Lost Anzacs: The Story of Two Brothers

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This is a fascinating account of two very different Anzac experiences of World War I. Drawing on letters, diaries, and photographs from his grandfather and great-uncle, Greg Kerr relates the bitter experiences of Hedley Kerr (killed at Gallipoli on April 25th, 1915) and George Kitchin Kerr,
who was wounded at Gallipoli and later survived three years in a Turkish prison camp.

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Kurt Gödel is often held up as an intellectual revolutionary whose incompleteness theorem helped tear down the notion that there was anything certain about the universe. Philosophy professor, novelist, and MacArthur Fellow Rebecca Goldstein reinterprets the evidence and restores to Gödel's famous idea the meaning he claimed he intended: that there is a mathematical truth--an objective certainty--underlying everything and existing independently of human thought. Gödel, Goldstein maintains, was an intellectual heir to Plato whose sense of alienation from the positivists and postmodernists of the 1940s was only ameliorated by his friendship with another intellectual giant, Albert Einstein. As Goldstein writes, "That his work, like Einstein's, has been interpreted as not only consistent with the revolt against objectivity but also as among its most compelling driving forces is ... more than a little ironic."

This and other paradoxes of Gödel's life are woven throughout Incompleteness, with biographical details taking something of a back seat to the philosophical and mathematical underpinnings of his theories. As an introduction to one of the three most profound scientific insights of the 20th century (the other two being Einstein's relativity and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle), Incompleteness is accessible, yet intellectually rigorous. Goldstein succeeds admirably in retiring inaccurate interpretations of Gödel's ideas. --Therese Littleton

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A masterly introduction to the life and thought of the man who transformed our conception of math forever.

Kurt Gödel is considered the greatest logician since Aristotle. His monumental theorem of incompleteness demonstrated that in every formal system of arithmetic there are true statements that nevertheless cannot be proved. The result was an upheaval that spread far beyond mathematics, challenging conceptions of the nature of the mind.

Rebecca Goldstein, a MacArthur-winning novelist and philosopher, explains the philosophical vision that inspired Gödel's mathematics, and reveals the ironic twist that led to radical misinterpretations of his theorems by the trendier intellectual fashions of the day, from positivism to postmodernism. Ironically, both he and his close friend Einstein felt themselves intellectual exiles, even as their work was cited as among the most important in twentieth-century thought. For Gödel , the sense of isolation would have tragic consequences.

This lucid and accessible study makes Gödel's theorem and its mindbending implications comprehensible to the general reader, while bringing this eccentric, tortured genius and his world to life.

About the series:Great Discoveries brings together renowned writers from diverse backgrounds to tell the stories of crucial scientific breakthroughs—the great discoveries that have gone on to transform our view of the world.

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Extraordinarily bad.......2007-09-22

A man is reading a book. For an unknown reason, the book begins in the most execrable of tenses, the historical present. He ponders putting the book down, but continues reading in the hope that both the literary style will improve, and that the ostensible topic of the book - Godel's work on incompleteness - will be taken up, in preference to biographical information about Einstein. Some 40 pages later, his hopes are still not met. He begins reading the next chapter, his hopes buoyed by the book's title, which is, after all, Incompleteness. He frowns upon discovering that this chapter is still not about Godel's work, but about the boy. He reads sentences like "Kurt Godel fell in love with Platonism" and "I found... those little Bible studies published by the Jehovah's witnesses, the kind that their itinerants will urge on you if you happen to be home in the middle of the day and answer the door." He thinks "I don't give a fig about Rebecca Goldstein's discoveries of scraps of paper once drawn on by Godel. Get to the point." The book does not get to the point. He reads "First exposure to Plato can be an extremely heady experience for those with a passion for abstraction. (I remember my own.)" He thinks "this woman has *no* passion for abstraction, she's trying to psychologise mathematical logic!" He reads pages and pages about Vienna and Karl Kraus, an asinine attempt to discuss the logical positivists as *subjectivists* of all things. He reads about the villainous Wittgenstein. He thinks, "what a terrible interpretation of Wittgenstein." By now the book has passed into the past tense, thank God. I finally realised what was going on: Rebecca Goldstein was writing this book in the hope that it would get picked up and adapted as a screen-play. Thus, she needed a love story (Godel meets Platonism; they have wonderfully incomplete children and live neurotically ever after); she needed a villain ('subjectivism,' which, as far as i can tell, means everything which isn't Platonism in this tale, and wears a black hat while shooting up bars and dishonoring ladies); she needed to avoid any sort of philosophical, mathematical or historical rigor at all costs.

