Glory in Death (In Death, Book 2)

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In Lieutenant Eve Dallas's latest case, two murder victims have one connection--Eve's lover, Roarke.

The #1 New York Times bestselling series starring Lt. Eve Dallas

The #1 suspect? Eve's lover, Roarke.

Eve Dallas investigates the deaths of two successful women. Their relations with men of power provide Eve with many suspects-including her own lover.

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The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provided Eve with a long list of suspects--including her own lover, Roarke. As a woman, Eve was compelled to trust the man who shared her bed. But as a cop, it was her job to follow every lead..to explore every secret passion, no matter how dark. Or how dangerous.

J.D. Robb Collection 1: Naked in Death, Glory in Death, Immortal in Death (In Death)

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Sci/Fi & Romance - Who Thought?
Excellent way to start this series

J.D. Robb Collection 1: Naked in Death, Glory in Death, Immortal in Death (In Death)
J.D. Robb
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ASIN: 1593554109
Release Date: 2003-12-01

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Naked in Death

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all - and knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire - and suspect in Eve's murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about - except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.

Glory in Death

The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provided Eve with a long list of suspects -including her own lover, Roarke.

Immortal in Death

She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted - even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas put her professional life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle.

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Sci/Fi & Romance - Who Thought?.......2007-09-20

This is a wonderful series of books. PLEASE - start at the beginning and read them in order. Science fiction, police mystery, romance, and comedy! There is something for everyone. Not really into sci/fi? Don't worry - it is not overly done. A great cast of characters working together.

Excellent way to start this series.......2004-11-25

This set is the 1st three books in an Excellent Series. If you like books in a series that follows one character, this is a must have. These stories are actually two parallel stories. They will tug on your heartstrings with the lessons learned in love and friendship, as well as the struggle to to discover oneself and appeal to your sense of thrill seeking and the search for justice. Eve Dallas, a hard nose New York City Homicide Detective, breaks down the case, layer by layer as she stands for her victims. These books are set in the year 2058, a future that is so tangible you can see and feel the rightness of how it's portrayed. Beatifully written and in such depth that you watch Eve Develop into a better person as she solves each case and stands for the victims that no longer have any means of standing for themselves. Her sense of right and wrong is so true to real life, flaws and all. Her struggles to maintain the line without crossing over it, all the while fighting the memories of a past that has haunted her since she was found in an alley in Dallas, TX, a child, broken and suffering from amnesia.

Naked in Death is the start of your introduction to the Homicide detective that cares to much, works too hard, and searches for the Killer of a Senator's daughter. It's also her first introduction to Roarke, her main suspect. He is a dynamic billionaire that has always lived on the other side of the law, bent the rules when it suited him, and is unbelievablly sexy and elusive. As she investigates him for the case, her heart is pulled to him in a way that is inconceivable to her. Watch her struggle with the case, search for justice, and discover the possiblities of what could be.

Glory in Death. Eve is searching for a killer that is attacking high profile women in New York. As she sifts through the layers of evidence, She must find the killer and prove that her new lover Roarke isn't the killer though the evidence says he could be involved.

Immortal in Death: Eve must prove that her best friend isn't a killer though all the evidence says she's guilty. As her new love blossoms she struggles with having a personal life and protecting those she holds dear to heart.

After reading these books I was hooked and determined to read each and every book in the series. I anxiously await the release of the next in the series. I would recommend this series to anyone that loves romance novels and has a passion for the suspence of mysteries.

Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe

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Nice
A First Class Biography
Absorbing in-depth chronicle of a pivotal historical figure.

Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe
Stephen Brumwell
Manufacturer: McGill-Queen's University Press
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ASIN: 0773532617

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Tormented by agonising illness, British Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. In 1759, however, he led a successful attack on French troops on the Plains of Abraham above Quebec, ensuring that Britain, not France, would become the dominant power in North America. By crippling French ambitions on the continent, Wolfe also paved the way for American independence from Britain. Wolfe won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham - but he lost his life on the battlefield. He was thirty-two years old. His death at the very moment of victory at Quebec gained him posthumous fame and veneration as a founding father of the British Empire, cementing his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. Epic paintings of Wolfe's dying moments transformed him into an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice and a role model for Horatio Nelson, the English admiral who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who cast him as a bloodthirsty and mediocre general who owed his fame to one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory. In the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century acclaimed writer and historian Stephen Brumwell draws on a wide range of sources - many of them previously unpublished - to boldly and vividly reassess the life of a soldier whose short but dramatic life altered the course of world history.

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Nice.......2007-10-05

Very well-done book; good background too on the events Wolfe was involved in as well, esp. the '45 in Scotland. Well written.

A First Class Biography.......2007-08-29

Stephen Brumwell's biography of General James Wolfe is a top notch read for those interested in the man behind one of the most decisive battles in North American history. Through extensive research, Mr. Brumwell delves into the known facts, testimony and controversy surrounding this determined and inspirational leader and gets as close as anyone can to the truth, heart and life of General James Wolfe. As I read the book I felt I got to know Wolfe as a real person--through his hopes, desires, disappointments, doubts and courage during his short lived life leading up to his death on the Plains of Abraham in his "against-all-odds" victory against the French at Quebec. For anyone interested in the history of North America--this is a Must Read! I only hope this book is used as a blueprint for an epic movie about one of the greatest British Generals of the French and Indian War.

