books about: comrade     books:     Comrade      Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile Lewis H. Siegelbaum Cornell University Press, 2008 Excellent I have learned directly from this man at Michigan State University and was fortunate enough to have read advanced sections of this book prior to its release. This is an outstanding piece of history which discusses a part of Soviet society that is most often glossed ...             I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War Anita Silvey Clarion Books, 2008 The Civil War has been studied, written about, even sun about for generations. Most people know that it was a conflict between North and South, Unionists and rebels, blue and gray. We recognize the names of Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee. Many people know about Clara Barton, the nurse who did so much to save soldiers' ...             Comrades!: A History of World Communism Robert Service Harvard University Press, 2007 An excellent survey Service has done an excellent job compressing a major topic - the rise and fall of communism - into a single volume. This makes a good starting off point for anyone who wants to learn about the subject. The books is divided up into manageable chapters based largely on ...             Three Comrades Erich Maria Remarque Ballantine Books, 1998 Here's A Remarque You Won't Soon Forget Does anyone even remember this brilliant author anymore? What a shame, that the average American is made inescapably and constantly aware of the Paris Hiltons of the world while remaining completely unaware of this man and his literary genius. This novel will touch ...             Comrade J Pete Earley Putnam Adult, 2008 Russia: Still not new, not improved, and still not our friend Comrade J is an interesting, straightforward biography of one of the highest level KGB spies to defect to the US, and one who did so after the fall of the Berlin Wall, bringing insider perspective into both the defunct Soviet Union and current state of Russia under ...             Comrades : Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals Stephen E. Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 2000 The audio version is very good Ambrose's stories of male friendship would be good in any format, but why read what Ambrose wrote when you can hear him read it to you? There is the added benefit of hearing Ambrose's emphasis on a phrase, his light-hearted tone in some areas and, even more important ...             The Case of Comrade Tulayev (New York Review Books Classics) Victor Serge NYRB Classics, 2004 A Great Twenthieth Century Work of Fiction I can only echo the five star reviews already on this list. I first read Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" 40 years ago and it made a profound impression on me. I re-read it this year for a book club and still found it powerful if somewhat dated. "The Case of ...             Comrades of War (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Sven Hassel Cassell, 2005 Excellent war tale, but who was the author in reality? I remember reading the exceptionally gritty and (to me) utterly realistic Comrades of War many years ago and marvelling at how the author had survived his time in a German penal battalion while his colleagues were being killed off methodically. Now I discover to my ...             The Annotated Huckleberry Finn: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) Mark Twain W. W. Norton & Company, 2001 Wonderful insight into an American classic I purchased this book for my son, a high school student who was assigned HUCKLEBERRY FINN in an American Studies class, and promptly fell in love with it. The commentary is delightful, and the many illustrations (many taken from the original edition,) photographs, ...             For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 Why did they fight? The title says it all...... ...well almost. In 'For Cause & Comrades' James McPherson has set out to explain exactly why the average soldier sacrificed so much for his respective cause in the American Civil War. He has succeeded in convincing me. As the backbone of his thesis, McPherson has used ...             Beijing Confidential: A Tale of Comrades Lost and Found Jan Wong Anchor Canada, 2008 more-yay!- from the author of Red China Blues Jan Wong returns with a second sequel of sorts to "Red China Blues" with "Beijing Confidential". This book, along with "Jan Wong's China, Notes from a Not-So Foreign Correspondent",(1999) returns to Ms. Wong's stomping grounds of Beijing. Beijing Confidential is the ...             Comrade Chikatilo: The Psychopathology of Russia's Notorious Serial Killer Mikhail Krivich, Olgert Ol'Gin Barricade Books, 1993 The best book on a serial killer I have ever read. This book is not for the timid. However, if you truely want to get into the mind of a serial killer, this is the book for you. Of all the books I have read on the subject, this offered the most insight into the mind of the actual killer. From the moment I picked ...             Voices of My Comrades: America's Reserve Officers Remember World War II (World War II: The Global, Human, and ... Published with the Reserve Officers Association, 2007 Amazing accounts from those who were there. Voices of my Comrades is a compelling and gripping account from the men that stood in the face evil and didn't back down. It's not your typical "war stories" book, Voices of my Comrades allows you to walk side-by-side with those in the trenches, on the battelfield, in ...             Comrade Criminal: Russia`s New Mafiya Stephen Handelman Yale University Press, 1997 How Russia was Criminalized Comrade Criminal not only lays out the power of the Russian mob, which has been done before, but also gives the reader the history of the mob's growth. And this isn't just over the last ten years or so, but pre-World War II. The author profiles the evolution of ...             Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist Patrick McGilligan, Paul Buhle St. Martin's Press, 1999 Image shattering I grew up midwestern 1950's, in a hotbed of Mc Carthyism. Needless to mention, my ingrained image of who and what was a communist was somewhat different from the thoroughly humanized portraits that emerge in the pages of the book. Not that the interviews with ...          products you might be interested in search for books adventures, automobile, confidential, huckleberry, paperbacks, psychopathology      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: Free-Weight Training