This is a long review, and probably boring. It is a performative review. Buy Nagel's book, 'Godel's Proof,' instead.

A disappointment due to its incompleteness .......2007-06-03

This is a good companion and counterpoint to "Wittgenstein's Poker" that starts off well but ends as a book with no payoff. Other than her well-argued characterization of Godel as a Platonist among positivists whose ideas were misunderstood or ignored, Goldstein presents neither coherent biography, nor any explanation of the development and significant influence of Godel's work after 1931 (a subject that seems beyond Goldstein's capabilities). Despite an occasional mention of an important date and a few details of political intrigue at the Institute for Advanced Study in between, the book has almost no content about Godel between 1931 to the 1970's, not long prior to Godel's starving himself to death.

Goldstein does present a decent overview of the first two incompleteness theorems and the goals of the formalists who preceded Godel, though the view she presents is very limited because it ignores the issues of pervasive errors in mathematical reasoning about the infinite in analysis and other fields that led to the formalist point of view in the first place. She is somewhat fuzzy, though, on the relationsip between completeness and incompleteness. There are some obvious errors in terms of the surrounding explanations from small details - Hilbert presented 23 major problems, not 10, at the 1900 Math Congress - to a misleading implication that the theory of arithmetic underlies all of mathematics and its incompleteness implies that the formal inference no value for complex mathematical domains (ignoring efficiently decidable theories like that of real-closed fields, for example).

As other reviewers have noted, Goldstein has almost nothing to say about Godel's relationship with von Neumann who has his biggest champion. Despite her mention of Turing's work, other than saying that Godel was pleased by it she seems to describe it as little more than changing the terminology of Godel's work. Finally, she repeats the Lucas argument and Godel's lack of sanction for it, but she does not seriously discuss the refutations of the Lucas argument that have appeared. The focus of her text seems to imply that, in his heart of hearts, Godel would have liked to believe it.

Both technically and philosophically confused........2007-04-21

As a student of logic and the philosophy of mathematics I found this book seriously confusing. The book contains a number of technical, biographical and philosophical errors. Interested students should try and get hold of reviews of "Incompleteness" by Sol Feferman and Juilette Kennedy, logicians who explain the book's flaws better than I could.

Is a Theory of Everything really possible?.......2007-03-10

Absolutely fascinating. Not only that there are things we cannot know, but we can even know there are things we cannot know.

Read this review: don't buy this book!.......2007-01-17

I bought this book in the naive supposition that it explains incompleteness theory. It does not. It is a mix of some Gödel biography and a lot of philosophy. Philosophy not about Gödel only. If you like philosopy, OK. But from this book you will learn no formula, no math, no explanation of any scientific value of incompleteness theory. This book is a dud. Don't buy it.

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel (Great Discoveries)

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Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel (Great Discoveries)
Rebecca Goldstein
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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A fascinating account of well-chosen episodes in Godel's life together with an accessible account of Godel's extraordinary achievement - basically a proof that there are true but unprovable statements.

The incomplete Godel.(Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel)(A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein)(Book Review) : An article from: American Scientist

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The incomplete Godel.(Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel)(A World Without Time: The Forgotten Legacy of Godel and Einstein)(Book Review) : An article from: American Scientist

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Nature's Medicine

Most Comprehensive Single Book Herbal I've Seen

Over 200 color photos, 150 botanical drawings and over 150 maps

In-depth and up-to-date excellent reference book

Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine (National Geographic)
National Geographic Society
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Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine: The Definitive Home Reference Guide to 550 Key Herbs with all their Uses as Remedies for Common Ailments

ASIN: 0792236661
Release Date: 2006-04-18

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For millennia, humans have looked to nature for remedies to ailments great and small. Long before formal science enabled us to take a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of dozens of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. And today, countless people still use medicinal plants, whether in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs.

Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this accessible, fact-filled book is based on the work of renowned botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged, beautifully illustrated entries for hundreds of plants touted for millennia to soothe, even heal. Each is clearly described, with full details of its physical appearance and medicinal uses; its origins and geographic distribution, how it's harvested and used in conventional and alternative medicine, a range map; and more.

It's also a fascinating medical chronicle filled with informative sidebars on everything from ancient folklore to the latest research. Readers learn how aspirin evolved from a concoction of willow bark to the familiar white pill of today, how the foxglove's flowery beauty contributes to the potent heart drug digitalis, and how many other now common treatments have deep historical and cultural roots. It's a journey that starts many centuries ago in remote places like the Amazon rain forest, where shamans practiced their powerful curative magic of plants, and leads to the high-tech pharmaceutical labs of today's scientists working to discover new plant-based drugs that can be used effectively to treat diseases major and minor alike, from cancer to the common cold.

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Nature's Medicine.......2006-08-18

This book is beautiful It has full color pictures. It also has lots of information. Maps and locations on where the plants are usally found. It is a thick hard cover book. A great addtion to anyones library. Great for gardening, medicine or science.

Most Comprehensive Single Book Herbal I've Seen.......2006-06-21

I wholeheartedly agree with the other reviewers that this is a 5-star book and an important volume to include in your herbal library - or if you are looking for ONE herbal book, this is it.

Each entry has information on the history and lore of not only the herb, but even its name; where and how it grows, how to cultivate (that information is often left out of other books, which just tell you what part of the plant to use, now HOW to use them), and any supporting scientific evidence (or lack thereof).

The sections on geographic locations worldwide and their indiginous plants and cultural contributions to herbalism are unlike anything in any other herbal book I've seen. I could not put this one down, I turned each page with the same enthusiasm I'd have had for a suspense thriller, and this is a reference book, not something that would normally garner excited responses like that. Don't pass this one up!

Over 200 color photos, 150 botanical drawings and over 150 maps.......2006-06-20

There are so many herbal books on the market today that one could wonder about the need for yet another, even with the National Geographic branding attached to it promising quality - but DESK REFERENCE TO NATURE'S MEDICINE offers something different. It's put together not by a single person but by leading experts in the herbal medicine field, it packs in over 200 color photos, 150 botanical drawings and over 150 maps, and its alphabetical arrangement of therapeutical plants covers not just physical appearance and medicinal properties but geographic distribution, how it's harvested in used, and more. Nine essays provide an overview to world healing traditions while handy sidebars of detail pack in the history and cultural insights, making for a practical manual which is also a superb history.

Diane C. Donovan
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In-depth and up-to-date excellent reference book.......2006-04-29

The National Geographic Society is known for producing high quality books and this is a fine example of one of their best works. The book is being promoted using their brand name rather then the names of the authors. I would like to acknowledge the authors Steven Foster and Rebecca Johnson; with Botanical paintings by Jane Watkins and Mary Eaton; and color photographs by Steven Foster.

I am familiar with the writings and beautiful plant photographs of Steven Foster and believe that he is one of the finest authors on medicinal plants.

This book contains in-depth and up-to-date profiles of 150 medicinal plants including herbal and pharmaceutical uses, cultural and scientific information and a botanical painting, map and color photograph for each plant.

The book has been well researched and provides a significant amount of information that is both succinct and clear, not lacking in any way. A reader would have to consult dozens of books to find the same information presented in this one volume.

The book is highly recommended for the general reader, herbalist, health professional and certainly every library.

Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution

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Why Animals Do What They Do

Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution
Edward M. Barrows
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Revised and updated, containing over 5,000 entries, with over 1,100 more entries than in the previous edition, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution provides definitions for terms in animal behavior, biogeography, evolution, ecology, genetics, psychology, statistics, systematics, and other related sciences. Formatted like a standard dictionary, this reference presents definitions in a quick- and easy-to-use style. For each term, where applicable, you receive: · Multiple definitions listed chronologically · Term hierarchies summarized in tables · Definition sources · Directives that show where a concept is defined under a synonymous name, and concepts related to focal ones · Non-technical and obsolete definitions · Pronunciations of selected terms · Common-denominator entries · Synonyms · Classifications of organisms and descriptions of many taxa · Organizations related to animal behavior, ecology, evolution, and related sciences Still the most complete work of its kind, Animal Behavior Desk Reference, Second Edition: A Dictionary of Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution will improve your scientific communication, particularly in the fields of animal behavior, evolution, ecology, and related branches of biology. If you are a teacher, student, writer, or active in science in any way, this book will prove to be one of your most valuable resources.

