John Hersey
On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and ... [... more]
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The Horus Hersey vol. IV: Visions of Death: Iconic ...
 Author: Alan Merrett Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781844163403 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1844163407 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2006-09-12 [... more]
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String Quartet Tribute Nine Inch Nails
wow: I think this is an exceptional cd. Trent Reznor was wise to allow the string quartet to release this. Very soothing, relaxing, and emotionally provoking. Way too cheery and staccato: This album captures none of the mystery and darkness of Nine Inch [... more]
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Hiroshima
From Amazon.com: When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, few could have anticipated its potential for devastation. Pulitzer prize-winning author John Hersey recorded the stories of Hiroshima residents shortly after the explosion and, in 1946, [... more]
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Slightly Out of Focus
From Amazon.com: Robert Capa, the great photojournalist who is perhaps best known for his searing images of WWII, infused his autobiography with the same brio and warmth that he expressed in his now classic photographs. "Victory was pleasant and [... more]
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Fatal Shadows
Very quick but fun read: Enjoyable read. Its refreshing to have a gay detective (sort of) I will read his other book as well. Just wish it was a bit longer. Read it in a few hours. Fun though. Unsatisfying: The book is a reasonably entertaining quick [... more]
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Blues
There's something fishy about this book: This book was given to me late last summer after I had pulled a blue out of the waters of Chatham, Ma.. I am a year rounder on Cape Cod, but I hadn't caught a fish since I was a boy. I was positively giddy for [... more]
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Within the Context of No Context
From Amazon.com: Long-time New Yorker writer George W. S. Trow first published the long title essay of this book in 1981, and it now appears with a companion piece, "Collapsing Dominant." Taken together, the two essays are a trenchant and often [... more]
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The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots
Author: George Hersey Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 720 EAN: 9780262582032 Edition: Reprint ISBN: 0262582031 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: 2001-02-19 [... more]
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A Single Pebble
Revisiting A Single Pebble: Although published almost 50 years ago, this book deserves another look using a modern, critical lens. Overshadowed by Hersey's other works, specifically Hiroshima and A Bell for Adano, A Single Pebble offers a great deal to [... more]
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Into the Valley: Marines at Guadalcanal
Told As It Was: Please do not be put off by fours stars: this is a superb book about early WWII written by someone who 'was there'. The lack of a fifth star merely reflects my desire to have seen a longer, even more in-depth, book. I was born in 1950, so [... more]
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High Renaissance Art in St. Peter's and the Vatican: An ...
Author: George L. Hersey Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 709.4563409031 EAN: 9780226327822 ISBN: 0226327825 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 1993-07-01 [... more]
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