&ldquo;An important book for every parent of a teenager.&#160; This fearless and searching diary brings the reality home that alcohol does not care who it conquers.&#160; From Binge to Blackout offers honesty, hope and hands-on guidance for parents and teens to make empowering choices.&rdquo;&mdash;Marci Shimoff, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Woman&rsquo;s Soul&ldquo;I recommend this book to parents, students, and anyone interested in the current alcohol culture in which many of today's young people have become so entrenched. The dangerous attitudes and behaviors towards alcohol that many are exhibiting are a threat to the future of our children. I admire the courage it took Toren to recognize and overcome the devastation that alcohol was having on his life before it was too late. We challenge each of you to be aware of alcohol abuse and to educate yourselves and your children about the potential deadly consequences. It cost our family the ultimate, as our daughter, Samantha, died in September, 2004 of acute alcohol poisoning. Our goal is to prevent another family from having to endure the pain of losing a child in such a senseless and preventable manner.&rdquo;&mdash;Patty Spady, mother of 19-year-old Samantha Spady, a student who died of alcohol poisoning at Colorado State University

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Praise for Hart Hanson and The Driver&ldquo;Hanson's&#160;storytelling voice is off the charts: blunt, morbid, morally indignant and furiously funny.&rdquo;&mdash;The New York Times Book Review&ldquo;It is so hard to be unique in crime fiction and Hart Hanson has done it big time with&#160;The Driver. It&rsquo;s got all the ingredients: high risks, strong momentum, unseen turns and a set of gripping characters. You can&rsquo;t ask for more!&rdquo;&mdash;Michael Connelly&ldquo;An outstanding debut thriller. Readers of Scott Turow and Harlan Coben will appreciate the intricate plot and rich character development.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal (starred review)&#160;&ldquo;The Driver&#160;is an action-packed, humor-infused novel that doesn&rsquo;t disappoint. Hart Hanson&rsquo;s debut is chock full of eccentric characters, from soldiers with a cause to crooked cops to diva wannabes. This is a book that is sure to fly from the shelves to the bedside tables.&rdquo;&mdash;The San Francisco Book Review&ldquo;The first chapter delivers an entertainment smack upside the head that will keep readers rapt to the story's end....Wryly funny and whip-smart, Hanson's narrative seamlessly weaves in serious themes, pop culture and a bit of a love letter to Los Angeles.&rdquo;&mdash;Shelf Awareness&#160;&ldquo;[A] remarkable debut&hellip; The dialogue is crisp and street-tough, and the action redefines relentless. Expect lots of buzz for what is sure to be one of the season&rsquo;s hottest first novels.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist (starred review) &ldquo;Hanson, creator of the long-running TV series Bones, takes to crime fiction in high style. Like Carl Hiaasen, he shows great pleasure in combining nasty violence with an arch comic sensibility...[a] fresh-voiced first novel.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews&ldquo;Hanson, creator of the TV series&#160;Bones, melds well-placed bits of humor with a serious look at the emotional trials of returning veterans. The energetic plot demands a sequel.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Riveting, smart, and funny, The Driver is a masterfully crafted debut. Michael Skellig is the hero we&rsquo;ve been waiting for&mdash;a wry war veteran who doesn&rsquo;t take anything (or anyone) too seriously, even while staring down the face of a sawed-off shotgun.&rdquo;&mdash;Harlan Coben &ldquo;Funny and smart.&rdquo;&mdash;Dallas Morning News&#160;&ldquo;[A] hugely entertaining thriller...Infused with dark humor.&rdquo;&mdash;The Oklahoman &ldquo;The Driver has it all&mdash;crisp dialogue, complex characters, anda plot that zips at breathtaking speed. I see the beginning of a great career in thriller fiction.&rdquo;&mdash;Kathy Reichs&#160;&ldquo;The Driver is packed with action...tightly plotted...The characters [are] sharply drawn and sympathetic (the heroes) or scary (the villains). Good or bad, they all come alive on the page.&rdquo;&mdash;St. Louis Post-Dispatch&ldquo;[A] page turner.&rdquo;&mdash;New York Post&ldquo;The Driver is everything a great thriller should be&mdash;always smart, often funny, and relentlessly exciting. The novel features imaginative mayhem from the first pages, a terrific twisting plot, and countless fresh elements, starting with its hip, witty, limo-driver hero, who deals with the eccentric world of high-profile skateboarding and the lingering sadness of many of our vets. I loved every page.&rdquo;&mdash;Scott Turow&#160;&ldquo;Hart Hanson has given us a wonderful debut novel in The Driver. Former Army Special Forces Sergeant Michael Skellig runs a limousine service in Los Angeles, staffed by his hand-picked team of former war companions.&#160;Skellig and his people are living casualties of America's wars&mdash;damaged in different ways but clinging to their lives with determination, anger, and resourcefulness. Set in an LA of narcissistic celebrity, corrupt law enforcement, and limitless greed, The Driver is grim, funny, violent, and moving&mdash;all on the same page.&rdquo;&mdash;T. Jefferson Parker&ldquo;The Driver is smart, brash, and funny, with characters who strut right out of an Elmore Leonard novel. &#160;For thrills, chills, and plenty of laughs, Hart Hanson is your man.&rdquo;&mdash;Tess Gerritsen&#160;&ldquo;The ghost of Raymond Chandler is apparently alive and well and living inside Hart Hanson. I felt as though I was reading a 21st century reboot of The Long Goodbye. Brutal, gripping and funny. A dazzling debut.&rdquo;&mdash;Charles Cumming