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Why Animals Do What They Do.......2001-02-24

If you are responsible for an animal you need this book. Whether you are a owner, trainer, petsitter, groomer, boarder, behaviorist, veterinarian or other caregiver, you must have this book on your shelves and within reach.

The author, Edward M. Barrows, has done an outstanding job in walking the fine line between writing for the general reader and the professional in this field. As a reference, it is a "must read" for all.

Steve Rafe steve-rafe@erols.com

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*Sigh* It's good, but not for me.

A must have basic!

an unexpected gem

Great Simple Recipes

Very happy I have this in my kitchen.

Japanese Cooking - Contemporary & Traditional
Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner , and Miyoko Nishimoto Schinner
Manufacturer: Book Publishing Company (TN)
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ASIN: 1570670722

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Recipes feature traditional Japanese dishes and regional specialities from Kyushu in the south to Hokkaido in the north, as well as special fusion dishes. The author has created innovative substitutes for meat and fish utilizing tofu, seitan, and other vegetarian foods to create a truly unique Japanese cookbook.

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*Sigh* It's good, but not for me........2007-06-06

The few recipes I've made from this book have turned out quite tasty. But almost every single recipe includes either meat substitutes or exclusively Japanese ingredients. That would be fine, except I live in a rural area where I have very little access to exotic "meats" and Japanese markets.

This book would be better if there were a complete shopping list or pantry list so I could buy stock up on ingredients when I'm in a bigger city, or are there mail order addresses where I could buy Japanese groceries?

But still, the recipes are good. Maybe I can grow shiso and daikon and whatever else in my backyard. Maybe I can find some recipes for soy sausage and other meat substitutes. Until then, this recipe book will get some good rest on the bookshelf.

Well, heck, while I'm at it, let me add one more less-than-satisfactory aspect of this book. Japanese food is all about simplicity. Most of the recipes in here, though they do taste good, are so simple it's sort of ridiculous and embarassing to even need a recipe for them. Here's one (my paraphrase): "Wilt spinach and sprinkle with sesame oil." Two ingredients. That one recipe has a whole page dedicated to it. But hey, at least that's one that I can make--I have those ingredients!

But again, the recipes end up tasting great.

A must have basic!.......2006-03-01

It's hard to search for a cookbook when you can't view it personally so I took a chance buying this and am extremely happy with it! The recipes are authentic and easy. There aren't any photographs but a few drawing to illustrate technique. The recipes are the core of Japanese cooking and the ingredients are consistant and easy to find. Exactly what I was looking for and would definatly say it was not a waste of money. This is getting alot of use.

an unexpected gem.......2005-05-03

I came across this book while researching vegan recipes for a family member who is on a really restricted diet. I am not a vegan, but I have loved every recipe from this book that I've made. The maze gohan (Japanese pilaf) and Yasai Zosui (mixed vegetable 'risotto') have become some of my favorite foods.

The book is nicely laid out and it's the perfect size book. It's long enough to contain a wealth of recipes, but not so large that it is unwieldy and awkward to actually have in the cooking area. The directions are extremely clear, and the author does a good job of explaining unfamiliar ingredients.

Vegan or not, this is one of my favorite cookbooks.

Great Simple Recipes.......2004-05-23

This is my favorite cookbook. The recipes are simple, healthy, and they don't taste like they are missing anything.

After becoming a vegan, I thought that I would be deprived of all the tastes that I grew up with. I happened upon this book at Borders and have been pleasantly surprised by every recipe that I have tried. Even my anti-vegan sister loves this book.

The recipe for gyoza is a real winner.

Very happy I have this in my kitchen........2004-03-18

This is a great cookbook. As a Japanese-American and a vegan, this is by far the best vegetarian japanese cookbook I've come across.

