The Andromeda Strain376 reviews Michael Crichton Avon, 2003 Crichton's big ticket + Nice early work of Crichton I actually saw the movie before I read the book. I thought the movie was really good until I read the book... Wow! Crichton's writing style is amazing and addictive! Now, when I see the movie, I still think it's good, but it pales in comparison to the book.             Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland54 reviews Christopher R. Browning Harper Perennial, 1993 Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach! + Ordinary Men is a grisly look at a German killing squad implementing the Final Solution in Poland + Frightfully banal + Excellent             Eagle in the Snow50 reviews Wallace Breem Rugged Land, 2004 Well researched novel + simply great writing + Good Historical fiction + Last great Battle of the Roman Legion             The Flanders Panel134 reviews Arturo Perez-Reverte Harvest Books, 2004 Loved it! "The Flanders Panel" was the first Perez-Reverte book I read, and as soon as I finished it, I was ready for more! I found the setting of the story to be very believable as far as the art restoration and museum milieu. I liked the main character, Julia, and I was fascinated by the mystery inside a ...             The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Iraq (Johns Hopkins ...3 reviews Phillip Knightley The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004 The War Correspondent as a Coward, Propagandist, and a Liar + excellent history of (biased) reporting + HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Phillip Knightley's book THE FIRST CASUALTY is an informative summary of war correspondents who deliberately distort and lie about war. These correspondents not only lie and report non-events, they also omit crucial information. The tragedy is that these men do so quite willingly Knightley ...             Biblical Religion: The Great Lie10 reviews Michael Kalopoulos Xlibris Corporation, 2003 BUY THIS ONE NOW!!!!! + Did You Ever Wonder? ASTONISHING,A REAL MIND-OPENER.HOW COULD WE BE SO BLIND FOR SO MANY CENTURIES?             The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology83 reviews Nick Cook Broadway, 2003 Written by a Jane's aerospace writer... + Reads like a thriller + Very interesting to read, kept me interested.. + Zero Point is a "Must Read" + found point zero             Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny ...34 reviews P. J. O'Rourke Grove Press, 2000 Now you know where Borat got his storyline! + Humorous, sarcastic and profound at the same time. + In History + Irreverent, funny, and dated             At the Mountains of Madness: And Other Tales of Terror50 reviews H. P. Lovecraft Del Rey, 1991 Perfect story, Defective Book I loved this book. For me, I was not really terrified, but I just love Myths and things like that, so I just kept on reading and loved every minute of it. However, I would find a different book that contains these stories because I was only half way through At the Mountains of Madness when the ...             The Left Hand of Darkness184 reviews Ursula K. LeGuin Ace, 1987 Revisit this Sci-Fi classic if you haven't read it since college + Le Guin's Masterpiece + Can't put it down The intriguing notion that our gender dictates not only our personal life, but the society we create and our political systems was quite a radical thought for me in the 1970s when I first read this book in college. I was immersed in an on-going sexual revolution and a feminist awakening. Ursula ...             Tigana203 reviews Guy Gavriel Kay Roc Trade, 1999 A classic in its own right + This book touched my heart + Unique and beautiful fantasy + Just an excellent book. + Tigana is pretty great             Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West46 reviews Tom Holland Doubleday, 2006 Do you want to know how it all happened? + 300 free men. (Oh, and a thousand slaves.) + In the Footsteps of Herodotus + Absolute Brilliance + Vivid account of a superpower's defeat             Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies1075 reviews Jared M. Diamond W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 A profound and lasting classic + History; It's What's for Dinner + Fascinating! + Great subject and treatment - shakey science             Catch-22832 reviews Joseph Heller Simon & Schuster, 1996 Lighthearted and comical, yet dark and meaningful + 25 words or less + Incredible + Great Characters Living With Death             No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs164 reviews Naomi Klein Picador, 2002 Amazing book with a lot of things to do with globalization + I've got a different eye now + Thorough and tendentious This book is extremely useful and important and has a lot of thing to do with society.             Friendly Fire: The Secret War Between the Allies3 reviews Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, ... Mainstream Publishing, 2005 Carnage and Profits + Very nice addition to my WWII collection I remember being taught about World War 2 at school. It went something along the lines of how there were these evil people called German Nazis who were trying to conquer the world, with their friends the Italians and the Japanese and they were defeated by the brave British with some help from the ...             The Long Walk270 reviews Stephen King Signet, 1999 Horror made by humans for humans + An Interesting Journey To Come Along On... + A classic + Harrowing concept and compelling characters are burdened by a lack of explanation. Nonetheless enjoyable, and recommended + Intensity Itself!!!             The Athenian Murders12 reviews Jose Carlos Somoza Abacus, 2002 Philosophy with Murder on the Side + just a shade too derivative At first appearances a murder mystery set in Athens at the time of Plato. A young man, Tramachus, is found dead, apparently killed by wolves, but suspicions remain. The youngster's former tutor, Diagoras employs the help of Herakles, a decipherer of enigmas, to explain the odd behaviour of ...             Bodyguard of Lies20 reviews Anthony C. Brown Harper Perennial, 1991 Truth, in this case, is more than stranger than fiction + Intelligence made the difference + The book now reissued - retitled, and is it the same? + Incredible, but true + The book on intelligence operations during World War II             Song of Kali85 reviews Dan Simmons Tor Books, 1998 A must read for everyone! + Gut Wrenching When poet Bobby Luczak is asked to go to Calcutta in search of the poet M. Das, he ignores friends' warnings and of course, says yes. His wife and infant daughter accompany him on what is to be something less than the perfect family holiday. M. Das has been missing for eight years, but recent ...