books about: war

books about: war

books:

War

Ballantine Books, 2006

Like Master and Commander, but with dragons!
I thought this was an awesome book...if you enjoyed Master and Commander and like fantasy, then here you are! This book is excellent, plenty of action, characters you can really care about and an engaging narrative. I highly recommned it!

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10

Marcus Luttrell

Little, Brown and Company, 2009

Lone Survivor
This book was very well written. The story is one that everyone in this country should read. There was plenty of true heroism and for me plenty tears. I found this book to be very informative. These men have this country in their hearts and minds and I hope others ...

Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath

Michael Norman, Elizabeth Norman

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009

A story of Survival
My name is Julie Jorgenson and I'm the daughter of Ben Steele who is the main character in this book. This book is about a man who survived the impossible and came home from the war and made a life for himself. He claims being a POW 1244 days has enhanced his life. ...

Weapons of Choice (Axis of Time, Book 1)

Ballantine Books, 2004

Annoyingly Good!
Book's free, how can you go wrong, right? Well, you really can't with this. It's got some weak spots, a few weak characters, occasional slip ups with characters mentioning events, cultural icons that are supposed to be in the 2020's but in fact are in our time, but ...

Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot

Andrea Leininger, Bruce Leininger

Grand Central Publishing, 2009

Completely enthralling
I got this book at noon today, about 9 hours ago, and spent the entire afternoon reading it cover-to-cover. I won't go into yet another plot synopsis, since that's been done in any number of other reviews. What I will say is that, presuming this is not some huge ...

Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #1: Precipice

LucasBooks, 2009

Awesome Point of View
Years ago I got tired of the Star Wars books after having read what felt like hundreds of them (but in reality was probably 20 or 30 of them), yet this small book got me excited once again about the Star Wars books, and made me want to jump in and buy all the books ...

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan

Doug Stanton

Scribner, 2009

Fascinating concept!
This is a factual story so amazing it could have been fiction. Cudos to the author and to the brave soldiers who carried out the mission. A reader is engaged from the first page.

The Art of War

Public Domain Books, 1994

Refreshing, authoritative, and well-researched edition
Dr. Victor H. Mair's 2007 scholarly book, "The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods" (published by Columbia University Press), provides not only an accurate translation of The Art of War but also the most recent research into its origin. With a knack for Sinitic ...

Sarah's Key

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

A Must Read
Sarah's Key is one of the best Holocaust books I have ever read. There are two intertwining stories. One is of American expat journalist Julia Jarmond, living in Paris with her husband and daughter, assigned by her editor to do a story on the Vel De Hiv, the ...

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007

Absolutely beautiful story
This is an absolutely amazing story filled with such beautiful prose. I thoroughly enjoyed Death as the narrator. There are so many lessons to be learned. The character development is exquisite and this book will have you laughing and crying. It was a completely ...

The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

Alex Storozynski

Thomas Dunne Books, 2009

History comes alive and takes you by the hand...
I was amazed at the thorough research conducted by Alex Storozynski, and enjoyed reading the entire work. In the intro Storozynski mentioned that he wanted the true person of Kosciuszko to be portrayed, and not just a eulogized image, and that purpose was most ...

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

Ishmael Beah

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Read and Witness
The candid account of a Leonian who exemplifies the chief export of Sierra Leone - Resiliance. Beginning with a Leonian middle class kid who couldn't wait to hit the next hip hop event with his friends, the reader is swept up with Beah in his experience as it ...

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Max Brooks

Three Rivers Press, 2007

The absolute best of the genre.
This book was creative and original. Where many books of zombie fiction end up like a bad video game or a hack and slash gaming session this book is very mature adult reading. I hope you buy this and enjoy it as much as I did. In my opinion it is the very top choice ...

The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics)

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ...

Signet Classics, 2003

Absolute, Essential reading for every American!
This used to be standard reading in every US High School, back when the purpose of school was to actually educate, not indoctrinate! It is essential reading for every freedom loving person.

Omen (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, Book 2)

Christie Golden

LucasBooks, 2009

Spoiler-free Review of Omen on NJOE.com
The second of what will be nine spoiler-free reviews of Fate of the Jedi is ready. For those of you like me who hear "spoiler" and run as far in the other direction as possible, you can finally find out if Christie Golden's Omen- her debut in the Star Wars expanded ...