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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death
Irvin D. Yalom
Jossey-Bass, 2008
We all stare at the Sun
Maybe the best book about our reaction to the 'terror of death' since the classic 'On Death And Dying' by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. A psychology lecturer told me Elisabeth, a world expert on the topic of facing the end of life, ended up alone in a hospice in Arizona. I ...
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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Dalton Fury
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Fascinating
Dalton Fury (who ever he may be) has written an absolutely outstanding account of the hunt for Bin Laden. I've never read this kind of book before but it gave me a fascinating insight into what these guys go through. And it must be infuriating for these "real men" to ...
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild
Mariner Books, 1999
Be careful who you sit down to tea with
This is a brutal history of the colonization of the Belgian Congo beginning in the 1890's. Long after slavery was unilaterally condemned on the planet earth, we find that King Leopold and the tiny country of Belgium has managed to take ownership of a chunk of the ...
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All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
Stephen Kinzer
Wiley, 2008
Sometimes the truth has a liberal bias
To write a good history book like this one an author needs to do well in three separate areas. He needs to research the topic at hand, write a readable account and finally analyze the events. Kinzer performs exceptionally well in all three areas. First, the book is ...
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Judith Herman
Basic Books, 1997
A study of trauma and a process for healing
Traumatic experiences can permanently scar or change you. In this groundbreaking work, Judith Herman meticulously explores the impact of trauma on the human psyche, whether the trauma originates from a natural disaster, political terror, captivity or combat. Writing ...
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
Howard Blum
Crown, 2008
Forgotten Piece of History
In 1910 there were a series of explosions across the country. Some believed the bombings were the work of anarchists while others thought they were more likely caused by workers in the fight between the working class and capitalists. The bombings were destructive but ...
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
Jane Mayer
Doubleday, 2008
Fear and loathing in D.C. or when you lose the past the future makes no sense.
Those of you who are considering a truly scary read for Halloween "The Dark Side" by Jane Mayer is just the book for you. The horror of the Bush Administrations' CIA Terror Project has been given the Disney treatment in main stream media but Mayer sets the record ...
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Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror, 2001-2008
David Rees
Soft Skull Press, 2008
Since October 9, 2001, when David Rees posted eight comic strips on his website and called it Get Your War On , tens of millions of people have been entertained and horrified by his clip-arty office workers and their vociferous and profane commentary on the so-called War on Terror. From the first few days of Operation Enduring Freedom to the ...
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris
W. W. Norton, 2005
Sam Harris presages Sarah Palin.
Sam Harris writes: "In our next presidential election, an actor who reads his Bible would almost certainly defeat a rocket scientist who does not." If Stephen Prothero is correct in his book "Religious Literacy", which concludes that Americans are illiterate about ...
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Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America
Brigitte Gabriel
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
A frightening but pertinent and timeous warning
In this frightening but pertinent and timeous warning this courageous woman of truth and vision, Brigitte Gabriel, warns the USA and the world of the danger faced by Islamo-Fascism, and how ignoring or appeasing this threat will result in the ruthless and bloody ...
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America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It
Mark Steyn
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006
Serious work with an ironic twist, or two.
I very highly recommend this book to all who care about the world we in the West will leave to our children and the generations to follow.
This book gives a very good summary of the dilema facing Western Civilation. According to Mr. Steyn, we in the West have ...
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From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror and Madness
Stephen King, Whitley Strieber
Warner Books, 2004
borderlands
FROM THE BORDERLANDS ARRIVED ON TIME AND IN EXCELLANT CONDITION. i HAVE READ IT YET. iT WAS PACKAGED VERY GOOD
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First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
Gary Schroen
Presidio Press, 2007
A very informative view of CIA in Afganistan
After watching an interview with Gary Shroen on FOX TV, I knew this was going to be an interesting read. It is a very good description of the CIA spearhead into the war against Osama Bin Laden. "First In" leaves the reader with an understanding of how the CIA works ...
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A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror
Larry Schweikart, Michael Patrick Allen
Sentinel Trade, 2007
An excellent reference
This is an excellent reference and textbook. It provides a more balanced look at American History than many popular textbooks that seem to have an anti-American bias. This is the text that should be used in most of our history classes today. Every history teacher ...
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Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods
H. John Poole
Posterity Press, 2004
Understand what we're up against
If you want to truly understand how difficult it is to fight and win in the Middle East, then this book is required reading. Far too often we get watered-down information out of the press and on the Internet but the tactics of our Eastern adversaries go unmentioned. ...
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