View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

A Place to Stand

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Published: 2002-06-10

Paperback: 272 pages

1 member reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Jimmy Santiago Baca's harrowing, brilliant memoir of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in a maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim and went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize. Long considered one of the best poets in Ame...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

How to be Strong, Healthy and Happy: (Original Version, Restored)

by Bob Hoffman

Published: 2011-11-13

Paperback: 456 pages

1 member reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

"Part of the success of my work, I believe, has been the result of my willingness to make of myself a human guinea pig, in order to prove on my own body the practicability and truth of the training system and methods of living I advocate. On several occasions in the past I have trained intensively for...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers

by Cole C. Kingseed

Published: 2015-11-03

Paperback: 304 pages

1 member reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company—the now-legendary Band of Brothers—from the confusion and chaos of the D-Day invasion to the final capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.   Winters was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and ...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

On Guerrilla Warfare

by Mao Tse-Tung, Mao Zedong

Published: 2007-11-01

Paperback: 132 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

The book is written in the context of China's guerrilla war against Japanese occupiers; this conflict is mentioned often by Mao. In this book Mao discusses the differences between guerrilla and "orthodox" military forces, as well as how such forces can work together for a common goal. Othe...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950

by U.S. Department of Defense

Published: 2013-08-04

Paperback: 244 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

"The Armed Forces Officer" is much more than a how-to guide for military officers. It is a series of candid, timeless essays on the nature of the people who occupy the ranks of the military services. "The Armed Forces Officer" highlights that our military is not just a collection of machines, processes,...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam

by Col. David H. Hackworth

Published: 2003-05-06

Paperback: 464 pages

1 member reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

In January 1969, one of the most promising young lieutenant colonels the US Army had ever seen touched down in Vietnam for his second tour of duty, which would turn out to be his most daring and legendary.David H. Hackworth had just completed the writing of a tactical handbook for the Pent...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel (V.I. Warshawski Novels)

by Sara Paretsky

Published: 2017-11-28

Mass Market Paperback: 592 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

LEE CHILD says she's "a genius."P.D. JAMES called her "the most remarkable" of today's suspense writers. STIEG LARSSON loved her work so much, he named her in his novels. And now SARA PARETSKY returns with the most extraordinary novel of her legendary career: FALLOUT.Before there was Lisbe...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

A Stardance Summer: An Eternity Springs Novel

by Emily March

Published: 2017-06-27

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

0 members reading this now
1 club reading this now
0 members have read this book

Return to the beloved small town of Eternity Springs in the newest installment of Emily March’s New York Times bestselling series with A Stardance Summer. Sometimes the end of one road Brick Callahan enjoys every minute of chaos at his campground, Stardance Ranch, especially after the T...

View Reading GUide

Not yet rated

Be the first to rate this book!

Secrets of the Tulip Sisters: A Novel

by Susan Mallery

Published: 2017-07-11

Hardcover: 448 pages

0 members reading this now
0 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Daughters of the Bride comes the charming tale about the problem with secrets, the power of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine—up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repe...

View Reading GUide

* * * *

Be the first to rate this book!

Fire Road: The Napalm Girl’s Journey through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace

by Kim Phuc Phan Thi

Published: 2017-10-03

Paperback: 336 pages

1 member reading this now
4 clubs reading this now
0 members have read this book

Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now!These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames?before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing d...