books about: 1943

books about: 1943

books:

1943

Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)

Homer Hickam

Delta, 2000

Amazing True Story
Homer Hickam grew up in a rural isolated mountain town but went on to win the National Science Fair. This book is his story and how he was successful. I bought 24 copies of this book to inspire my advanced 6th grade Reading class. They loved the book. In our ...

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy (The Liberation ...

Rick Atkinson

Holt Paperbacks, 2007

Incredible research, scholarship and writing
I remember World War II as a kid on the home front. This book is an absolute masterpiece. The Notes alone are worth reading in their entirety. The author cites personal interviews, correspondence, and even Box numbers from little known Army archives. His mastery of ...

Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941-1943 and Letters from Westerbork

Etty Hillesum

Holt Paperbacks, 1996

If Ann Frank wrote as a vibrant young woman
In nearly all of our nation's middle and high schools the Diary of Anne Frank is required reading. This present volume ought to be a required follow-up reading for the older student. This Owl Books publication includes excellent photographs and commentary to bring ...

P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G/K: Europe 1943-45 (Duel)
Martin Bowman

Osprey Publishing, 2008

P-47 Thunderbolt vs Bf 109G

Running in the Family

Michael Ondaatje

Vintage, 1993

What a family!
This book was just so enjoyable and hilarious but yet so beautifully written. From the beginning till the end Ondaatje opens up to the reader (in a journal entry) this magical and beautiful world. Onddatje's adroitness to include the reader right there in the ...

Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

Antony Beevor

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

A Haunting Story
Beevor has written a tour de force here. Two things I'd like to add: once you begin this book, it's impossible to put it down. Another is that the scenes linger in your head long after you've read it. A haunting, unforgettable, tragic story, beautifully told.

The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)

Rick Atkinson

Henry Holt and Co., 2007

Another forgotten corner of the war
This is the first book I have read by the author Rick Atkinson it will not be the last. A very compressive look at the Italian campaign of World War Two a bloody mindless war of grueling conflict; that if you are unfamiliar with the Italian campaign reads more like an ...

Mila 18

Leon Uris

Bantam, 1983

Inside the Uprising
Leon Uris takes us to the gritty inside of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Setting the stage with marvelous characters that capture out hearts and minds, he leads us through the gruesome oppression of occupied Poland,then never lets up through the last gasps of the fight ...

Tesla: Man Out of Time

Margaret Cheney

Touchstone, 2001

Electrifying Read!
For some odd reason, there are not very many books out there on Tesla. This one is all it takes. The way he could visualize an invention with such focus that he could even make changes to it based on how he saw it operating in his mind, without ever fabricating an ...

Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor

Harmony, 2007

If you're a music fan of the 1960s and 70s, you'll enjoy this book!
I was drawn to WONDERFUL TONIGHT--written and read by Pattie Boyd--by its subtitle: GEORGE HARRISON, ERIC CLAPTON, AND ME . . . I thought to myself that I had heard of those guys; in fact, I had grown up listening to much of their music. Yet I had not followed ...

A Bell for Adano

John Hersey

Vintage, 1988

Great Read
I read this back in High School in the sixties. I recently saw the movie and remarked how I did not remember much of anything about it, so I got the book and read it. It is an easy read and quite entertaining. The movie is excellent but the book is outstanding. It is ...

U.S. Naval Air Superiority: Delevelopment of Shipborne Jet Fighters - 1943-1962

Tommy H. Thomason

Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers, 2008

Navy Jets: The Good, The Not So Bad, The Sort of Ugly
When ground forces in Iraq run into trouble, they have on-call air support -- Navy F18s in orbit -- ready to come into action. Although these fighters are based on aircraft carriers far out to sea, they are able to remain on patrol in Iraq all day by repeatedly ...

The Battle of Kursk

David M. Glantz, Jonathan M. House

University Press of Kansas, 2004

Kursk ..... finally explained
Col. Glantz and Mr. House have finally defined the Battle of Kursk in a thoughtful, engaging and methodical approach. More accessible than George Nipe's very good work on Kursk, this is probably the best book on the definitive battle of the Russian Front. A serious, ...

Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943

Erica Fischer

Alyson Books, 1998

Flawed real females makes compelling reading
I liked this book. Some of the pictures, I really wish I could blow up and have as prints in my room. The story gives a lot of insight into that era. The Amazon criticism is that the author really doesn't focus much on the lesbian aspect, instead focusing more on the ...

The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter

Susan Wittig Albert

Berkley, 2008

Another charming story
I have truly enjoyed all the stories in this particular series. The characters (both human and animal) are all likeable and well-developed. The mysteries are gentle, and a pleasant change from the stress, blood, and guts of the average new mystery produced. The only ...