books about: war     books:     War      One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Michael Dobbs Knopf, 2008 We came so close... Like most Americans (or maybe not...), I knew that the Cuban Missile Crisis was a dangerous time in the history of our planet. But until I read One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs, I don't think I fully ...             Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition Wizards RPG Team Wizards of the Coast, 2008 Roleplaying moves forward I have played roleplaying games since 1977 including every version of D&D. I have been DMing since 1978 and have waited to write a review of this book (and 4ed in general) until I played and/or DMed for a short period of time. Overall I think the new system ...             Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition Wizards RPG Team Wizards of the Coast, 2008 You Freakin Nerds Love the newest edition of D&D. So far its been a blast to play, and i can't wait for more books to come out. I highly recommend to anyone that likes D&D, RPGs and even for fans of MMO RPGs. I find it easier to learn than 3rd edition.             The Book Thief (Readers Circle) Markus Zusak Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007 A truly wondrous read I originally bought this book as a gift for my 13 year old nephew. I had it on my desk at work for a couple of days and getting a bit curious, I decided to read a few pages. A day or so later, I found myself at a bookstore because I had already gotten so far into ...             The Things They Carried Tim O'Brien Broadway, 1998 Unexpectedly amazing This was such a good book!! My college professor was the editor which is honestly the only way I would have ever come across this because he had us read it for class. I loved it. It was so real and easy to get attached to the characters, as if you were reading about ...             Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 Marcus Luttrell Back Bay Books, 2008 MUST READ I recently finished reading Marcus Luttrell's story "Lone Survivor". Marcus (Navy Cross), a Navy SEAL with SEAL Team 10 in Afghanistan, recounts the horrific engagement with the Taliban and the heroics of his teammates as they fought back to back high in the mountains ...             The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals Jane Mayer Doubleday, 2008 Becoming the Devil Ourselves! "The Dark Side" documents how the Bush Administration immediately took the wrong direction post 9/11 in an effort to avert blame for what was a colossal bureaucratic failure (people not doing their jobs or using common sense), combined with inattention and lack of ...             The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder Vincent Bugliosi Vanguard Press, 2008 Absolutely searing. If you think you've thought it all through, you're wrong. Bugliosi presents an air-tight open-and-shut case on putting George W. Bush on trial for the murder of 4,000+ American soldiers. Fantastic writing and fantastic research.             What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception Scott McClellan PublicAffairs, 2008 Don't Miss the All Important Last Chapter Scott McClellan is going to be hated by his fellow Team Bush cheerleader squad for ratting out his boss. But It's hard to believe that when he worked for Bush as Governor of Texas (overlooking the hundreds of death warrants signed) Bush was a compassionate uniter who ...             Night (Oprah's Book Club) Elie Wiesel Hill and Wang, 2006 Simple, thought provoking I've never read such a short book with such a huge impact. When I read this as part of a college class, we learned that it was originally some 600 pages long. Then the author decided to cut it down to the absolute bare bones - and it worked brilliantly. Too much ...             A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 A disturbing, but fascinating, look into Africa A Long Way Gone chronicles the life of a young teen in Sierra Leone who is fleeing the Rebels who are wreaking havoc in villages throughout the region. He falls in with a group of boys trying to survive, but since everyone is suspicious of groups of boys, they live a ...             Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition Wizards RPG Team Wizards of the Coast, 2008 The Best of the 3 books Well I am very dissappointed in the new 4E, it plays more like a video game. But the art in this book is A-1. I love the additionon Minions, they add a cool feel to the game. The Monsters are well detailed but seem to lack some luster in ability since everything has to ...             The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America Thurston Clarke Henry Holt and Co., 2008 What politics should be about One of the best campaign books I have ever read. As he did in "Ask Not," Thurston Clark brings out the back-story of a great moment in history. In this case, RFK's decision to run for president, despite his many misgivings about doing so. It chronicles his ...             Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide: Roleplaying Game Core Rules, 4th Edition Wizards RPG Team Wizards of the Coast, 2008 Top Notch D&D continues to refine, define and improve the icon of all role playing games. 4th edition proves to be the best rendition of the game yet. It offers smoother combat mechanics, easy to "learn and play" rules and best of all a revamped and, gratefully, improved Magic ...             Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World David Maraniss Simon & Schuster, 2008 History made interesting and easy to read I bought this book after hearing an interview with Maraniss on NPR. Normally, this isn't my kind of book. I'm not an athlete. I'm not a fanatic about the Olympics. I'd rather knit or read a cozy mystery that I can breeze through in a night. And yet, I love this ...          products you might be interested in search for books deception, eyewitness, khrushchev, prosecution, roleplaying, washington      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: The Gift of Dyslexia