The veg-anized recipies in this book mimic the real thing--the Japanese curry out of this cookbook tastes the same as I remember the beef/pork/chicken version tasting. The ramen recipe is as close to the real thing as I can imagine, and I'm not referring to the 6 for a dollar insta-packs from the supermarket.

The author includes traditional and modern foods, and recipes which are tradionally vegetarian and not. Most of the ingredients can be bought at your local supermarket. This is the book to get for healthy, completely vegetarian Japanse food.

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Christina Harris has applied her significant dressmaking talents to creating a great new collection of dolls' clothes to make.

Whether looking for an everyday outfit, or a really special ensemble to display their favourite doll in, the enthusiast will find plenty of choice here. There are designs for dolls sized from 14 inches to 24 inches, both adult and child styles, in all of the most popular period fashions. From the Victorian era comes a walking out costume, a smart travelling coat complete with astrakhan trim, and an enchanting nightdress with mop cap. There's a classic Edwardian Norfolk tweed suit and a stylish leg 'o mutton sleeved jacket with matching skirt. Twentieth-century styles feature fashions from the 1920s and 30s, as well as a glamorous 1950s 'Prom' dress. All the designs are versatile, as the author's sketched variations on the made-up outfits will show. Finally, the chapter featuring storybook characters such as Scarlett O'Hara, Dorothy from the Land of Oz, and Rapunzel provides that something extra special.

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Very nice and complete overview........2007-01-04

I have been very happy to discover this book. It gives lots of ideas and the models can be used as base for new creations ! A little girl's dream becomes reality...Many thanks.

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Think back to your high school years. Remember the mean girls who didn't want you to even walk by their table in the cafeteria? Those days aren't over. The mean girls are just all grown up. Welcome to Mommy Land.

Greetings from Mommy Land where women morph into catty high school girls, form cliques and won't let you play date with them.

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Huge Disappointment.......2007-02-08

This book was such a huge disappointment. Having experienced the good and bad sides of mommy cliques, I thought the idea of this book was so great and I was really looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately, this wasn't a funny and inspired take on the "insanity of motherhood" at all. It was a judgmental and mean-spirited attack on what seemed to be as many women as the author could think of. I had to force myself to finish it, and only did so in the hopes that it would somehow redeem itself in the end (it didn't). Each "character" in the book is an extreme caricature of a real person, snarkily drawn around whatever characteristic they might have that offends the author (ie is different from her beliefs about mothering). This is especially ironic because her main complaint about many of these women is that they are not accepting of those who are different from themselves. Yet, that is exactly how the author appears to the reader - as completely unwilling to look for the good in people who might not be exactly the same type of mother as she is. All of the mothers in my moms club and playgroups share some of the traits the author scorns in this book, but none of them are such cartoonish people as the characters in her books. And none of them are so quick to judge and find others lacking as are her denizens of Mommy Land (and as she appears to be herself, based on her scathing portrayals of the women in her book). It's so sad to think of everyone being labeled, categorized, and marked off as unworthy of friendship or respect just because they happen to feel differently than you do about breastfeeding, Bugaboos, or bedtime crying.

As a side note, I was astonished to see so many typographical errors in such a short book. Although the book is barely 1/4" thick and only took an hour to read, I lost count of all the errors and mistakes; it seems as if there was no editor or proofreader at all.

If you really want to give this book a chance, check it out from the library so you can put your money towards a higher quality title. Hopefully that way you won't feel as cheated as I did!

Great Book.......2006-07-03

I highly recommend this book. It is hilariously fun and has great insight about the pressures of parenting today!

Funny! Funny! .......2005-11-30

Hi Girls, it's Darla Shine author of Happy Housewives. If you want to have a few laughs read this book. I thought it was hysterical.

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Shifting Gears is a richly illustrated exploration of the American era of gear-and-girder technology. From the 1890s to the 1920s machines and structures shaped by this technology emerged in many forms, from automobiles and harvesting machines to bridges and skyscrapers. The most casual onlooker to American life saw examples of the new technology on Main Street, on the local railway platform, and in the pages of popular magazines.

