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Amputees and Devotees [Hardcover]

Grant C. Riddle (Author)
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July 1990 0829018247 978-0829018240
This is an updated and revised version of the 1989 printed edition. This version includes new material regarding information received from personal interviews and returned questionnaires from the earlier edition. The description of the subject is still relevant to today's social stigma attitude towards the sexual lifestyles of amputees.
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 337 pages
  • Publisher: Irvington Pub (July 1990)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0829018247
  • ISBN-13: 978-0829018240
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,168,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Author's Comment for Amazon Kindle Author Central

Grant C. Riddle has written and published four books on Amazon Kindle. In a previous life he served in the US Navy as a Chief Petty Officer on a Navy submarine, and after graduating from Penn State his career included employment as an Electrical Engineer involved in the design and development of integrated circuits in the early heydays of Silicon Valley.

The books he has produced are the result of various bits of information received from and conversations held with individuals over many years. There is no one genre involved. The range of subject is from personal life reality to science fiction fantasy and alternative history. The latest offering "Collision" is the result of an attempt to demonstrate the deadly complications of time travel.

The first book published on Kindle "Amputees & Devotees" was a reissue and update on a psychology book first published in 1989. The original edition of the book was written after having held many conversations with many amputees and their associates. The update was the result of many more inputs received from both amputees and devotees as a result of the original publication.

The second book, "The Contessa," is a 17th century pirate story derived from a movie script prepared for Suzan Ball, the actress. The story details how the Contessa overcomes tragic crippling and succeeds in exacting revenge on the pirate captain responsible. Unfortunately Suzan Ball died before the movie could be developed.

The third novel, "The Luger Connection," was developed from a true life experience which was told to me. The murder complication was added for interest, and I actually had lunch with the SS Colonel who is reported as being killed in the book. He refused to speak English, being the "true German" he still represented. Fortunately I spoke enough German.

The latest offering, "Collision," represents an attempt to demonstrate the peripheral dangers of time travel. In this story the protagonist discovers a means of jumping forward in time and unfortunately learns his future destiny. Then the story winds around his attempt to avoid it.

In my next time travel story now being prepared, "The Man Who Killed Kennedy," the protagonist is provided a means to go back in time and change history. Along the way he meets other time travelers, one of which is the mysterious shooter from the grassy knoll.

And I am working on developing a fiction book about WWII titled: "The British Conspiracy; The Hess Deception." Was Rudolf Hess actually held as a prisoner of war by the British, or was he a willing collaborator helping the Allied war effort to bring down Hitler with whom he had a falling out. It is known that he had lost favor with Hitler before making that fateful flight to Scotland.

And then in the wings there is the witches brew concept of "The Druid Connection," in which two children come upon an old book containing a Druid witch's collections of spells and cause problems with everyone around.

And there is more to come. "The Glomar Expedition" describes the super secret effort by the CIA to recover a sunken Soviet submarine. Did they do it?





 

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4.0 out of 5 stars A subject of interest to every amputee., August 1, 1997
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This review is from: Amputees and Devotees (Hardcover)
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"No one can be emotionally neutral regarding another person with a disability. The person is either rejected or accepted and the disability accommodated." So states a psychologist who is himself disabled in a wheelchair. A loss of sexuality is the number one fear of those who become disabled. The first cognizant thought of a woman who becomes an amputee is "will any man want me now?" Indeed, society dictates "NO!" And the amputee responds to society's dictate. However that is not the reality. There are men who are peculiarly attracted to women who are unique. And various forms of disability can be seen as a unique feature. This book describes the psychological aspects of women amputees and the men who find them attractive. Must reading for every amputee, since the effect also includes women devotees who find attraction in men amputees. -- The author
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and informative updated version ---, August 25, 2010
This is an updated and revised version of the book, and includes new material and information obtained since the original publication from personal interviews and return of the questionnaires from the back of the book. Still relevant after all these years! Author
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