Remembering Harper Lee: One of the literary world's most enigmatic stars. To Kill a Mockingbird, has eclipsed Huckleberry Finn in more ways than one as the book of American experience and paradox that almost every school kid reads. By all accounts, she was happy and lively, yet it’s hard to consider these the best years of her life. She arrived early in her wisdom. And we caught on slowly. Harper Lee was the rare writer who may have lived too long.

Patrick Roy was born in Waterville, Maine, in 1947. This book, Memoirs, My Army Days During The Cold War 1965 Through 1968, tells readers about the day-to-day life of a soldier stationed in West Germany, on duty and off duty.This is where my book takes you: back in time, through my Army experience as an 18-year-old, I entered the Army directly after graduating from high school...much to my mother's frustrations. I started with training in New Jersey, went to Louisiana, and then acr...

A WW II EXPERIENCE OF AIR FORCE P.O.W.s IN GERMANY Like many WWII veterans, Richard Matheis had not discussed the details of his WWII flying experiences with either family or friends. All wanted more details as everyone was intrigued about this amazing part of his life. Following a great deal of cajoling by children and grandchildren--little by little a timeline of his very personal memories began to seep out. Pictures are included.

Chutes, Beer, & Bullets: Not Your Grandpa's War Story is a humor filled narrative that takes place during the peak of The War on Terror. Follow Jesse is this uncut and unscripted adventure as he leads you through United States Army Airborne School, Europe, and ultimately to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Chutes, Beer, & Bullets is assured to have you laughing, sighing, looking away, and possibly even shedding a tear as you connect with the real life characters within. No doubt ...

Following the exploits of the Tolan family in Banking, Beer & Robert The Bruce, Volume II picks up the pace with motorcycle-racing, The ‘Battle of Britain’, flying by-the-seat-of-your-pants, and then the thrill of discovering the opposite sex in the free-wheelin’ “flower-power” era.Beginning in the 1930′s in England, the story follows the exploits of Colonel William Tate through the Second World War in India and then on to Africa. The wily Colonel not only survives abandonment in th...

Homer Hickam’s memoir Rocket Boys and the movie adaptation October Sky have become one of the most popular stories in the world, inspiring millions to pursue a better life. But what happened to Homer after he was a West Virginia rocket boy? In his latest memoir, Homer recounts his life in college where he built the world's biggest, baddest game cannon, fought through some of the worst battles in Vietnam, became a scuba instructor, discovered sunken U-boats, wrote the defi...

Should one man be judge, jury and executioner? Reeling from the death of his sister at the hands of a gangbanger, Lee Savage plots the perfect crime: hunt and kill the perpetrator with an armed drone. Scouring the inner city from the air, can he cope with the diabolical situations he finds along the way, and will he pull the trigger on the man responsible?

From the early 1950s until 1992, the U.S. Army deployed thousands of nuclear warheads throughout Europe as a deterrent to Soviet ambitions. The end of the Cold War saw the decommissioning of much of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the phasing out of support personnel.This memoir by one of the Army's last "glow worms" chronicles his career as a nuclear weapons specialist--from 17-year-old recruit to participant in Operation Silent Echo, codename for the removal of all tactical warheads...

Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. A narrative of courage, hope, and survival, Through the Valley is more than just a war story. It also portrays the thrill and horror of combat, the fear and anxiety of captivity, and the stories of friendships forged and friends lost.In 1971 William Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. He had flown armed, fixed-wing OV-1 Mohawks o...

I came up with the title Wheres the Music because as a boy growing up watching John Wayne and Audie Murphy win World War II on the movie screen or television with their heroics punctuated by a musical background. In my first experience with the sting of battle, I wondered where was the music that was supposed to accompany the action happening around me. As a result, I learned that in real battle there is no musiconly fear.

At the end of the 1930s, just as the Second World War was breaking out in Europe, Glen Miller's band introduced America to the new, unique style of brass-band music they had been working on for a number of years. It was a smooth, upbeat sound that struck an instant chord both with the middle-aged and an optimistic youth learning how to jive and swing.Radio stations across America played Glenn Miller records all the time and Hollywood was quick to sign up the new star and his band. ...

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