A major consequence of this technology was its effect on the arts, in particular the literary arts. Three prominent American writers of the time—Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, and William Carlos Williams—became designer-engineers of the word. Tichi reveals their use of prefabricated, manufactured components in poems and prose. As designers, they enacted in style and structure the new technological values. The writers, according to Tichi, thought of words themselves as objects for assembly into a design.

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A Vietnam War Novel. ...get ready to have your socks knocked off...(from back cover) Military writing at its best-Rick Casady

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Ridiculous.......2007-09-07

There are a few characterizations in this fantasy piece that ring true, but those few that do exist are smothered by the absurdity of the rest of this novel. It might have helped if the author had taken 10 or 15 minutes to do a little research geography alone. Yes, there were covert missions aplenty into Laos and even southern China. Yes, many were FUBAR at the moment of conception. But the portrayals in "Slow Walk through the Gardens..." don't even reach the level of comic book. Prospective readers are encouraged to save their money. There are plenty of accounts, and even some fiction, available on Amazon regarding US intervention in Laos...all far better than this mess. Without a doubt, "Slow Walk...Gardens of Hell" one of the worst books written to date on the war in Southeast Asia. Too bad "zero" stars was not a rating option.

Not sure if this non-fiction book is really fictional.......2007-07-29

I have read dozens (hundred, plus??) of first person accounts of their action in SE asia. SOme of this story is so radically different I am having a hard time believing it. THe basis is that he was a graduate student in guerilla warfare hired by the CIA to help them in Laos and Thailand. The guy that hires him gets fired so the author is shipped off to do combat patrols.
He appears to be a CIA contractor, but not a CIA actual employee. His willingness and ease with which he supposedly kills superior officers and other members of the US Army either makes him the most honest author of the war to date or not completely honest about his history. As a civilian contractor I don't understand if he was under any contract, and if not why not just leave if it was so bad for him. Also, as a civilian, why the hell was he taking ANY orders from Army personel. As a discharged veteran, any military person who tried to give me orders I would tell to get bent as I am a civilian now. I don't understand why he allowed himself to be ordered into situations when he was not official CIA and his directions weren't coming from the CIA.

That being said I am not a combat veteran so I will leave others to decide if it is true or not.

Other than that it is an interesting read if nothing else. If you can keep a skeptical outlook it is a quick read.

A graphic look at the Vietnam War.......2006-10-10

This novel is an intense look at the realities of war from the perspective of a soldier who was just trying to make it out alive. The main character is an American intellectual who was hired by the CIA to conduct intelligence in Laos and vietnam. Unfortunately for him, the CIA dropped the program and didn't know what to do with him. He was sent to command a small patrol in Laos as an "equivalent" officer, which meant that he was never officially part of the military, but was treated like one. Through a combination of resourcefulness, craziness, booze, drugs, and just plain luck he survived in the enemy-infested jungles of Laos against remarkable odds only to have to fight for his own survival against the local military brass who wished he would just disappear. He made a few friends but even more enemies as he did everything in his power to come through it all alive.

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My Lonely Walk Through Hell
William E. Eisenbarth
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"In any U. S. army unit of nine soldiers, one could find an Italian from New Jersey, a Jew from the Bronx, an Irishman from New York, a Swede from Minnesota, a good old boy from Georgia, a swaggering Texan, a smooth-faced Californian, a Bible reader from Tennessee, and a hayseed from North Dakota." Together they discover that serving their country during World War II was not just a duty, but also an honor and a privilege. Filled with warmth and humor, sadness and extraordinary horror, this is a real soldier's unforgettable story, having been a witness to and a participant in an event as monumental as any in history.

The Walk Through Hell: True Story of a WWII Courier

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The Walk Through Hell: True Story of a WWII Courier
Jean C. Colp
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To survive, teenager Mila becomes a World War II courier in the Balkans. Jean C. Colp recounts Mila's true-life story, as it was told to her. For ten years Colp has owned The Business Writers company. Fully returnable.

A Walk with Christ Through Eternity: Heaven, Hell and the Judgements

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A Walk with Christ Through Eternity: Heaven, Hell and the Judgements

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A Walk Through Hell

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A Walk Through Hell is the collection of stories of the men who survived the brutal hell of the Japanese Prisoner of War camps. Their plight will forever etch the names of Bataan and Corregidor on the soul of the American people.

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