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A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of the U.S. Naval Academy. He and a classmate flipped a coin to see who would stand watch on the bridge of their heavy cruiser, the Vincennes, off Savo Island as the Marines were landing on Guadalcanal. Ruiz was on the bridge when the ship took a direct hit and sank. He ended up in the pacific without a life jacket, but his classmate and the entire radio room crew perished in the attack.
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An Old Sailor Speaks.......2007-07-27
Luck of the Draw by Capt. Kenneth Ruiz
An Old Sailor Speaks
I am a retired naval officer who served in destroyers and carriers throughout my career, during which I was under direct fire in three wars. My ship was shot up by the Japanese, my plane shot down by the Chinese and my flagship shot at by the North Vietnamese. I have a lot of vivid memories from those days of waiting and warring. I also like good war stories and I have read a lot of them. I have enjoyed only a limited few because most are usually pretty unrealistic. Those readers who have under fire in combat can usually tell whether an author has ever been in a firefight. Ken Ruiz has not only been under fire, he has generally been where the action is.
Ensign Ken Ruiz had graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in June 1942. After two weeks of leave, he reported to his first duty station, the USS Vincennes. This was a modern, well maintained, 8 inch gunned heavy cruiser with an experienced crew. In the summer of 1942 the Americans and their allies were losing the war everywhere. In the opening pages of Luck of the Draw, Ruiz describes the battle of Savo Island and the shocking defeat of the U.S. Navy's cruiser and destroyer task force protecting the amphibious landings on Guadalcanal. In this night action, a Japanese force of cruisers and destroyers sank four of our cruisers without a loss of any of their own. Ruiz recounts in the most graphic detail the total destruction of the Vincennes. His account is the best of the many I have read of that battle. The description of the methodical and agonizing dismembering of the Vincennes' at the hands of the Japanese, is a classic.
Rescued from the treacherous waters of "Iron Bottom Bay" after his ship went down, Ruiz was sent immediately to augment the crew of a diesel submarine without the normal procedure of survivor's leave and the prescribed six months of training in the Submarine School in New London, Connecticut. He had volunteered to go directly to a deploying fleet submarine in response to an emotional personal appeal by Admiral Nimitz: "We need officers like you in our submarine fleet and we need them now. Our submarines are desperately short handed". Ruiz stayed in subs for the rest of the war, and The Luck of the Draw tells his story.
Ruiz has the ability to write in a way that makes you feel that you are there. I have never served in submarines in combat but I have many contemporaries who did, and several of my friends have written books about their wartime submarine experience. They cannot match Ruiz in the reality of the accounts of his submarine war patrols in Luck of the Draw. He makes them come alive. I could swear I smelled the diesel oil and felt the damp heat of the engine room. There are no cardboard heroes such as we encounter in so many war stories. Ruiz' people are normal and alive, just as prone to error as they are capable of a satisfactory job. They are like the people you and I know.
From Ruiz we learn a lot about submarines - including their vulnerability to age, wear and the shock of battle. He shows us the same effects on his shipmates, reacting under the unrelenting tension of the silent service. This is a wonderful book. I read it through the first time without stopping. Now I keep a copy on my bedside table to pick up and read a chapter at random whenever I need that boost to my morale and the vicarious satisfaction that comes with refreshing my admiration of the courage and sacrifice of those otherwise average guys in dirty dungarees and un-pressed khakis mottled with the dark stains of their sweat, who fight this country's wars at sea.
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Very good Sub book.......2007-06-18
Pretty much every book written autobiographically by an ex-silent servicer has been excellent, and this book is no exception. The only nit-pick I have, and it's pretty darn small, is the last couple of patrols seem like an afterthought, taking up only a few pages. Admittedly, there wasn't much going on by this point of the war by this particular type of sub, but still, I wanted to know about even the boring parts of life on board. Other than that little nit, great book.
If you are looking for something to tell you the first-hand experience of a WWII submariner, this is one of those you should read.
To the veterans of that era from a veteran of a more recent era, Thank You for your service.
