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Charles W. Bechtel

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Fiction, Nonfiction, Thriller

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Most recently released: 100 Shadows, meditation poems in tanka form

Available books:
The Lady from Spain novel
The Odor of Orchids novel
Book of Days novel
Sound Words Seen poetry
On Second Thoughts collected essays

The first five books in the series of six are presently available:
A Hole in the Water
Hell's Cold Furies
When the Ball Drops Foul
Running Before Thunder
And Then You Don't

All books available as e-books on Amazon.com.
Charles Bechtel is now working on A Hypocrisy of Oaths, the sixth in the series and last DREW NOLAN, reluctant detective, book.

His latest book, The Lady from Spain has been published and is now available on Amazon, Createspace and Smashwords

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God's Pauper: Saint Francis of Assisi

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Charles Bechtel answered Lukas's question: Hi, I am doing a school project about The Great Gatsby, specifically about Nick and his homosexual tendencies. I was wondering if you have any literature for this topic or know of any books not by you. I read your comment on the one 10+ year old question and thought you had very insightful comments. Would be a pleasure to hear more from you. ? Look forward to a response, Lukas Willers [email protected] Are you seeking from me assistane to build a bibliography of related books? I don't do that. I also do not think Nick had "tendencies". I think he had a homosexual experience as illuminated in the book, and as the book is intended to be read through See Full Answer
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