books about: second     books:       With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa198 reviews E.B. Sledge Presidio Press, 2007 I understand my Grandfather I never fully understood my grandfather till I read this book as part of a collage class on WWII. He never talks about the war. He has storys of his time in boot camp, and his time in Japan after the war ended, but none during the war its self. I never understood what he went through, or how it made him who he is till I read this book. I knew he was a marine, and that he was stationd in ...             Forgotten Soldier : The Classic WWII Autobiography (Brassey's Commemorative Series WWII) (Brassey's ...163 reviews Guy Sajer Brassey's (UK) Ltd, 1990 Chillingly Clear Account of War on the Eastern Front Awsome - the one word I use to describe this book. Debates exist whether this book is non-fiction or fiction mainly due to the inaccuracies regarding specific details, some minor such as uniform markings. However, after researching this topic I came across a letter to the Editor of "Military Review", printed in the March-April 1997 edition, by a Douglas E. Nash. Nash eventually located Sajer ...             Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks687 reviews Mick Foley, Mankind, ... HarperEntertainment, 2000 Laugh, cry, get blown away with this spellbindingly heartfelt autobiography, with no ghostwriters attached! Amazing that in a few weeks, Mick Foley poured his life and soul into 760 pages of notebook paper that would make it, lightly cut and without any major edits, onto book, and earn it's New York Times #1 Bestseller's List. If only it weren't for that Oprah! (readers of the book will understand) Starting from childhood, he makes it quick, but sweet as he tells humorous stories about his friends, ...             The Prophet262 reviews Kahlil Gibran Laurier Books Ltd. /AES, 2003 Eight Decades Later: Still Relevant, Insightful and Eloquent These days, Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet" often gets dismissed as "hippie" literature. Yet, this book had been a bestseller LONG before the 1960s. Originally published in 1923, it almost instantly became a hit and even did well through the Great Depression. Today, Gibran's claim to fame is being the third best-selling poet of our time, behind Shakespeare and Lao Tzu... and pretty much entirely ...             Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway111 reviews Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully Potomac Books Inc., 2005 A History Book That Delivers What The Movie Couldn't I was rather surprised that the authors make no mention of the actual prime source for the Battle of Midway that most Americans carry around in their heads: the 1976 film, "Midway." With familiar names like Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook and Charlton Heston, the film reinforces the popular wisdom that an under gunned American Naval task force, on June 5, 1942, surprised the ...             The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour128 reviews James D. Hornfischer Bantam, 2005 Ranks with Shattered Sword A couple of years ago, I read "Shattered Sword" (about the Battle of Midway) and proclaimed it the best WWII account of Pacific Theatre Naval history to date. I now have to say THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS by James Hornfischer ranks right beside it. This is a brilliantly presented accounting of Halsey's folly when he let his enormous ego get in the way of following orders. The result ...             The Brothers K117 reviews David James Duncan Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1996 Simply Outstanding Beautiful writing. Simply one of the best books by a living author that I've read. If you have interest in great writing, baseball, or Christianity, you'll enjoy the book. If you're a fan of all three, it'll be one of your favorites.             I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust164 reviews Livia Bitton-Jackson Simon Pulse, 1999 A First Holocaust Book for the Teen Reader "I Have Lived A Thousand Years" is a personal and gut-wrenching story of how a 13-year old girl survived the German Holocaust in the death camp of Auschwitz. The book is fairly short with short chapters. It is obviously written for adolescent readers, but can certainly be appreciated by adults as well. This is a very good first book for teens to learn about the Holocaust. It is written in the ...             Second Helpings: A Novel192 reviews Megan McCafferty Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2003 Courtesy of Teens Read Too In SLOPPY FIRSTS, Jessica Darling dealt with adjusting to life without her best friend, Hope, having feelings for the school rebel, Marcus, and finding who she really is as a person. You know, typical teenager stuff. In the sequel to SLOPPY FIRSTS, SECOND HELPINGS, Jess finds herself dealing with even more problems as she starts her senior year of high school. After spending the summer at ...             Alicia122 reviews Alicia Appleman-Jurman Bantam Press, 1990 An irrepressible spirit of survival Raised from the age of five in Buczacz, which was roughly a third Jewish at that time, Alicia was sheltered relatively well from the anti-Semitism that plagued her town, as well as the rest of Europe. She had many friends, both Jewish and Christian. After the Hitler-Stalin Pact of 1939, whereby the two genocidal dictators divided Poland between them, Buczacz fell into the Soviet zone. The ...             