Extremely well written, a superb account of sub warfare.......2006-12-06
As a fresh graduate of the US Naval Academy, Ruiz was assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Vincennes as it was entering the Savo Sound off of Guadalcanal. He and an Academy classmate draw cards to see who would get the plumb assignment to the bridge, where they could observe the captain fight the ship, and who would end up on the signal bridge. Ruiz winds the card draw, and takes the bridge assignment. Two days later, the flag bridge is destroyed and all are killed during the attack. The Vincennes is attacked during the battle and sunk in Ironbottom Sound by torpedoes from a destroyer. After a harrowing time in the water with other survivors, Ruiz is rescued. The survivors eventually meet with Admiral Nimitz, who specifically requests volunteers for the submarine service. Ruiz volunteers, and is assigned to USS Pollack, one of the P class of submarines, and one of the last submarines built with rivets rather than a welded hull. Pollack has balky diesel engines, noisy bilge and trim pumps, and a hull that has a test depth of 250 feet, much less than the new fleet submarines. He joins the crew during an overhaul, when among other features Pollack is equipped with the new SJ surface search radar (with the old "A" scope display). During his first cruise on the boat at the end of 1942, Ruiz sees first hand how difficult it is to fight with this submarine, as time and again, equipment and systems fail. Even when the submarine does manage to work in for an attack, the torpedoes let the crew down with their poor performance, and Pollack must dodge depth charges. Time and again, as Ruiz describes it, Pollack takes the crew to the brink of disaster, only to snatch them from the jaws of defeat. One serious flooding incident that occurred during a depth charging turns out to be due not to the depth charges, but to a bolt jammed into the conning tower hatch to the bridge, blocking the hatch gasket from sealing.
We follow Ruiz on eight war patrols on the Pollack. Many of these are frustrating and frightening in the close calls the sub survives. Along the way, the colorful George Grider (from Morton's Wahoo, and later to captain the highly successful Flasher) joins the crew as the XO. Grider's leadership style and abilities have a positive influence on all the officers. As Ruiz puts it, "Before long, I realized that Grider had become the ship's heart and soul". Ruiz also moves up the officer chain and we follow him, in the process learning about the functions of the submarine. With a change of command to Cdr. Bafford Lewellen, the luck of Pollack begins to change. They carry out a successful attacks on the Bangkok Maru , which is carrying Japanese troops to Tarawa. Ruiz' sixth patrol on Pollack is the most successful, with over 21,000 tons of shipping sunk. In between the two attacks, Pollack has more misadventures, including an uncontrolled excursion to 500 feet, more than twice the test depth.
This book is another outstanding look at the experience of serving in the submarine force during WWII. In this case, it is not aboard a modern fleet boat, but in an older, worn, and balky submarine that was almost as dangerous to the crew as the enemy. The resourcefulness and resilience of men not far out of their teenage years is the true story of Pollack. The writing is superb; one passage stuck with me after I had finished the book: "My fondest memories of submarine duty are those tropic nights on the bridge, reveling in the warm salt air, and a slow easy swell under the Southern Cross. The sky seemed much closer here than on shore, and the Southern Cross has always been my favorite constellation. It was a lonely but powerful feeling being out there hunting thousands of miles from the nearest friendly base".
Almost a five star story of a WWII boat........2006-09-10
Kenneth Ruiz told an excellent story . . . and I connected with most of his experiences . . . even being a pilot after serving in the "Silent Service". His boat was two generations older than ours, so I couldn't picture everything that he related, but most was an excellent and easy read . . . recommended as one of the best of submarine records. The "Pollack" had four tubes forward, and two aft . . . rather than six forward and four aft. Their test depth was 250 feet, as against over 400 feet for the later boats. This makes their excellent record all the more remarkable. My complaints are that maybe in the decades since he (Ruiz) served, he may have forgotten that "Dive, Dive" is given only twice (not three times), and the publisher failed to catch the annoying failures of "periods", and double words . . . simple mistakes. But, barring those, the book is worth owning and recommended to all of us who have served aboard a diesel boat, even down to the "Fairbanks-Morse" rock-crushers that brought us home.
I knew him when.......2006-01-21
I bought this book simply because I had served with Capt. Ruiz later in his career (Fighter Squadron 102).As a lowly Petty Office r 3rd. class I had little ontact with him, a Lt.Cmdr., and the "Navy's caste system" prevented me from getting to know him. However I remember him as an unassuming, no nonsense, by-the-book officer and Pilot who commanded our respect.
AS an old "Airdale" with only "movie" knowledge of subs, I was pleasently surprised to find this a "can't put down" tale of a true American Hero. Buying and reading this book was my LUCK of the DRAW.
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The matching folio to Bonnie Raitt's best-selling album, featuring the hit single 'Something to Talk About.' Songs include: All At Once, Come To Me, Good Man Good Woman, Can't Make You Love Me, Luck Of The Draw, No Business, Not The Only One, One Part Be My Lover, Papa Come Quick, Slow Ride, Something To Talk About, Tangled And Dark.
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Beau and Abby-SPOILERS.......2006-05-27
Favorite scene with Abby-
Learning about her parents' deaths. What a short, powerful scene. How like a strange dream. She didn't feel a thing, and yet, she did.
