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The Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea--The Forgotten War of the ...

James Campbell

Three Rivers Press, 2008

Jungle War on a Shoestring!
This book is an easy read. I recommend it to anyone interested in how America's citizen soldiers fought in World War II. The book's style is similar to many of Stephen Ambroses works such as Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to ...

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

Richard Preston

Anchor, 1999

Fantastic!
Hot Zone is one of my most favorite books ever. I read this a few years ago, and made my husband read it only recently. He loved it as much as I did. It's such a compelling read and I was fascinated from the first to the last page. You won't regret picking up this book.

An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (Newbery Honor Book)

Jim Murphy

Clarion Books, 2003

Riveting and Terrifying History
This dramatic account of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 is riveting. It is packed with historical facts and presents the horror of the disease, the implications for the city of Philadelphia and neighboring areas, and the reaction of both the townspeople as well as ...

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the ...

Steven Johnson

Riverhead Trade, 2007

Like fiction
Steven Johnson gets draw a clasical Snow's Story like a fiction but anchored to the reality throught tree "dramatic lines": 1. The comming of a epidemiology like a new science. 2. The borning of geographic inference. How we can infer what happen in the micro ...

The Serial Killer Files: The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers

Harold Schechter

Ballantine Books, 2003

A Must for Your Personal Library
Whether used as a reference work to look up specific serial killers or types of serial killer, this book holds its own very, very well. It is a must for any personal library, and not only for those with somewhat morbid interests: this book hold interesting information ...

The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ...

Matt Taibbi

Spiegel & Grau, 2008

Witty and Insightful!
Much of the book focuses on the insider game in Washington, the non-functioning government bent on both sides twisting reality while continuing to rake in millions from big business. Meanwhile, Boeing, G.M., and Ford are headed towards becoming Chinese companies, and ...

Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story Of A Doctor Who Got Away With Murder

James B. Stewart

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Great Book
Not only was this book a great read, it also displays the significant truth about the world of medicine. This type of behavior (ignoring what's in front of you) happens everyday in medicine. All credentialing personnel should be required to read this book.

Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying TRUTH! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More

Joshua Gee

Scholastic, 2007

"Blood sweet blood"
In spite of the `horrifica' in the title, this author's tongue was tucked firmly into his own cheek during the compilation of this witty encyclopedia. Joshua Gee never comes right out and says, for example, that vampires really exist. Instead he leads his reader on ...

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)

Laurence Bergreen

Harper Perennial, 2004

Utterly readable, I was held in thrall....
I was afraid this book would lack detail since it depicted events 500 years ago, but there was a passenger who, fortunately, became a primary source, and kept the narrative interesting. The opening scene of the book, with the ghostly ship arriving back in Spain, grabs ...

Terrifying Technique for Guitar

Carl Culpepper

Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996

Terrifying Technique
As the title reads "Terrifying Techique" it delivers. This is a great book to add to your daily guitar studies. I have noticed steady improvement in my playing in a short amount of time. There are some cool chromatic, picking, and arpeggio exercises. Sweeps are ...

Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease

Wendy Orent

Free Press, 2004

Plague by Wendy Orent
One of the most difficult and important talents for a scientist is to communicate difficult material in an understandable way. Dr. Orent has an astounding ability to communicate complex material coherently enough for a nonspecialist to understand. She has made sense ...

The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories That Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of ...

Jack Webb

Da Capo Press, 2005

Great True Stories of Crime in Los Angeles and the LAPD
On radio, in the 1950s television version of Dragnet, and in its 1960s resurrection, Jack Webb was Sergeant Joe Friday, the straight-shooting, no-nonsense exemplar of the LAPD. In this non-fiction book, Webb tells the real stories of crimes that were too violent to be ...

Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing

Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing, Gustav De Wolff

HarperCollins, 2007

Marvelous and dark
Okay, I'm 34 and I bought this for myself. I was a little surprised to see that it is aimed at the 9-12 crowd. I LOVE it though. Finished it quickly and then went through it again to take in all the details. Nice stuff. A little dark for the young'uns though. I ...

Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells

Diane Fanning

St. Martin's True Crime, 2003

Another great true crime book
Diane has managed to do it again. A well written book that takes you into the demented mind of Tommy Lynn Sells. I can only imagine the research that went into this book. Cross-Country killers are especially hard to write about because their crimes are so widespread.

INTERNAL BLEEDING: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes

Robert M. Wachter, Kaveh Shojania

Rugged Land, 2005

A Must Read for All Medical Employees
This is a top notch book required for all our first year medical students. It will change the way you think about medical mistakes. Guarenteed to save lives . . .Not only that, but it reads like a thriller novel, so you get all the benifit while it feels like you're ...