books by Alan Moorehead     books:     Alan Moorehead      Eclipse Alan Moorehead Soho Press, 2003 Experience and judgements I enjoyed this book immensely. Moorehead writes of his wartime experiences in a vivid and personal way. He has the ability to tell what is happening, his reaction to the events, and what he thinks the future holds. Fascinating reporting and reflectons. His prose ...             The Russian Revolution Alan Moorehead Basic Books, 1993 You are there! Most of the other posters have successfully analyzed the content of this book. But I will add my "dos centavos" here. This is a very good history of this event. It is aimed toward the general reader and instead of being filled with footnotes, charts, and other ...             Desert War: The North African Campaign 1940-1943 Alan Moorehead Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 Moorehead: A Forgotten Classic If you are interested in the War in North Africa this is the read for you. It is absorbing and well written with a flow of a correspondent who is constantly moving to different parts of the front. I love and would recommend anything by Moorehead, but this is still a ...             Darwin and the Beagle: Charles Darwin as Naturalist on the HMS Beagle Voyage Alan Moorehead Harper & Row, 1970 Charles Darwin's Voyage of Exploration aboard The HMS Beagle Darwin and the Beagle by Alan Moorehead is an illustrated popular history - a spectacular one. This book has an honored place among the history books of my earlier years that were very formative in my decision to become a historian. That said, Darwin and the Beagle ...             The White Nile Alan Moorehead Harper Perennial, 2000 A Must for Understanding Exploration of Africa 1 I read the book 1983 and got a new copy for a friend which I reread. It had not lost any of Alan Moorehead's fascinating way of approaching the subject. Unfortunately the pocket edition was not illustrated! A must for everybody interested in Africa!             Gallipoli (Perennial Classics) Alan Moorehead Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002 A riveting account of possibly the greatest "what might have been" battle of World War I In every war between two coalitions of nations the military people are faced with a decision. Do they marshal all of their resources against the most powerful of the enemy coalition, knowing that if they can defeat that nation, the others will quickly fall as well? Or ...             A Late Education: Episodes in a life Alan Moorehead Soho Press, 2003 A very fine memoir Alan Moorehead was a war correspondent during WW2 and since authored a number of fine documentary works, including the White Nile, Gallipoli, and many more. In this book he recounts episodes from his fascinating vocation, mostly from around WW2, but the book is also a ...             The Blue Nile Alan Moorehead Harper Perennial, 2000 Fascinating History of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia The first time I read the book in 1983 and as I got a copy for a friend I reread it now. As good as 24 years ago and a wonderful way of combining history and exploration for better understanding Africa's later development. A must for everybody trying to understand ...             Cooper's Creek Alan Moorehead Adventure Library, 2001 A Ripping Good Yarn by a Superior Writer When I was about 11 my uncle who had spent 40 years in the Royal Canadian Navy, handed me slender volume called Cooper's Creek. Since I had no idea where Cooper's Creek was at that age I left in on my shelf where it gathered dust for the next 25 years, and was lost in ...             Fatal Impact: An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840 Alan Moorehead Mutual Publishing, 1989 Nevermore. This is a worthwhile read. It details the effect of European expansion on Pacific cultures, and the southern hemisphere in general. It is divided into three parts- 1) Tahiti, which chronicles the successive voyages of Captain Cook and later explorers, and their effects ...             Cooper's Creek Alan Moorehead Harper & Row, 1963             Cooper's Creek: The Opening of Australia (Traveler / Atlantic Monthly Press) Alan Moorehead Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1987 An incredible yet little known true story This account of the first south-north crossing in Victorian times is incredible. A film of this story several years ago did little to change that situation. The story recounts the key attempts and the elaborate expeditions involved. The crux of the story really ...          products you might be interested in search for books 1940-1943, education, gallipoli, naturalist, perennial, revolution      toavi.com    web randomly chosen VHS: The Firm