Favorite scene with Beau-
The final showdown with Baser.
Together-
Telling each other their truths before coming together in love.
What did you like about Abby-
Not wanting to be like society. Her strength and courage, especially when she fled New York and her parents. Wanting to help others, like the doves and Sabina. Thinking of Gussie as her mother. Her love for Beau despite his secret.
What didn't you like about Abby-
There wasn't anything I didn't like about Abby.
What did you like about Beau-
His love for his parents. The good he did for the town, and the respect he had for it and it's members. His love for Abby. Although I wish he had killed Baser, I'm glad he didn't. He showed such great restraint.
What didn't you like about Beau-
There wasn't anything I didn't like about Beau.
If I had to cast Beau, I'd cast Julian McMahon.
If I had to cast Abby, I'd cast Reese Witherspoon.
You can read my Beau and Abby blog at http://romancereadingclub.blogspot.com/
solid western romance .......2006-03-01
Pinkerton and an assailant want to find Abigail Breckenridge with both interested in her; one because of what she did which led to a price on her head and the other for what he assumes she saw. Knowing she is in trouble, Abigail changes her surname to Butler heading west as a widowed schoolteacher. On the stage she meets Beau McMasters who recently won at a card game a saloon and a ranch in Heaven's Gate.
Beau and Abigail are attracted to one another and the locals encourage their relationship. As they fall in love, Abigail's past shows up and to her horror Beau is shot. Refusing to leave his side though that leaves her in peril, Abigail knows she owes Beau two truths: who she truly is and that she loves him.
This is a solid western romance that the audience will fully enjoy due to the antics of the lead couple though it is the outsiders who bring the late suspense to the fine nineteenth century story line. LUCK OF THE DRAW is a fast-paced read though the climax seems off kilter as the chasers converge on Butler, which would seem more like a needle in a haystack. Still sub-genre fans will enjoy this fine tale as Beau tries to prove that he loves Abigail risking his life as his stake.
Harriet Klausner
Luck of the Draw.......2006-02-25
Abigail Butler hopes to find a new life in Montana, although to do so she must live a half lie. When she encounters Beau McMasters, the young woman begins to wish she could live the truth, but fear holds her back. Loving Abby may be the biggest gamble this man has ever taken, but it will also have the biggest payoff.
*** Although the conflict in this book seems to be a bit forced and contrived, Abby and Beau's sweet story is one that has a certain charm. ***
Amanda Killgore
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Money. Gobs of it. In the blink of an eye - or the drop of a ball— it's all yours.
Everyone dreams about striking it rich by winning a lottery. We all feverishly line up to purchase our tickets, and watch TV or scan the newspapers to see if we have won, even though the odds are better that we will be struck by lightning. Still, we perservere, because no matter what else happens this week, you can be sure that someone, somewhere, will win the big one.
Lotteries are an unparalleled popular phenomenon. But what happens after the winners are revealed, and the checks have been issued? How does winning a lottery change one's life?
Luck of the Draw profiles past winners of big lotteries, and how their windfall impacted their lives, mostly for the better, but interestingly sometimes for the worse, such was the case of a Florida widow who won $5 million in 1984; three years later, she lost her mansion and fancy cars, and owed the IRS $500,000 for back taxes. Eventually she was arrested for trying to hire a contract killer to take out her daughter-in-law, whom she blamed for her lottery misfortune. The book also depicts the past, present and future of lotteries in North America and the world over, and includes a special chapter on the revived phenomenon of big-time TV game show winners. Who wants to be a millionaire? Seemingly, everyone.
In a country where eighty percent of adults have played a lottery, creating a multi-billion dollar industry, Luck of the Draw is an insightful inside look at lotteries, its winners, and its losers.
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A meek effort.......2001-07-03
For those of us who long to win the lottery and to prove wrong those who say money can't bring happiness, The Luck of the Draw will disappoint.
I waited a long time for this book to arrive at my local bookstore, almost as long as I've been waiting to hit a lottery jackpot. (That still hasn't happened.) I was disappointed when I finally sat down to read it. The authors jump from story to story within paragraphs, many starting with "So-and-so of Middle of Nowhere, Kansas, found out that what glitters isn't always gold." Rarely do they go in-depth into what it is really like to win a lottery. They interviewed many winners, it seems, but haven't been told much beyond the moment the winners discover they've won the jackpot and pick up their tickets. Most of the people who win lotteries do the same thing with their earnings: buy a new car, a new house, settle debts, go on a trip. Then they disappear from sight. Who cares! Buy lottery tickets instead of this book -- you'll be happier even if none of the tickets is a winner.