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Praise for Guilty Minds&ldquo;Finder shows off his top-notch storytelling skills, moving with ease from high places to low in the nation's capital.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews&ldquo;Finder really knows his way around a thriller, and his sensibilities about Washington, scandal, and the immediacy&mdash;and threat&mdash;of digital publishing and electronic surveillance seem chillingly plausible. This is an exciting, insightful thriller with finely sketched characters&mdash;in other words, a sure bet in public libraries.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist&#160;(starred review)&ldquo;[A]&#160;tight plot, sharp dialogue, and a cast of intriguing characters keep the story a cut above the genre pack.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly&ldquo;Finder (The Fixer) shows off his clever storytelling skills by packing action, politics, and modern detective techniques into a complicated plotline that leads to murder.&rdquo;&mdash;Library Journal&ldquo;This is a dark tale of intrigue and underhanded politics&hellip;If you&rsquo;re a Finder fan, this book will not disappoint you. If you&rsquo;re not, you might become one after this read.&rdquo;&mdash;Suspense Magazine&ldquo;Finder&rsquo;s prose is lean, the pacing swift and agile, and the plot well worth gossiping about.&rdquo;&mdash;Minneapolis Star Tribune&ldquo;Guilty Minds balances its thriller tenets with solid characters...razor-sharp dialogue, and a breathless plot that careens from one realistic twist to another.&rdquo;&mdash;Mystery Scene Magazine&ldquo;The plot of&#160;Guilty Minds...is taut, rapid, and tensely recurving.&rdquo;&mdash;Harvard Magazine&ldquo;Finder is one of the best contemporary thriller writers.&rdquo;&mdash;Connecticut PostPraise for Joseph Finder and&#160;The Fixer &ldquo;A master of the modern thriller.&rdquo;&mdash;The Boston Globe&ldquo;There are many authors who take a reader 'slowly into that good night.' However, the real genius knows how to create the ultimate lead-in. They are the wordsmiths who can, in one page or one paragraph, grab the reader's attention and never let go....A true genius wordsmith, this is one author who has created solid suspense gold.&rdquo;&mdash;Suspense Magazine&ldquo;Finder can make reading about someone walking across a room excruciatingly suspenseful....This is a thriller that is as much about redemption as it is about escape. A remarkable&#160;exciting read.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist (starred review) &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re in the mood for tense, witty angst about closed-down career opportunities and dirty money cleansed by family redemption,&#160;The Fixer&#160;is the way to go.&rdquo;&mdash;The New York Times Book Review &#160; &ldquo;Joseph Finder takes a familiar story and gives it a unique spin in his latest page-turner, The Fixer.&rdquo;&mdash;Associated Press

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