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Generation Kill
Evan Wright
Berkley Trade, 2008
the only truthful war journalism ive ever read
there is a saying in the news world "never let facts get in the way of a good story." Generation kill is the only war reporting ive ever read that looks at everything from the soldier's points of view, because he was next to the soldiers every step of the way. other ...
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007
Still haunting after over a year...
I read this book over a year ago because of a review I read somewhere. It is so full of texture, of the grinding machine that is war, with the little bleeps of love and beauty that keep people plodding along. It is a wonderful book. I still think about it a year ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
The Road is a Unique Journey
I'm really surprised by how much The Road affected me. It's so unlike most anything I've ever read. Who would have thought that a post-apocalyptic father-and-son journey would be so moving and haunting.
And it's not just the mysterious journey, the plot, that moves ...
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
A disturbing, but fascinating, look into Africa
A Long Way Gone chronicles the life of a young teen in Sierra Leone who is fleeing the Rebels who are wreaking havoc in villages throughout the region. He falls in with a group of boys trying to survive, but since everyone is suspicious of groups of boys, they live a ...
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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
Tying loose ends
This is a devastating compilation of the varied reports of the Bush administration. The Dark Side ties together all of the unsettling news reports and books that have been published in the past 5 years to reveal a chilling tapestry of criminal behavior. This text ...
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
Vincent Bugliosi
Vanguard Press, 2008
prosecution for murder?!
Here's the thing with this book in my opinion: real moral and social progress will have been made when the noxious idea of exceptionalism is no longer a widely held and respectable position among the American people and even our government officials. I view a work like ...
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press, 2008
This book should come with a WARNING!
CAUTION: Reading this book my cause exhaustion and blotchy eyes.
I usually read myself to sleep at night. With some books, I can barely last a chapter before I nod off. Not this one. I couldn't go to sleep until I found out what happened next -- all the way to ...
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The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
Ron Suskind
Harper, 2008
IMPEACHMENT BACK ON THE TABLE?
After the many lurid revelations of this Administration's sins, yet more are revealed here. I wish I found these imputations as "flooring" as everyone else. But, I for one, am still asking how Bush got away with delaying the investigation of 9/11 for over 400 days, ...
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The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien
Broadway, 1998
TIMELESS
"First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha . . . ." And I will always carry this book in my heart and mind. It is unforgettable.
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Haunting and Unforgettable
Should be required reading for . . . for everyone who can read. Puts a face, a voice, a mind, a spirit to something that is so hard to comprehend that it often can feel more like an idea than a reality. A truly moving book. Also, I would recommend the PBS ...
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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Scott McClellan
PublicAffairs, 2008
Scott McClellan - What Happened
This is a good book. Its not always an easy read (it can be tedious at points) but I'd say it was well worth reading, to get the inside scoop
I think Scott is kinder to Bush than he deserves, considering the facts laid out in the recent Bugliosi book The Prosecution ...
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The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Bing West
Random House, 2008
Deeply insightful overview of the war in Iraq
I purchased this book with some apprehension, because I was somewhat disappointed with the author's earlier book, "No True Glory." It rather annoyed me to read a whole slew of gunfights between the Marines and insurgents in Anbar Province but have no maps to give me ...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
Ballantine Books, 1987
Should be required reading for our political representatives
I grew up playing war like every other kid and had a somewhat glamorized view of war. When we went to war in Iraq for the first time I thought it was kind of cool. Being a Jewish person who lost a great deal of their family in the Holocaust having any sympathy for any ...
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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Roger Crowley
Random House, 2008
Outstanding telling of the great conflict in the Mediterranean
Mr Crowley has captured the brutal and grim conflict that spanned from 1521 to the fateful fight at Lapanto in 1571. The clash between the forces of Islam and the combined units of Italy, Spain and others is detailed in a most readable fashion, touching on key events ...
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Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition
Wizards RPG Team
Wizards of the Coast, 2008
Cheap, cheap!
What an amazing deal, I recieved all 3 new core books for the price of 2!
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