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The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris by Olivier Wieviorka
Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart of the Rei by Douglas E. Nash
Forty-Two Months in Durance Vile: Prisoner of the Japanese by R. Keith Mitchell
Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret Macmillan
The Spectator: A World War II Bomber Pilot's Journal of the Artist as Warrior by David Zellmer
Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life by Timothy W. Ryback
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CollectionsYour library (118), Read but unowned (18), Inspector Montalbano (3), All collections (139)
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TagsMilitary History (47), World War II (45), Japanese Military History (14), Pacific Theatre (14), American Military History (12), Australian Military History (10), War Memoir (9), German Military History (8), German History (8), Iraq War (7) — see all tags
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Groups75 Books Challenge for 2009, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Military History, Science Fiction Fans, Second World War History
Favorite authorsAlain de Botton, Andrea Camilleri, Richard Morgan (Shared favorites)
About my libraryMilitary history, memoirs and related topics - with a focus on 20th century history and conflicts.
I should note, that while this listing is not representative of my complete library, of which there are many non-military related books, it does represent my main area of interest and the focus of my collection.
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My 2009 "75 Book Challenge" threads
Part 1: January - April
http://www.librarything.com/topic/53442
Part 2: May - August
http://www.librarything.com/topic/63840
Part 3: August -
http://www.librarything.com/topic/71389
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 petermc reviewed, rated, added:A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan by Michael K. Deaver  (read review) petermc reviewed, added:Four Weeks in the Trenches The War Story of a Violinist by Fritz Kreisler (read review) |  petermc reviewed, rated, added:Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy by John R. Hale  (read review) |
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On the subject of birds, you might be interested in this book on the godwit that has just been published here in New Zealand. Once again the remarkable Bookman Beattie draws it to my attention on his blog - http://beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com/200...
Kerry
posted by avatiakh at 2:27 am (EST) on Nov 15, 2009
Since you seemed to like my novel The Night Battles, I thought you might enjoy its website, which just launched:
http://www.thenightbattles.com
I'd love to hear what you think!
Cheers,
MF Bloxam
posted by MF_Bloxam at 9:14 am (EST) on Nov 5, 2009
Susan
posted by suslyn at 3:28 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2009
Mark and I have been discussing the possibility of another group read in November and want your input. We have narrowed it down to two books at this point. "The People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. So chat it up with friends or us and let us know if you are up for it and what you think. Probably the same plan as with "Pillars of the Earth" which seemed to work out perfectly for almost all of us.
Think it over and give one of us a shout.
hugs and looking forward to hearing from you,
belva
posted by nannybebette at 9:55 pm (EST) on Sep 8, 2009
Regards Kerry
posted by avatiakh at 12:29 am (EST) on Aug 5, 2009
Paola :-))
posted by aluvalibri at 2:13 pm (EST) on Jun 30, 2009
Montalbano is one of the great characters out there, and his surrounding cast isn't too shabby either. Guaranteed to bring a smile. I'll look forward to hearing your reactions to the others in the series!
Best - Joe
posted by jnwelch at 3:22 pm (EST) on Jun 24, 2009
"[unread] Apr 28, 2009, 8:05pm (top)Message 61: ThePam
"Well first let me tell you all about my give-away as there is only 1 day left. (sorry, didn't think of posting notice here)
"Giving away 2 copies of Now the Drum of War; Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War
"Looovvee this book. Good read .AND. intelligently written.
"giving them away on my history blog.
"http://www.pageinhistory"
posted by suslyn at 12:28 pm (EST) on Jun 4, 2009
I encourage you to check and perhaps try to contact Jeffrey Alfier - a poet and poetry addict with an extensive interest in war-related poetry. Early this year he founded a poetry journal called the San Pedro River Review. His username is southwestpoet - link here: http://www.librarything.com/profile/sout....
Cheers,
d
posted by dchaikin at 3:31 pm (EST) on May 10, 2009
Fantastic read... will it be near the top of your tbr pile ?
kath
posted by mckait at 5:58 am (EST) on Apr 20, 2009
If it is any solace to you, I can only say what you already know, it takes time. I am the eldest child. I have memories of my sister and I torturing the heck out of our younger sibling/sister.
There was a stuffed animal (monkey) that we knew she did not like. We would wait until my mother left the room, baby in the bassinet, while we stealthily crept up to her, monkey in hand, waving the toy saying "here, baby, baby, baby!" She would scream and we would smile while hearing our mother say "What in the world are you doing to your baby sister!" "Nothing, really nothing" was our reply.
The positive side of the story is that she and I grew to be very close.
posted by Whisper1 at 9:06 am (EST) on Mar 24, 2009
posted by GeorgiaDawn at 7:26 pm (EST) on Feb 1, 2009
posted by cmt at 4:16 pm (EST) on Jan 11, 2009
Instead of clogging your 75 book challenge with questions about your library, I thought I'd clog your profile page!
Haev you read the Taylor book on Berlin yet? We share it. I started it as soon as I bought it, but got sidetracked when he was going over the 1800s.
And what did you think of Postwar by Tony Judt? I've b een eyeing it but am not buying any new books for some time (10 have to go from the pile before I let myself buy 1 new one... we'll see how I dogwith that!)
Cheers
Cushla
posted by cmt at 1:21 pm (EST) on Jan 9, 2009
posted by deebee1 at 6:56 am (EST) on Jan 8, 2009
being the local expert at 75-challenge on war non-fiction :-), would you recommend any good reading on the Sepoy rebellion, and on the Opium Wars? while there's plenty of reading ideas in LT on the fiction side touching war, conflict and similar issues, not many look further and explore the history. recommendations highly appreciated.
deebee
posted by deebee1 at 5:58 pm (EST) on Jan 7, 2009