Absorbing in-depth chronicle of a pivotal historical figure........2007-06-09

Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe is the first full-length biography published in half a century of Major General James Wolfe, a British military hero whose decisive 1759 victory against the French, on the Plains of Abraham before Quebec, ensured that English would become the dominant language of North America. Wolfe paid for his victory with his life; since then he has been enshrined in paintings, praised for his military genius and self-effacing modesty, and reviled by revisionist historians who paint him as bloodthirsty and snooty. Paths of Glory seeks to uncover the truth, as best as historical records and testimonies can deliver, of the chronically ill Wolfe's life and death. An inset handful of color and black-and-white illustrations, notes, and an index round out this absorbing in-depth chronicle of a pivotal historical figure.

Love and Glory: The Death of a Torpedo Squadron

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Death of a torpedo squadron
Midway: A historical novel
The Battle of Midway told in novel form

Love and Glory: The Death of a Torpedo Squadron

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ASIN: 1594579709
Release Date: 2004-11-19

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This novel probes and reveals the hitherto untold full story of the massacre of torpedo squadrons at Midway. The historical record has covered over the obsoleteness of the planes, the lack of fuel, the dud torpedoes, and many other deficiencies which are discovered in preparations for battle by pilots who die in the attack on the Japanese fleet. Clay Hunt, the book's hero, and his squadron mates struggle to live with a fate that develops at sea and with their wives and lovers. Poor tactics and deadly command mistakes are opened up in a description of a scandalous coverup.

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Death of a torpedo squadron.......2007-08-23

There was more than enough info for the author to have expanded on the story line. Instead, he wrote a term paper. Both books were complete rip off's, overpriced to boot. I threw both of them away.

Midway: A historical novel.......2005-12-20

I very much enjoyed the book. It was one of intensity at times and one that was able to take you back 60+ years into the ready room. You could smell the smells and feel the tension.
I didn't particularly like the use of profanity, graphic at times, when referring to his times with Claire. Sure, they may have thought or spoke that way back then but save the 4-letter words for the smut novels. Thought that detracted from the class of the story, I was still able to enjoy the rest of the book, just skipping past any of the love life.
I would have preferred the use of real names as they dealt with the real characters. Other historical novels have successfully done this; Gods and Generals, Killer Angels.
It's an easy read that keeps you drawn in and educates you at the same time. If not for the unnecessary profanity, I would share the novel with my 13 year old.

The Battle of Midway told in novel form.......2005-01-09

Alvin Kernan was an aviation ordnanceman (AOM3/c) aboard the USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway in June, 1942. After the war he commenced a long career as a college professor at both Yale and Princeton, and thus is uniquely qualified to write about the epic battle. "Love and Glory" is his latest work. It tells the whole story of the first day of the battle, focusing mainly on the USS Hornet air group and the tragic saga of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8).
"Love and Glory," as you might deduce from the title, is not another history book about the Battle of Midway. Instead it's a novel with the historic battle as its setting. It's a work of fiction, but it's authentic historical fiction. The protagonist is one Ensign Clay Hunt, a brand new naval aviator assgined to VT-8 aboard the Hornet. We follow the experiences of ENS Hunt as he qualifies in the painfully obsolete TBD torpedo bomber, and as he assimulates into the squadron, under the leadership of its colorful commander. We then ride with him as the air group launches on the first day of the battle, on its way to a bitter destiny.
Kernan pulls no punches in his dialogue--he is unmerciful toward the Hornet's air group commander before, during, and especially after the battle. He also gives no slack to the ship's captain, having him deliberately conspire to falsify Hornet's after-action report in order to save his own hide as well as that of his buddy, the CHAG (Commander, Hornet Air Group). If you're familiar with the details of the Battle of Midway, you know that this is the heart of a burning controversy that has never been fully settled. The author's treatment of it is hightly interesting and provocative.
The book is not without flaws, but they're not too signficant. Professor Kernan didn't use an independent editor in preparing his manuscript, so you'll find a few glitches that should have been fixed before publication. There's a couple instances where proper naval terminology is not used, although it won't stand out if you've never walked a gray steel deck or been summoned to chow by a bos'n's whistle. And I think many readers will be taken aback by Kernan's choices for the fictional names of some of the well-known principals from the battle. I thought "Lancing Colt" for the TF-16 chief of staff (Miles Browning) was a little clever, but some of the other ficticious names struck me as odd. If I were writing this same novel, I'd have used the actual historical names, as was done in the 1976 "Midway" movie (which had a lot more fiction in it than this book).
But don't get lost in such minor quibbles--the value of "Love and Glory" is its realistic dialogue, written by one who was there at the time and is thus intimately familiar with such dialogue. It's a very entertaining read, despite the flaws.
(Reviewed by R. Russsell, editor, The Battle of Midway Roundtable, www.midway42.org.)

