"What does it mean to teach literature to a soldier? How does it prepare a young man or woman for combat? At West Point, Elizabeth Samet reads classic and modern works of literature with America's future military elite, and in this stirring memoir she chronicles the ways in which war has transformed her relationship to the books she and her students read together. While fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Samet's former students share their thoughts on the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the fiction of Virginia Woolf and J. M. Coetzee, the epics of Homer, and the films of Bogart and Cagney." - Macmillan
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Showing posts with label Literature. Show all posts
Soldier's heart : reading literature through peace and war at West Point by Elizabeth D Samet
"What does it mean to teach literature to a soldier? How does it prepare a young man or woman for combat? At West Point, Elizabeth Samet reads classic and modern works of literature with America's future military elite, and in this stirring memoir she chronicles the ways in which war has transformed her relationship to the books she and her students read together. While fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Samet's former students share their thoughts on the poetry of Wallace Stevens, the fiction of Virginia Woolf and J. M. Coetzee, the epics of Homer, and the films of Bogart and Cagney." - Macmillan
Diary of a witness : 1940-1943 by Raymond-Raoul Lambert
"A frank portrait of a rather unfortunate good Jew caught in the deadly net of the Nazi extermination machine." -Editorial Reviews
The far reaches by Homer H Hickam
"This is Hickam's third WWII action saga featuring Capt. Josh Thurlow, an officer exhibiting military insight and preternatural fighting abilities. The book opens in 1943 as an American fleet assembles off Tarawa, and the Marines prepare to land. Observing from the deck of a transport, Thurlow points out flaws in the attack plan and predicts the disaster that follows. Although only a spectator, Thurlow cannot resist the lure of battle; he leaps into a landing craft, struggles to shore and rallies the few surviving Marines until reinforcements arrive. " - Editorial ReviewsMaps and legends : reading and writing along the borderlands by Michael Chabon
"Maps and Legends is his first book of nonfiction. Turning his novelist’s eye to analyze the things he loves best and the stories he has created, he opens the reader up to his unique vision of the world, sometimes even venturing into lies (as he calls them) to do it. Several of the essays do demand a certain familiarity with either his books or with the graphic novels/comic books that he writes about, but many look beyond to critique or reminisce or express a sense of wonder at the power of writing." - Readers' advisory
The last patriot : a thriller by Brad Thor
"Brad Thor returns with his highest-voltage thriller to date. In a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-charged tour de force, Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath must race to locate an ancient secret that has the power to stop militant Islam dead in its tracks." - Editorial Reviews
From Baghdad to America : life lessons from a dog named Lava by Jay Kopelman
"'From Baghdad to America' is an intense view of life from a man who's lived many; blending conflict with hope, and the realization in the blink of an eye that everything can change. The book is an incredibly heartwarming story of the importance of family, friends, and an amazing dog named Lava. Jay blends with both humor and sadness the painful tragedy of war through his recovery thanks to an unlikely canine friend...." - Michael AshThe whole truth by David Baldacci
"Usually a sophisticated plotter, bestseller Baldacci offers a story line and villain on a par with an average James Bond film in what's billed as his first international thriller. Nicholas Creel, the head of the Ares Corporation, a huge defense contractor, hires a perception management firm to start a second cold war by planting fake news stories on the Internet about Russian atrocities...." - Editorial ReviewsPlague ship : a novel of the Oregon files by Clive Cussler
"In the dependably entertaining if less than top-notch fifth Oregon Files thriller from bestseller Cussler and Du Brul (after Skeleton Crew), Capt. Juan Cabrillo, who heads the Corporation, a covert military company for hire, and the multifaceted crew of the Oregon, a high-tech ship disguised to look like a tramp steamer, take on a group known as the Responsivists. The Responsivists publicly espouse a program of global population control, but are secretly planning a devastating attack on the human race utilizing a virulent virus found aboard an ancient ship that may be Noah's Ark..." - Publishers WeeklyBreaking news a stunning and memorable account of reporting from some of the most dangerous places in the world by Martin Fletcher
“Martin Fletcher has given us a stunning and memorable account of the risks, rewards, complexities, and enduring lessons of reporting from some of the most dangerous places in the world. His family’s Holocaust history frames his own eloquent insights and questions about the madness of the world that followed. I’ve known and admired Martin for more than thirty years, and this book makes me proud to call him friend and colleague.”- Tom Brokaw
Shadow command by Dale Brown
"General Patrick McLanahan's new Aerospace Battle Force has grown into a full-fledged task force based on the Armstrong Space Station. Providing almost instant access to space and every corner of the globe using the Black Stallion spaceplanes, the ABF's powerful network of satellites and unmanned aircraft controlled from space can not only attack any target anywhere on the planet within hours but can even invade any computer network as easily as making a phone call....." - Editorial ReviewsThe Last Juror by John Grisham - PS3557.R5355 L37 2004b
"The novel will satisfy those with an appetite for legal thrillers and those who believe Grisham possesses more talent than those breathless page-turners sometimes reveal. It ranks among his best-written and most atmospheric novels." - USA Today
Angels & demons by Dan Brown - PS3552.R685434 A82 2005
"A breathless, real-time adventure....Exciting, fast-paced, with an unusually high IQ." - San Francisco ChronicleThe summons / the brethren by John Grisham - PS3557.R5355 S86 2002b
"The Summons: The summons is typed by the judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for his sons Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. But the judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret. The Brethren: They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong." - Editorial Reviews
The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News by Roger Mudd - PN4874.M75.A3 2008
"In The Place to Be, Mudd tells of how the bureau worked: the rivalries, the egos, the pride, the competition, the ambitions, and the gathering frustrations of conveying the world to a national television audience in thirty minutes minus commercials. It is the story of a unique TV news bureau, unmatched in its quality, dedication, and professionalism. It shows what TV journalism was once like and what it's missing today. " - Public Affairs
The first patient by Michael Palme - PS3566.A539 F57 2007
"This has got to One of Michael Palmer's Best! Just dreaded finishing it....Didn't want it to end...It will be hard to find another book as satisfying as this one... Congratulations to the author of this magnificant book...I see a movie coming." - ClaireA spy by nature by Charles Cumming - PR6103.U484 S69 2007
"A SPY BY NATURE is a terrific espionage thriller that stars a delightful protagonist who gets what he wishes for, a little excitement in his life. However, little turns into Mt. Everest as Alec is caught in a horrific spy vs. spy fiasco caused when the Yanks and the Brits fail at sharing information with both sides of the Anglo-Atlantic wanting to look superior so it costs a SIS tyro his life. Charles Cumming’s tale will remind readers of TV’ Secret Agent Man even with a bungling neophyte muddling to survive the dangerous middle. " - Harriet Klausner
The ghost war by Alex Berenson - PS3602.E25 G48 2008
“CIA agent John Wells returns, in a novel that reaches beyond today's headlines to foretell dangers yet to come, from the author of The Faithful Spy- ‘one of the best spy stories ever told’" - The Wall Street Journal
The killing ground by Jack Higgins - PR6058.I343 K55 2007
“For intelligence operative Sean Dillon, it begins with a routine passport check. But the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever known. … Filled with dark suspense, driven by characters of complexity and passion, this novel once again proves that, in the words of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Jack Higgins is the dean of intrigue novelists. He has no equal." - Publisher
Prepared for rage by Dana Stabenow - PS3569.T1249 P74 2008
“If you haven’t discovered this splendid North Country series, now is the time. . . . Highly entertaining.”—USA Today on Hunter’s Moon
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