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Laurie F. (laurief) - Reviews

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Alamut
Alamut
Author: Vladimir Bartol
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/18/2011


This book is amazing. It really makes you think.


Batavia's Graveyard : The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
Review Date: 1/18/2011


This is a very good book. I read it years ago, and still think about actions and reactions of the people in this book.


Caliban's Shore: The Wreck of the Grosvenor and the Strange Fate of Her Survivors
Review Date: 1/18/2011


I enjoyed this book, except that there was a little too much conjecture.


Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle
Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle
Author: Charles Darwin
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/18/2011


Very interesting and informative. Charles Darwin is a very easy read, and his knowledge of so many different subjects is amazing.


The Choice : Poland, 1939-1945
The Choice : Poland, 1939-1945
Author: Irene Eber
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 4
Review Date: 1/18/2011


Good book! Very interesting format.


Christabel
Christabel
Author: Christabel Bielenberg
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/24/2009


in 1934, a young englishwoman named Christabel Burton married Peter Bielenberg, a handsome German law student. Concderned about Hitler but not unduly worried, they settled in Peter's hometown of Hamburg. But ovedr the next twelve years, they witnedded things they could not believe. And Peter and his friends quietly fourmed the links that would lead to July 20, 1944, and the failed plot to assassinate Hitler.

A true story of intrigue, love, and personal bravery.


Dare To Be Free: One Of The Greatest True Stories Of World War II (Cassell Military Paperbacks)
Review Date: 1/18/2011


Very interesting book. I enjoyed learning about the society of the monks.


Didn't You Read My Book?
Didn't You Read My Book?
Author: Richard Eby
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/5/2009
Helpful Score: 2


In 1972 Dr. Eby was injured in an accident and encountered temporary death. In this book he writes about his near death experience of talking to Jesus, and the answers that Jesus gave him. If you are skeptical this book won't make you any less of a skeptic. But if you are very religious, this book could enhance your beliefs.


The Final Station: Umschlagplatz
The Final Station: Umschlagplatz
Author: Jaroslaw M. Rymkiewicz
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 12/2/2009


A uniquely personal polish account of the holocaust. The Final Station records Jaroslaw Rymkiewics"s obsession, as a Christian Pole, with the extermination of the jews during World War II before the eyes of the Poles and, often, with their collaboration. Rymkiewicz places the Umschlagplatz-the area of the Warsaw ghetto where Jews were gathered for deportation as part of the final solution-at the center of his narrative, because "it happened right here, in the midst of our lives.


Happy As a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1875-1880
Happy As a Big Sunflower: Adventures in the West, 1875-1880
Author: Rolf Johnson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 1/18/2011


Very good book! The title seems kind of goofy, but the book is good. It is a young man's autobiography. At the end you wish you knew more.


I Was Saddam's Son
I Was Saddam's Son
Author: Karl Wendl, Latif Yahia
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 6
Review Date: 1/18/2011


amazing story!


Il Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence, and the David 1492--1504
Il Gigante: Michelangelo, Florence, and the David 1492--1504
Author: Anton Gill
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/18/2011


I didn't think that I would enjoy this book, but it was very interesting.


The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi (Vintage Spiritual Classics)
Review Date: 1/18/2011


I didn't finish this book, the beliefs of st. francis irritated me, especially when it came to his thoughts on women.


Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein
Review Date: 1/18/2011


This is one of the best books I have ever read!


Mistress, Maids and Men: Baronial Life in the Thirteenth Century
Review Date: 1/18/2011


good book, a little dry, but very informative.


The Mountains We Have Crossed: Diaries and Letters of the Oregon Mission, 1838
Review Date: 1/18/2011


Was a good book, it could have been organized better, each persons perspective of the same happenings are given separately, going thru the same story a couple of times. It is best to read with 2 or 3 bookmarks, reading each persons perspective on the same happenings consecutively.


Out Here at the Front: The World War I Letters of Nora Saltonstall
Review Date: 1/18/2011


A woman at the front in WWI. Very good book!


The Princess Trilogy: Boxed Set
The Princess Trilogy: Boxed Set
Author: Jean P. Sasson
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 1/18/2011


I read all three of these book, and I have to say that they are the best books I have ever read. Educational


Skeletons on the Zahara : A True Story of Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara : A True Story of Survival
Author: Dean King
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 2/28/2009
Helpful Score: 1


This is the best book I ever read. It is about a shipwreck on the coast of Africa. The men are captured by nomads. Some of them survive to tell their story.


Soldiers and Slaves : American POWs Trapped by the Nazis' Final Gamble
Review Date: 1/18/2011


This is a very good book. After reading this book, I put more effort into everthing I do, the ability of men to persevere is amazing.


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