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Easter Rising: An Irish American Coming Up from Under 38 reviews
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
"eat up now,God only knows when you'll eat again. Sure,it's a long road ahead."
+ Fantastic
+ "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate"
+ A Cathartic Sequel to "All Souls"
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Sarajevo: A War Journal 6 reviews
Zlatko Dizdarevic
Fromm Intl, 1993
Essential reading from żBooks on Bosniaż
+ The terror of life in Sarajevo.
+ An Amazing, Shocking Journal of the Balkan Conflict!
+ Chilling journal of siege's first 16 months
+ Sarajevo: A War Journal
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies15 reviews
Bartolome de Las Casas
Penguin Classics, 1999
Essential Reading
+ Good read
+ an important and terrifying work
+ Sweepingly urgent
+ A dark episode in the History of Spain and America
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Survival In Auschwitz71 reviews
Primo Levi
Touchstone, 1996
primo levi
+ Vivid Portrayal of Horror
+ "...man is bound to pursue his own ends by all possible means, while he who errs but once pays dearly."
+ Direct and Powerful
+ Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
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Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution17 reviews
Forrest McDonald
University Press of Kansas, 1986
"the capstone of a fine career"
+ Good Book !
+ Nice look at the origins of the Constitution
+ A very specific work on the philosophical origins of the Constitution
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The Bonus Army: An American Epic27 reviews
Paul Dickson, Thomas B. Allen
Walker & Company, 2006
A Compelling Book
+ Ultimately A Victory for Veterans and Country
+ After the trumpets fade, the betrayal begins
+ A delightful surprise
+ The Forgotten Army
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie183 reviews
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Beacon Press, 2007
Here We Go Southie, Here We Go!
+ No place like Southie
+ Irish whispers
The past few years there has been a bright spotlight shone upon the South Boston social and political climates that have forever given Southie the reputation of being a sort of rough and tumble sort of place. With movies such as The Departed glorifying and demonstrating to the rest of the world ...
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)153 reviews
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Vintage, 2007
A damning indictment
+ reads like a novel
+ Good Introductory Book
+ Who's Your Baghdaddy?
+ a very decent account of the first couple years of the Iraq occupancy
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God and the Gun: The Church and Irish Terrorism4 reviews
Martin Dillon
Routledge, 1998
Infinite Loop
+ Chilling, balanced and gritty.
+ superb! Must buy immediately
Mr. Martin Dillon brings the history of the Irish "Troubles" as close as he can without the reader actually participating with him in his interviews. The interviews he shares, together with the balanced personal perspective he offers, presents the reader with one of the clearer explanations of ...
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)626 reviews
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Elie, a brave boy and a survivor
+ Night, a real tragedy, from a young boy.
+ A Horrific Account of the Nightmare of the Holocaust
+ Eye opener
+ A new day for Night
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Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City27 reviews
Random House, 2006
Right on target
+ A Lesson About America
+ Brilliant, Thorough, Unbiased, and Engaging
I loved this book from the first chapter. As a pre-storm resident of New Orleans I found this book to be most accurate about the events surrounding Katrina and the aftermath. While largely free of political opinion, the author does a tremendous job of portraying the struggles and shortcomings that ...
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Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City27 reviews
Random House, 2006
Brilliant, Thorough, Unbiased, and Engaging
+ A Lesson About America
An engaging account of the disaster that came close to sinking New Orleans, both literally and figuratively. Interestingly and intelligently written, Mr Horne manages to turn a multitude of well researched facts and real-life experiences into a page turner.
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Survival In Auschwitz71 reviews
Primo Levi
Touchstone, 1996
primo levi
+ Vivid Portrayal of Horror
+ "...man is bound to pursue his own ends by all possible means, while he who errs but once pays dearly."
+ Direct and Powerful
+ Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
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Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies15 reviews
Bartolome de Las Casas
Penguin Classics, 1999
Essential Reading
+ Good read
+ an important and terrifying work
+ Sweepingly urgent
+ A dark episode in the History of Spain and America
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God and the Gun: The Church and Irish Terrorism4 reviews
Martin Dillon
Routledge, 1998
Infinite Loop
+ Chilling, balanced and gritty.
+ superb! Must buy immediately
Mr. Martin Dillon brings the history of the Irish "Troubles" as close as he can without the reader actually participating with him in his interviews. The interviews he shares, together with the balanced personal perspective he offers, presents the reader with one of the clearer explanations of ...
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Night (Oprah's Book Club)626 reviews
Elie Wiesel
Hill and Wang, 2006
Elie, a brave boy and a survivor
+ Night, a real tragedy, from a young boy.
+ A Horrific Account of the Nightmare of the Holocaust
+ Eye opener
+ A new day for Night
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The Bonus Army: An American Epic27 reviews
Paul Dickson, Thomas B. Allen
Walker & Company, 2006
A Compelling Book
+ Ultimately A Victory for Veterans and Country
+ After the trumpets fade, the betrayal begins
+ A delightful surprise
+ The Forgotten Army
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Vintage)153 reviews
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Vintage, 2007
A damning indictment
+ reads like a novel
+ Good Introductory Book
+ Who's Your Baghdaddy?
+ a very decent account of the first couple years of the Iraq occupancy
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All Souls: A Family Story from Southie183 reviews
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Beacon Press, 2007
Here We Go Southie, Here We Go!
+ No place like Southie
+ Irish whispers
The past few years there has been a bright spotlight shone upon the South Boston social and political climates that have forever given Southie the reputation of being a sort of rough and tumble sort of place. With movies such as The Departed glorifying and demonstrating to the rest of the world ...
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Sarajevo: A War Journal6 reviews
Zlatko Dizdarevic
Fromm Intl, 1993
Essential reading from żBooks on Bosniaż
+ The terror of life in Sarajevo.
+ An Amazing, Shocking Journal of the Balkan Conflict!
+ Chilling journal of siege's first 16 months
+ Sarajevo: A War Journal
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