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| | 4. |  | Slaughterhouse Five
from Caedmon
Price: $12.00
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Slaughterhouse Five is a novel that at its core is about the very meaning of human existence. Are we merely going through the motions of life, or do we control our destinies?
The novel's protagonist is Billy pilgrim, whose metaphorical name gives insight into his journey. Billy Pilgrim goes... more info
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| | 6. |  | The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II
from Ballantine Books
Price: $5.76
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This is the second book of a trilogy by Jeff Shaara (the first being "The Rising Tide) of what's being called "fictional history". The topic for this book is the events leading up and after D-Day (January thru September 1944) seeing through the eyes of the aggressor (Eisenhower), the defender... more info
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| | 7. |  | The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II
from Ballantine Books
Price: $5.82
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This is the first book of a trilogy about WWII. The book explores the lesser known African campaign(s) which began in late1942. Mr. Shaara goes into the minds of such military greats as Eisenhower, Montgomery and Rommel as well as other generals and even the men in the field. The story moves... more info
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| | 8. |  | The War After Armageddon
from Forge Books
Price: $12.49
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Not to many words needed. IT was a great read on an interesting subject. Paints a scary future for the world when religious extremism takes roots everywhere in response to islamofascism. A great read with an interesting ending. A book at the level of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451. Just with a Clancyesque... more info
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| | 9. |  | The World Set Free
from Tantor Media
Price: $43.10
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Even good writers produce a turkey or two. This is definitely Well's gobbler. I thought he was going in the right direction when he did some character development in a couple of places; it started to get interesting, but then he lapsed back into post-atomic war preaching mode. His model for world... more info
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| | 10. |  | Catch-22
from Vintage
Price: $8.28
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What is there to say about a book that so many before me have reviewed? My take on Catch-22 is that it is hilarious, eye-opening, and a bit disturbing (but just a bit). I couldn't put it down for the first couple hundred pages.
But it got repetitive. I don't care to pick at classics, so I... more info
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