Winners can be losers too........2001-04-21
I've always been interested in what it would be like to be a millionaire. Well now I know. Lottery winners aren't always REAL winners, some are wieners. But it is the writing of Gudgeon and Stewart that really made this book an enjoyable read for anyone. Few writers (think Dave Barry) possess the combination of razor wit and warm humour like Gudgeon and Stewart. This book is like a lottery ticket - you can't win if you don't have it.
Lottery Book Delivers the Goods.......2001-04-21
A fast, funny read that told me everything I wanted to know about lotteries, their winners and losers - and then some. Part history, part comedy, this book was always entertaining and engaging. A great gift for anyone who plays the lottery or who just enjoys a good, easy read.
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Luck of the Draw is a Great Read!!.......2002-05-15
Two men, one game. The stakes have never been higher. Two men walked away from a poker game that would change both their lives. One of them will discover that true love is far more than Luck of the Draw.
This is a good, fun read that I'd suggest for anyone. The romance sizzles, the plot intrigues, and the characters develop into real people. I highly recommend that you read this book as well as any others by the up-and-coming author Pat Pritchard.
Wonderful Historical Western Romance.......2002-03-17
Gambler Cal Preston is used to playing games with his money and his security, but never with his heart. But when he wins half a share of a ranch in a card game, he quickly finds himself drawn to the widow who owns the other half, Lily McCord. But as the two fight each other for control, they also have to fight men trying to take the ranch away, and the feelings that grow between them with each stolen glance and touch.
Pat Pritchard writes a real winner in Luck of the Draw. Not only does the sexual tension between Lily and Cal sizzle, but she paces out the development of their relationship in an easy, natural way. This book had plenty of moments that made me smile and moments where I couldn't have put the book down in the house were burning around me. A great read, especially if you like historical Westerns.
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Gambling runs through the blood of the Navarro family. And like the luck needed to score big, the Navarro clan will certainly need a lot of it, if they're going to hold themselves together through a hilariously highstakes game of family history and secrets.
Having heard her entire life of the lost glory of La Estrella -- "The Star," the name of the casino the Navarro family owned in Havana before Castro took power -- Esmeralda thinks it a joke when her mother informs her and her siblings Sapphire, Ruby, and Quartz that the family has a duty to bring La Estrella back into existence.
With a mandate given to her through a dream, the Navarro matriarch announces that in order for La Estrella to thrive once more, the family must be reunited in Miami. Only there's a hitch: the youngest daughter, Diamond, a journalist living in Las Vegas, is missing. The family must find a way to rescue her, not only in time to restore the family's lost business to its shimmering glory, but also to save Diamond's life.
Esmeralda, the eldest and most sensible of the Navarro clan, is dispatched to Las Vegas, and to an underworld that this Miami mother of three thought she would never be suited for. Surprisingly, Esmeralda is not only suited for it, she thrives in it.
From seedy bar to casino to back alley, Esmeralda sleuths her way through Las Vegas with sexy style -- and into a mystery that is much larger than she, her family, and her family's history had ever bargained for.
With a lightning-paced narrative and the author's trademark sense of glamour and tongue-in-cheek humor, Luck of the Draw will keep you laughing, and in suspense, until the very last page.
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Another Meaty, Humorous Novel About Cuban Americans.......2004-04-03
Another meaty, humorous novel about Cuban Amercians. I never knew that Cuba had a big gambling industry prior to 1959, nor that Batista had invited in the American Mafia to run the Cuban gambling casinos. When Castro took over, shutting down the casinos, all those who made their living working in the casinos fled Cuba, and mostly settled in Las Vegas. I had no idea that Cubans were one of the major ethnic groups in Las Vegas.
This is another great novel. The newest character , from Miami, starts out being rather unsympathetic and unlikeable, seeming odd in her living habits, and giving her kids each two double expressos before school each morning just to wake them up ! But she soon becomes involved in tracking down the disappearance of her sister (who lives in Las Vegas). During the time in Las Vegas, we come to like the main character.
I view ALL of Aguilera's books as "women's fantasies." All of her books are about woman characters, told in first person, solving various mysteries. Yet, each book is about different characters and situations. Furthermore, while each book is a lighthearted mystery, really funny and clever, serious elements are brought in for the reader to consider. Usually, the main character is having some marriage problems (as most people experience in their 30's). Each character in each book deals with those problems in a unique way, while solving the main mystery in the story. I highly recommend ALL of Aguilera's books, and I can hardly wait until she gets her next book written!
