,” and “gorgeous,” by critics all over the country, Rebecca Kauffman returns with Mikey Callahan, a thirty-year-old who is suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration. He struggles to establish human connections–even his emotional life is a blur.

As the novel begins, he is reconnecting with “The Gunners,” his group of childhood friends, after one of their members has committed suicide. Sally had distanced herself from all of them before ending her life, and she died harboring secrets about the group and its individuals. Mikey especially needs to confront dark secrets about his own past and his father. How much of this darkness accounts for the emotional stupor Mikey is suffering from as he reaches his maturity? And can The Gunners, prompted by Sally’s death, find their way to a new day? The core of this adventure, made by Mikey, Alice, Lynn, Jimmy, and Sam, becomes a search for the core of truth, friendship, and forgiveness.

A quietly startling, beautiful book, The Gunners engages us with vividly unforgettable characters, and advances Rebecca Kauffman’s place as one of the most important young writers of her generation.

“A moving novel . . . Each character comes to terms with their dark past, and uncertain futures–like an intimate hangout session, dashed with suspense and few extra layers of emotional beauty. You’ll find yourself thinking of Freaks and Geeks, The Big Chill, and maybe all those friends you’ve been meaning to text.” —Entertainment Weekly, The Must List

Army Men Strike

Time can change many things, but not everything. Take a time travel to your dearest childhood, continue your unfinished adventure and join this toy game!
Lead your green army soldiers, remote-control planes, rubber ducks, transformers and many other toys to defend your bedroom, hallway, living room and backyard against the invasion of the Evil Legion! To experience a great war game!

Features
Lilliputian Toy War:
• Build Headquarters in your bedroom, use the moneybox as your treasury, transport resources with your little train, and collect metal with magnets. Every houseware has its unique function in this toy world!
• Fight the enemies in the kitchen, the living room and even the bathroom! The adventurous and playful battlefields will make war interesting and fun!

Grow Your Army:
• Design and assemble ultimate strategic bomber to strike out your enemies! • Recruit the elite toys as heroes to lead your army, let the toy war commence!
• Upgrade and promote your green army soldiers, flamethrowers, snipers, tanks, artillery units and many more troops of various types to teach your enemy a lesson!

Expand and Exterminate:
• Compete with real players for more territory, greater power and higher prestige.
• Build fortifications to keep invaders at bay.

Strategize to Win:

• It takes patience and strategic moves. Build and deploy your troops with heroes wisely. With a good strategy, you can defeat enemy troops much bigger than yours in size!
• Outwit your enemy with intelligence and timing rather than brutal force.

Play with Global Players:
• Get to know friends with the same interest and ambition as yours in the alliance.
• Compete or cooperate with other alliances. Diplomacy or War, it’s up to you! • Chat with players from all over the world without barrier anytime and anywhere.

-We Are Waiting For You!
– Childhood is unforgettable, and the toy soldier game is irreplaceable. Join us in the toy world and it will be a better place with your participation!

John Denver’s Greatest Hitsby John Denver

Original Release Date: November 1, 1973
Label: RCA/Legacy
Total Length: 48:32
Genres: Country