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The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)
Rick Riordan
Hyperion Book CH, 2008
Percy's adventures continue at a frenetic pace!
I had purchased The Lightning Thief (1st book in the series of 4, so far...) for my 11 year old son who does NOT like to read silently, figuring that we could read it aloud together, and to try to get him interested in non-fiction. It also coincided with Greek ...
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Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Steven Pressfield
Bantam, 2005
Buy this book!!!
The story is focused around the Persian invasion of Greece and the battle of Thermopylae. I found that this book brought me closer to the main characters more than any other book I have ever read. Stephen Pressfield has mastered character creation and has captured the ...
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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki
Portfolio Hardcover, 2004
More than art, it's pure gold in the palm of your hand!
My first start-up has taken me over a year to get off the ground. It's a huge and ambitious project and has put my entrepreneurial skills to a test. I truly believe in learning from others so I'm a member of virtually every entrepreneurial blog, magazine and forum. I ...
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Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Joyce Meyer
FaithWords, 2002
Battlefield of the Mind -- aid to focus
_Anyone with a Christian background, who has been bothered by feelings of inadequacy, or alternately feels like they can and cannot do something they they feel led to do - would find this invaluable reading.
Joyce Meyer defines worry, deals with problems many of us in ...
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Ranger's Apprentice: The Battle for Skandia (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 4)
John Flanagan
Philomel, 2008
The primacy of personal relationships over loyalties to one's country or duty
Spring arrives at the cabin high in the Skandian mountains where Evanlyn and Will have wintered. Will has shaken his addiction to the insidious warmweed, and Evanlyn has become comfortable with her new survival skills. One day she goes out to check their traps and does ...
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (Liberation Trilogy)
Rick Atkinson
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
The Lady Be Good
A lot of information about the end of World War II in Italy &
the fight to get as many of the guys out of the dessert.If you know anything about the " Lady Be Good " you will enjoy this book.
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The Good War: An Oral History of World War II
Studs Terkel
New Press, 1997
Absolute, Must-Read Oral History of World War II
If you have even the slightest interest in history in general, or just World War II specifically, you HAVE to read this book! The Good War is a national treasure containing a broad cross-cut of the generations of men and women who lived through a horrible and ...
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Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time (The Every Man Series)
Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker
WaterBrook Press, 2000
Young to Old
I read Every Young Man's Battle and I wanted to get a deeper perspective, so I read this book. I must say it is a deeper perspective and has an interesting way of showing how bad sexual behavior affects everyone around you.
Sulia Mason III, Abubakarr
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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
Outstanding reading.
I knew we had Bin Laden but lost the small window. I feel this lost opportunity was wholly Rumsfeld's call. He is Macnamara reborn. A micro-manager who would not listen to his field commanders. This book is outstanding and should be read by everyone!
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Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)
James Luceno
Del Rey, 2008
A little history for Star Wars fans.
This was a great book. A friend and I had been talking one day about trying to find out if there was any history on the Millennium Falcon, and a few weeks later I heard about this book being in the works. I was excited about the possibilities, and was not ...
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Oxford History of the United States)
James M. McPherson
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003
A Feast of Facts and Intrigue
This hefty tome is comprehensive and cram-packed with details. But fear not. You know the basics. You know the outcome. You know many of the key events. And yet this book is a gripping, edge-of-the-seat page turner.
The amount of research done in preparation ...
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We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
Harper, 2008
Should be on the Desk of every President, Congressperson, General and Soldier
This is a book that I hope will be widely read in the White House, Congress, Pentagon, West Point and Army bases. A very poignant journey for General Moore and journalist Joe Gallagher back to Vietnam and the Ia Drang valley where so many of Hal Moore's boys so bravely ...
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Muhammad Yunus
PublicAffairs, 2008
A book about poverty and Triumph
This books shows us that the lack of access to credit for the poorest of the poor is possibly as bad as lack of food. Without some access to credit they have absolutely no chance to ever get out of the revolving situation that will absorb then and their children. ...
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The Bridge at Dong Ha (Bluejacket Books)
John Grider Miller
US Naval Institute Press, 1996
A "Well Done" Presentation of A Marine Legend
This is one of the best written "Marine Legend" books that this former Marine has ever read.
John Grider Miller did an excellent job of interviewing Colonel (then Captain) John Ripley and his other sources. He presents what Colonel Ripley, his U.S. Army ...
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated]
Jeremy Scahill
Nation Books, 2008
Use of Mercs should concern all of us
This is a thought provoking book. Scahill did an illuminary job.
I was unaware on the extent of the use and role of "mercs" like Blackwater. Even the thought of their use should concern everyone regardless of political party.
For a moment, step back from your ...
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