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Mission of Honor (Honor Harrington, Book 12)
David Weber
Baen, 2010
Another win for Weber
I am absolutely addicted to the Honor Harrington series. I have read the series twice and eagerly awaited the release of the newest novel. I finished Mission of Honor last night and I can't wait for the next one! All of the little bits are coming together and I can't ...
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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
E.B. Sledge
Presidio Press, 2007
The Old Breed
Book is a must read for anyone interested in the story of the Marine's in the Pacific theater of WW2.
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Star Soldier (Book #1 of the Doom Star Series) , 2010
REAL SF, and well edited
Hard SF is hard to find these days. This is the real deal. We learn how much more radiation one is exposed to on one side of Mercury's orbit vs. the other in the first few pages, for example. But it isn't all technobabble, the characters are very human and having a ...
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Kitty Goes to War (Kitty Norville, Book 8)
Carrie Vaughn
Tor Books, 2010
Great Adventure
Originally posted at: [...]
What does Kitty, a colossal snowstorm and a few spastic werewolves have in common? Trouble with a capital T.
I adore Kitty Norville and watching her character grow through this series has been fascinating. She's a radio D.J. who got ...
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The Good Soldiers
David Finkel
Picador, 2010
Incredibly Valuable and Well-Written
It is too bad, though, that most of those who should read this book (desk-bound folks, both civilian and military) will not, and those who do read it can do nothing to stop the horrific waste of lives to nation-build. (Remember George Bush's campaign promise before ...
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Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2010
Another excellent book by Krakauer
Krakauer delivers yet another excellent true story, exhaustively covering Pat Tillman's life and death. I was unfamiliar with Tillman, beyond the broad strokes of his death and the subsequent cover-up. Krakauer excels at relaying what happened on the day Tillman died ...
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo
Holt Paperbacks, 1996
a great insight to the Vietnam war from a personal viewpoint
A fast read, excellent writing , if you really want to know about Vietnam, please read this book... the only small problem i had was in the ending, i would have like to know what happened to the other 3 men. otherwise a wonderful book...
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Crossfire
Dick Francis, Felix Francis
Putnam Adult, 2010
terrific character driven suspense thriller
After losing his foot in an Afghan fire fight, Captain Tom Forsythe has returned to the States to recover and learn to use his prosthesis. With no place to go, he returns to his mother's Kauri Horse Stables in Berkshire, England. At seventeen, tired of the fights ...
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
we agree with the many professional reviewers
We agree with the many professional reviewers whose quotes fill the first and last few pages of this book--the experiences told are amazing and young adults/teenagers can really benefit from learning of another person's struggles.
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Dear John
Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing, 2009
Dear John
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Immanuel's Veins
Ted Dekker
Thomas Nelson, 2010
A passionate tale of redemption
Set in historical Moldavia, this romantic and sensual story of love and redemption had at times the tone of a good Anne Rice novel, minus the celebration of evil and debauchery. The story comes from the other side, would be lovers caught in a battle for their souls. ...
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Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics)
Ernst Jünger
Penguin Classics, 2004
Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern)
Easily compared to Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front," both in the prose-y style that is implemented and in the many instances of deep reflection, Junger's "Storm of Steel" is one of those rare memoirs that not only simply tells you the author's story, but ...
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
James M. McPherson
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Why they fight: The soldiers speak for themselves
James McPherson is a fine historian. Many of his works on the Civil War are impressive. This ranks among his more interesting works--and makes a contribution in its own right.
The book is an effort to find the answer to a fundamental question (Page 5): "What ...
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Night Soldiers: A Novel
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008
Furst is fascinating!
I have now read three and have the others waiting on the shelf. Alan Furst has a unique, fascinating style.
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The Good Soldier
Public Domain Books, 2009
likable
I don't know why I liked this so much. The characters are all selfish unsympathetic twits. They don't really do anything dramatic, and yet I could not put it down.
John Beyerlein
Liz & Dick
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