Hampton Sides
A native of Memphis, Hampton Sides is editor-atlarge for Outside magazine and the author of the international best-seller, Ghost Soldiers (Doubleday), which was the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, The Great Raid. Ghost Soldiers won the 2002 PEN ... [... more]
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Outside 25
 Great Reading About the Outside World: Over the last decade or so "Outside" has repeatedly proven itself to be the magazine with the most compelling and well-written feature stories anywhere. For example, Jon Krakauer's "Into Thin Air" [... more]
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Adrenaline 2002: The Year's Best Stories of Adventure ...
Great selections!: Fourteen adventures: six stand alone articles and eight excerpts from longer works. Clearly Clint Willis did some homework finding these because I read most of the adventure mags and had only seen two of these during the year. Some of [... more]
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000
From Amazon.co.uk: Editor David Quammen's approach with The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2000 is broad. So broad that he juxtaposes Mormon archaeology with wild African dogs, computer science with the origins of HIV. As a whole, the [... more]
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Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's ...
Unencumbered by details...: This book is aimed at the general reading public. Consequently, it lacks the detailed minutiae typically associated with military histories. That's good news for general readers who just want an interesting story. Bad if you' [... more]
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
The results of manifest destiny. . .: This is a beautifully written book that takes epic form in retelling the settling of the American southwest from 1820 through the 1860s. From the Mexican war to the removal of the Navajo from Canyon de Chelly, [... more]
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Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War ...
From Amazon.com: The Bataan Death March was just the beginning of the woes American soldiers captured by the Japanese army in the Philippines had to endure. The survivors of the march faced not only their captors' regular brutality (having surrendered, [... more]
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Polar Bear Waltz
mostly human: Althou there are some "silly" animal shots, most are humans, especially skier and other atheletes. Don't buy it for the animal lover. Pefect for a Coffee table: If you know anyone who loves a new coffee table book every once in a [... more]
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
The results of manifest destiny. . .: This is a beautifully written book that takes epic form in retelling the settling of the American southwest from 1820 through the 1860s. From the Mexican war to the removal of the Navajo from Canyon de Chelly, [... more]
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Ghost Soldiers
Unencumbered by details...: This book is aimed at the general reading public. Consequently, it lacks the detailed minutiae typically associated with military histories. That's good news for general readers who just want an interesting story. Bad if you' [... more]
CDN$25.99
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Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
The results of manifest destiny. . .: This is a beautifully written book that takes epic form in retelling the settling of the American southwest from 1820 through the 1860s. From the Mexican war to the removal of the Navajo from Canyon de Chelly, [... more]
CDN$42.00
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Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the ...
The results of manifest destiny. . .: This is a beautifully written book that takes epic form in retelling the settling of the American southwest from 1820 through the 1860s. From the Mexican war to the removal of the Navajo from Canyon de Chelly, [... more]
CDN$21.00
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