books by Jon E. Lewis     books:       The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History to 2000 (Mammoth Books)1 review Jon E. Lewis Running Press, 2000 A History Book Telling of Events From 2700 BC to 2000 AD I think this is a great history book. There admittedly are some boring things, but also many things that everybody should know. It's very interesting, and has many different things it tells about - from Hunting Crocodiles in Egypt, to Medical Experiments at Dachau (Germany), to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (USA), to The Home Front: A Child's View, Sheffield. Of all my years of reading history books, this ...             The Mammoth Book of Special Forces: Over 30 Missions of Ultimate Danger Behind Enemy Lines, from the ...1 review Running Press, 2004 Why they are "special" This one of two military history books I recently re-read, the other being The Mammoth Book of Special Ops. This volume was edited by Jon E. Lewis and consists of eyewitness accounts and/or analyses of "30 missions of ultimate danger from behind enemy lines" that extend throughout the 20th century, from T.E. Lawrence's "The Revolt in the Desert - Special Force Operations, Arabia, 1917" until Eric ...             The Mammoth Book of Journalism: 101 Masterpieces from the Finest Writers and Reporters, Including Ernest ...2 reviews Running Press, 2003 An overflowing, but narrow, treasure trove. This hefty paperback tome is an excellent addition to any library for the wealth of Anglo-American classics contained within. Here we get the great modern war stories along with cultural classics like the infamous article where John Lennon is quoted as saying the Beatles are more famous than Jesus. Many journalism collections are just dreary and dusty old collections, but the selection here is ...             The Mammoth Book of Elite Forces: Graphic Accounts of Military Exploits by the World's Special Forces4 reviews Running Press, 2002 This anthology is just remarkable... with each and every story a true gem. Prime historical crimes, in differnt settings, seen thru the eyes of each individual writer with each sleuth thoroughly enjoyable and set apart by their crime-solving methods. A really good book for the night stand so you can read one or two stories and pick the order in which you read them. Totally engrossing and a wonderfully different read for the ...             The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness Everest: Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Ascent of Everest, 32 Firsthand ...2 reviews Running Press, 2003 Well-chosen, well-edited collection for Everest junkies To mark the 50th anniversary of the first successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest, editor Lewis assembled thirty chapters written by literal Everest eyewitnesses. Not every writer whose account he includes climbed the mountain at all, let alone made it to the summit. The earliest chapter is set in 1913; the last, in 1999. The writers take us from early survey missions, during which ...             The SAS Combat Handbook (SAS)1 review The Lyons Press, 2002 Almost a 5 star I have never been in the military nor do i know much about the SAS but compared to other survival/military books i have this book seems to be on the mark. There is a wealth of info but the reason i gave it a 4 out of 5 in there were not enough pictures to help describe the text. the one part i was hoping to have a little more meat in it was the field operations of the area. I was hoping for a ...             The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots: Eyewitness Accounts of Air Combat from the Red Baron to Today's Top Guns ... Running Press, 2002 From yesteryear's flying aces to today's top guns, The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots presents, in the words of the combat pilots who fought them, fifty incredible air battles that have shaped military history in the twentieth century. Veteran anthologist Jon E. Lewis has assembled firsthand accounts from all the great military campaigns of aerial warfare, including World Wars I and II, the Spanish Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, the Falklands, the ...             The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All ...5 reviews Running Press, 2006 A Masterpiece of information This was well written and easy to work through, a masterpiece of information, for those looking to enhance their knowledge on this subject.The Mammoth Book of Pirates: Over 25 True Tales of Devilry and Daring by the Most Infamous Pirates of All Time (Mammoth Book of)             The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War I: Over 280 First-Hand Accounts of the War to End All Wars2 reviews Jon Lewis Running Press, 2003 good book on a bad time One can read many books covering the campaigns and personalities of World War I and still come away with an incomplete picture of what the war was really about. The strategies, the national goals of the participants, and the political fallout - ushering in the destruction of empires that had lasted for hundreds of years, Bolshevism, fascism and Naziism, with all that was to come out of that - ...             The Mammoth Book of the Deep: Over 30 True Stories of Danger and Adventure Under the Sea (Mammoth Book of)1 review Running Press, 2007 A Good Anthology This is a wonderful nearly 500 page book featuring over 30 articles and excerpt writings from some of the world's great divers - including stories of mishaps from submariners and sailors, and an appendix on the history of diving. Scuba diving attracts a fine calibre of people and this adventure book proves it. There are many words of experience and wisdom contained within; well-written with ...             The Mammoth Book of Endurance and Adventure1 review Running Press, 2000 This book will take you there! I bought this book on a whim at a garage sale and it languished on my shelf for a while after, but when I finally picked it up and started reading, I discovered that it's a gem of a book. Best fifty cent item I've ever bought! I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the stories, all of which are about real events and written by the people who actually lived them. The stories are exactly what the ...              search for books accounts, adventure, anniversary, assassination, attempted, devilry, endurance, everest, exploits, eyewitness, fighter, first-hand, firsthand, graphic, handbook, hemingway, including, infamous, journalism, mammoth, marking, masterpieces, memorable, military, missions, pirates, reporters, stories, ultimate, writers books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: A History of Modern Russia: From Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin we recommend Well-chosen, well-edited collection for Everest junkies leave a comment home  impressum - about us