Garcia-Aguilera comes up with another ace!.......2003-08-02
I really liked this book, and recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed Garcia-Aguilera's writing in the past. I miss Lupe, but the characters introduced in Luck of the Draw are just as funny and interesting. I had no idea that there were so many Cubans in Las Vegas. Ms. Garcia Aguilera, if there are any in Topeka let me know where they hang out!
A fine follow-up to Lupe Solano.......2003-07-30
As a fan of Garcia-Aguilera's Lupe Solano series, I was at first disappointed to meet a new heroine. However, if anything, this book was higher in quality than the later Solano novels, combining fast, upbeat tempo with a three-dimensional heroine.
I was drawn to the larger-than-life Navarro family, defined by their gambling style (everyone aced the SAT's in math because they've been calculating odds since they could talk).
After seeing an apparition, the Navarro family matriarch convenes four of the five grown children, each decorated with the name of a jewel, to search for the missing youngest child, Diamond. Esmerelda quickly rises to the challenge, flying to Las Vegas to search for her much-loved beautiful younger sister.
When her limo driver identifies himself as a retired NYPD detective, Esmerelda realizes she's gotten lucky. She follows clues and her own instinct as she learns about how Diamond lived just before she disappeared. A sudden interest in her Cuban roots? A tendency to religion? A possible involvement with criminal activity?
Thanks to wealthy parents, Esmerelda plays detective from the vantage point of a luxury hotel. In the end she draws on what she and her family know best: the gaming tables.
As she detects, Esmerelda also discovers herself as she learns to depend on herself in a new environment. She enjoys a brief escape from a troubled marriage and three loveable but demanding school-age sons. And she's too smart to accept, without question, a series of coincidences, beginning with the incident that set her on this quest in the first place.
True, Garcia-Aguilera does leave a few threads hanging. As another reviewer noted, she gets confused about dates and ages of her characters. Another plot element (I won't give it away!) remains a mystery, since every luxury highrise in Miami comes with alarm systems that could guard Fort Knox.
Most of all, any woman who can dodge the Las Vegas mob is perfectly capable of figuring out what to do with a dog while she's away. We're treated to a graphic description (mercifully brief) of the poor animal's digestive upsets and the husband's understandable frustration. Can't the well-heeled Navarros pay for his stay in an upscale kennel? Some services would even drop off the dog and pick him up.
Ms. Garcia-Aguilera should consult equally delightful mystery writers Carol Lea Benjamin and Susan Conant.
And Harper-Collins -- a very fine house -- slipped up on the dust jacket, identifying Esmerelda as the oldest and most sensible of the siblings. Between the covers, she's the middle child who combines commonsense with availability: sister Ruby, a lawyer, was getting ready to start a trial.
Minor quibbles! Luck of the Draw is the perfect book for a hot summer day, especially if you've ever spent time in South Florida.
Thoughts of a Gringa........2003-07-15
I am a gringa living in Miami, and I confess that I consistently look to Carolina Garcia-Aguilera for insight into the people that make up this vibrant and colorful city!
Garcia again delivers with "Luck of the Draw" and the story of Esmeralda. Hilarious!
incredibly incredible.......2003-07-10
I happen to be a huge fan of Ms. Garcia Aguilera's books. I fell in love with the Lupe series, and she has out done herself again!
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The Death Game: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw
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In 1998, Mike Gray changed the political landscape with his book Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Can Get Out. His book is credited with turning the staunch Republican Governor of New Mexico against the drug war. Now, with The Death Game, he is destined to transform the terrain of criminal justice.
Written with the power of a gritty novel, this documentary on the death penalty shows why justice and capital punishment don't mix. Zeroing in on issues of police brutality, pressures on prosecutors and judges seeking career advancement, and the frailty of eyewitness accounts, Gray puts you in the murder scene on page 1 and won't let you go until the final riveting paragraph.
Here's a taste-from page 1:
Bernadine Skillern screams through the windshield at the man with the gun-"Don't! Don't! Don't!"
Right in front of her under the glare of lights in the Safeway parking lot a white man with a bag of groceries is getting mugged. A black teenager has a gun to his head. In a flash of amazing courage Bernadine leans on her horn and screams at the kid. He glances at her for a heart-stopping second. Then he turns back to his victim. "POP!"
The white guy drops his groceries and collapses on the hood of a parked car as the shooter dashes for the street. At this point, everybody within range hits the deck. But not Bernadine Skillern. She drops into gear and peels out after him, almost cutting him off at the exit. Framed in her headlights, he looks directly at her again-probably wondering if he's run into the Lone Ranger.
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Luck Of The Draw (Mail Order Men) (Harlequin Temptation, No 608)
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