LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Alan Beckwith
built 124 days ago
Alan Beckwith bought 40 acres of mostly steep California hillside land in 1980 and has built a house and outbuilding in a valley on the edge of a creek. It's off the grid. He and his wife Marcie raise a great variety of food crops and have a contingent of animals, all nestled in a little creekside valley.
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Kinsey gets pulled into the action when approached by the FBI, soliciting her help in convincing Reba to turn on Alan Beckwith, who has been illegally laundering money for a known criminal. When Reba steals money from Beckwith and takes off, Kinsey's not far behind.
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When Kinsey is asked by the police to persuade Reba to unveil crucial evidence guaranteed to put Beckwith behind bars, she doesn’t expect co-operation. But when she hears of shocking new information about her lover, Reba is suddenly all too eager to do everything she can to ruin him. Embroiled in a cunning challenge of wits, and meanwhile bemused by her own blossoming romance, Kinsey must try to control the bitter, angry Reba as she launches her dangerous revenge.
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Alan grew up outside of Tyrone Pennsylvania, the home of 'Fred Waring'. Upon graduation from high school in 1969, was awarded a full scholarship from the U.S.A.F. (only 40 was awarded that year). He has an honorable discharge from the Air Force in 1971. And received a B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1972. After graduation Alan received his draft notice for Vietnam.
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Alan was assigned as Chief of Operations and Training and Acting Chief Astronaut until the first flight of the space shuttle. Throughout Alan's career as an astronaut when he was not in specific mission training, Alan studied art at nights and on the weekends. In 1981, he resigned as a NASA astronaut to devote full time to painting and speaking.
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Alan is a internationally-known expert on business strategy and innovation. In the past fifteen years he has helped over 300 teams to create important innovations-with a 90% success rate. He is ... an award-winning teacher and public speaker who has been called "the most creative person in the Mid-Atlantic" and "the Robin Williams of business consulting." His book, Lessons from the Sandbox, provides a powerful formula for business success based on the magic of childhood.
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