Information Technology Control and Audit, Second Edition90 reviews Frederick Gallegos, Daniel P. Manson, ... Auerbach Publications, 2004 Useful reference material This book has some material relevant to the CISA examination based on the 2003 content areas, although it is not organized or focused as a CISA examination guide. If you are looking for CISA review material for the test, I would strongly suggest to stick with ISACA's combination of review manual and questions CD. I also searched everywhere for study aids for this grueling test and ended up using ...             Boot Camp for Your Brain: A No-Nonsense Guide to the SAT I, Second Edition103 reviews M. Denmark Manning Xlibris Corporation, 2004 A perfect companion to "The Official Guide to the SATs" I have tried plenty of different programs to enhance my SAT scores - books, classes, you name it. Boot Camp was organized in a fashion that was easy to use, and more importantly, yielded desired results. The contents of the book are concepts that are on the actual SAT and don't waste your time. I (like any other high schooler) have little to no time to practice SATs, but the great thing about ...             Life Is So Good92 reviews George Dawson, Richard Glaubman Random House, 2000 This book is so good! This book is amazing. This is one of a handful of books that have, and will continue to change my life.             Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home98 reviews Nando Parrado, Vince Rause Three Rivers Press, 2007 Phenomenal book An amazing story that I couldn't put down! I was awestruck by the sheer impossibility of anyone surviving. The most striking moment was under the avalanche in which Nando surrendered his life and was ready to die. Their courage and instincts for survival were amazing. The message I took away is that love can inspire a person to do miraculous things and that God is too distant to rely on or ...             So B. It (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))103 reviews Sarah Weeks Laura Geringer, 2004 So B. It So B. It is such a creative story. Telling the story of a girl and her dysfunctional mother, this is the kind of story that makes even the strongest eyes weep like you've just stuck them in a vat of the strongest onion juice. Okay, that was lame. But, 'So B. It' is an amazing novel, especially to read to classrooms of YA readers. Even some guys I know have read the book and liked it! 'So B. ...             Second Sight95 reviews Judith Orloff Warner Books, 1996 I can breathe now It's like I can take a deep breath and relax now. Someone once asked me "How do you feel when you enter a room where there's a lot of fighting and anger?" My immediate response was: "I recoil and want to run out of there." I thought everybody felt this way. Granted we all feel things up to a certain level, but the notion that I feel more than most never occurred to me. Doesn't everyone? I ...             All but My Life96 reviews Gerda Weissmann Klein Simon & Schuster, 1997 Survial of the Human Spirit~A deeply moving story. This is one of the first Holocaust survival stories that I read. It is by far one that has stayed with me in the most detail. What a strong girl Gerda is. she was told to never give up her boots and in the end it is one thing that saved her life after marching in a blizzard half frozen to death. How she survived is nothing short of a miracle. Reading this when you are in a hard time reminds ...             The Pianist102 reviews Wladyslaw Szpilman Picador, 1999 FINALLY: TRUTH & OBJECTIVITY ON THE HOLOCAUST FOR POLES AND JEWS. GOOD POLES,JEWS,GERMANS,AS WELL AS, BAD - PERIOD!!! Polish filmaker Roman Polanski who was born and raised in Poland by Catholic parents, was there to see what it was really like, unlike many others who were never there, but make ignorent anti-Polish judgements. It's funny how those who were actually there, like Wladislaw, tell a completely different story that the Hollywood/Media tells. Wladyslaw told the truth. Read the book, and see the movie. ...             Fate is the Hunter94 reviews Ernest K. Gann Simon & Schuster, 1986 Read through in few sittings - - This is one of those books that has a sneak ending - best appreciated by reading through at a steady rate (which only makes sense once the climax of the book is revealed). The stories, anecdotes and tales seem almost trite and mundane - but build to the showdown, for me a life lesson. Flying is revealed for the joy it is, for its wonder, the thrill of a good landing when one has fought the good ...             The Second Son100 reviews Charles Sailor Avon Books, 1979 Still readable and enjoyable When Joseph Turner falls from a high rise building and survives without a scratch he puts it down to a fluke. However, other powerful people are now watching him in the hope he will fufuil a prophecy that is 500 years old. Joseph is an ordinary and likeable man with an extraordinary destiny. The book steadly ramps up the tension with the stakes as each chapter progresses. Even though this ...              search for books alicia, autobiography, booklist, brassey, brothers, classic, commemorative, control, edition, extraordinary, finest, forgotten, growing, helpings, holocaust, information, miracle, mountain, no-nonsense, nonsense, okinawa, peleliu, pianist, prophet, sailors, shattered, soldier, sweatsocks, technology, thousand books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Invincible (2001) home  impressum - about us