http://www.parade.com/218875/ilyapozin/30-books-to-rev-up-your-career/#!

Literary note:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_De_Forest
Just completed Overland. This novel is written in the the style of a classic Western adventure with plethora of Indian ambushes, a cheesy plot line, an inept intrigue, and a rather incomplete, but a happy ending. The author appears fairly bitter and judgmental of all, but white men. ( Read more... )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/Browse