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83 reviews
Herbert Werner

Paperback Library, 1972

A Very Personal and Accurate Account of the U-Boat War
If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would - it is absolutely excellent. Herbert Werner was born in 1920, and served active duty aboard German submarines from 1941 until the very end of the war in May 1945. He survived the war, which is no small accomplishment. Of 40,000 World War 2 German submariners, 30,000 never returned home alive. But on a personal level, he suffered tremendous ...

Foul! : The Connie Hawkins Story

14 reviews
David Wolf

Warner Paperback Library, 1972

On the short list of great sports books
David Wolf tells the story of the bittersweet life of basketball great Connie Hawkins to great effect in this fine book that is a biography and more. More because "Foul" recounts in detail the circumstances that led to Hawkins' longstanding ban from the NBA for his at best highly tenuous link to corruption in college sports. In telling the story, Wolf paints a damning picture of big-time sports, ...

Cap'n Fatso

7 reviews
Daniel V. Gallery

Paperback Library, Inc., 1969

Capn' Fatso, a hilarious look at American ingenuity.
Americans, across the board, can be very resourceful people because of our freedom to operate within our system. In Capn' Fatso, Dan Gallery shows us a classic but outrageously funny example of this when a small group of American sailors led by a salty old Boatswain's Mate get cut off from their normal duties by accident. Every veteran of any branch of service, man or woman, will be able to ...

Nobody loves a drunken Indian

12 reviews
Clair Huffaker

Paperback Library, 1969

One of my favorite all-time books
My older sister was a librarian when this book came out. Think I was [quite young] when I first read it (what can I say, I was precocious!). I was always the type of kid who rooted for the horses and Indians before even thinking about the cowboys. This book made a *huge* impression on me. For a white-bread Army brat, it was hard to imagine the life on the Paiute reservation, but the author's ...

Hannah Fowler

5 reviews
Janice Holt Giles

Paperback Library, 1967

This is just a darn good book!
I've read most of Janice Holt Giles' books but this one (my first) has got to be my favorite. It certainly isn't your conventional love story; but then, Hannah isn't your conventional heroine. Nor are she and Tice a conventional couple (she asked HIM to marry HER) but they don't seem to be any less happy for it. Giles' beloved Kentucky hills are the perfect setting for the story, and her ...

The Mad adventures of Captain Klutz

5 reviews
Don Martin

Warner Paperback Library, 1974

Top class humour
What a hilarious book!I've read it a t least a hundred times and yet i cant help laughing the next time i read it!It is a really good book.My father had bought it in the 1970's and now it has been completely worn out.Unfortunately , no new copies are available.Such masterpieces should not get extinct!

A sign for Cain: An exploration of human violence

4 reviews
Fredric Wertham

Paperback Library, 1973

Two thumbs up for this book!
It is undeniable the violence invades over and over the social life of the mankind, much more than they want to believe. This book is a generous, wide and erudite analysis of the violence in all its aspects: Wertham is a very illustrated man and uses not only sociology and psychology studies but also criminality issues , history, art and literature. He understands the violence not only in its ...

Hitchcock's films (International film guide series)

3 reviews
Robin Wood

Paperback Library, 1970

Robin Wood is the Preeminent Authority on Hitchcock
Robin Wood is without question the greatest authority on the cinematic works of Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Years ago after seeing many films as I was growing up I decided to do some reading on the role of the Director. By pure chance I picked up and purchased Robin Wood's original edition of this book. Obviously it was at that time, myself still being in school very challenging reading for me. ...

The suitors of spring

3 reviews
Pat Jordan

Warren Paperback Library, 1974

Just Good Writing
This book is a collection of essays -- long magazine articles -- by a freelance writer who used to be a professional baseball player. His careers (baseball and writing) are documented in his memoirs, A False Spring and A Nice Tuesday. Having read those books first, I had a good insight into the author, which made this book more enjoyable but was not really necessary to appreciate the writing in ...

The complete bread cookbook, (A Paperback library easy-to-cookbook)

2 reviews
Ted Kaufman

Paperback Library, 1969

The Best Bread Recipes Ever
Wonderful, no-nonsense recipes for all kinds of breads. The batter dinner rolls are delicious, easy, and always a hit. Same goes for the egg twist bread. It's too bad this book is out of print. Get a copy of this great book before they're all gone.

Panjamon: I was a headhunter (Warner paperback library)

4 reviews
Jean Yves Domalain

Warner Paperback Library, 1974

Unique Insights into the Bornean Rain Forest
This is one of the very rare books offering insight into the life of indigenous people before civilization even touched them. The Kajan and Iban peoples of Borneo were still living as hunters at stone age level in the impenetrable forests of Borneo when the author visited both tribes and spent considerable time in an Iban village of headhunters. He went through the initialization rituals and ...

Adversary in the house

3 reviews
Irving Stone

Paperback Library, 1962

My Grandfather's Namesake
Eugene V. Debs is the only prisoner who ever ran for president of the U.S.!! He got about a million votes too! He was convicted by the U.S. government under the espionage act and sentenced to 10 years. The title is very telling and I interpret as being a fulfillment of scripture even if Mr. Stone didn't intend it to be. Read Daniel Chapter 2, especially verses 40-45. Daniel is able to ...

Stand BY-Y-Y To Start Engines

4 reviews
Daniel V. Gallery

Warner Paperback Library, Inc., 1973

Navy stories so outlandish and funny they must be true
Better make sure your chair has arms, otherwise you'll fall off laughing so hard. Check in with the screwball Navy populated by Lt. Cmdr. Curley Cue, Lt.(jg) Willy Wigglesworth, Adm. Windy Day, Adm. Bugler Bates and the rest to see how life must really be on an aircraft carrier. Written in the 1960s, Gallery's stories still ring true. No matter how technologically advanced today's Navy ...

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