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Worth it!
Weakest of the series
A Fun Romp & Flashman Homage
Book 4
As usual - can't wait for more

Death or Glory (Ciaphas Cain)
Sandy Mitchell
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ASIN: 1844162877

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Yet again, reluctant hero Commissar Cain is catapulted into glory in the fourth story of this tremendously popular series. Escaping from a disastrous space battle, the commissar and his malodorous sidekick Jurgen crash-land behind enemy lines. The only way out is to round up what few troops they can find, and fight their way back to the safety of the Imperial lines. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of barbaric alien orks stand in their way!

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Worth it!.......2007-07-21

Definite entertainment...flawed only by a well used cliche strategem very familiar to miltary Sci-Fi fans. You will see it a mile away once the scenario surfaces....Don't want to ruin it for anyone else ..and besides its still a darn good story. Cain fans will be pleased.As usual the commentary adds to the fun.

Weakest of the series.......2007-05-19

While it is interesting to have a book an earlier look at Cains life, the lack of a good plot and repetitive fight scenes make this the weakest of the series.

The book is by no means bad, and for any fan of the series I recommend reading it. However, the plot is literally Cain just fighting Orks to get back to his unit. Not only that the ending is pretty weak in my opinion. There is also a couple unanswered questions.

It gives you a good perspective on just how tough the orcs can be, and some of the fights are pretty impressive, but I would certainly recommend any of the other 3 over this.

A Fun Romp & Flashman Homage.......2006-06-16

This fourth book in the Ciaphas Cain series by M. Mitchell follows the infamous Imperial Commissar and his aid Jurgen, turning back the clock to an adventure early in his career, so technically it's a prequel to the others. It's set in Games Workshop's dark gothic Warhammer 40K universe.

As I have mentioned in reviews of the previous works in the series, M. Mitchell's protagonist pays homage to George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman. The writing style is playful, humorous, and peppered with the editorial comments by Cain's Inquisitorial associate, Amberley Vail of the Ordo Xenos.

At its heart, it is the story of a journey. In their flight from an unplanned crash-landing, Cain and Jurgen collect a supporting cast of capable misfits: Sergeant Tayber, Lieutenant Piers, and one of the more interesting, Fleicia the dedrite-tailed and somewhat irreverent Mechanicus Adept. They go on through a comedy of errors and competence to fulfill the story of "Cain the Liberator," the escapade that first brought him to the attention of important Imperial authorities.

The characters are well written, and have a depth roughly equal to their total screen time. The setting feels realistic and true to the atmosphere of the 40K universe. M. Mitchell writes excellent action scenes, specializing in close, hand-to-hand combat and the not inconsiderable chainsword skills of Commissaar Cain. However, as much as he attempts to make Cain the self-serving coward, the Commissar tends to do the right thing regardless. His style of leadership and his dealings with others may stem from a desire to further his "undeserved and inflated" reputation - or fear - but regardless of the motivation, it still tends to be spot on. As bravery can be defined as doing the right thing in the face of fear, the charge of cowardice seems a bit far-fetched at times.

In short: this is a fun, light-spirited read that will resonate especially well with 40K fans. I was entertained throughout, and M. Mitchell's writing skills continue to improve. However, if you like this, I highly recommend reading its "progenitor," the Flashman series.

Book 4.......2006-05-22

Commissar Ciaphas Cain and his malodorous gunner Jurgen escape from a disastrous space battle when they jettison in a life pod. However, they end up crash landing on the planet Perlia, behind enemy lines. While fighting off orks, they must try to join up with their military comrades. Problem is that there is A LOT of desert to travel through, not to mention hundreds of thousands of barbaric orks in their way.

They stumble across some scattered troops as they pass devastated towns. Cain's happy since it should put more bodies between himself and the orks. But quite a few civilians tag along as well, which means Cain and Jurgen find themselves within the heaviest fire of the conflicts.

**** The latest Cain adventure is compiled by Vail once again. This episode is during Cain's early years and he is still a bit wet behind the ears. There are no hilarious, but serious, quotes at the beginning of each chapter (I missed them very much.) and there are a few too many pointless footnotes. Yet I still found the tale to be humorous and well written as always. Author Sandy Mitchell has a winner with this series and I hope he releases another Cain novel soon! ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

As usual - can't wait for more.......2006-05-19

Sandy's writing is probably of the same caliber as most popular sci-fi writer's today, but let's face it, if you're reading this kind of material it's not because you want to delve into the inner working of the human mind or plumb the depths of life's inherent bias, it's because you want to be entertained.

All of the Caiphas Cain novels to date have done that and this one is no different.

Other reviews have done a fair job of describing the style and even plot of the book, so I'll focus on how it extends the series. If you've been paying careful attention while reading the previous 3 novels, you'll have realized that Sandy has been building up to some tremendous event far off in Cain's future. The back story in this novel really serves to tease and tantalize (sp?) us as to that event (already revealed to be related to the 13th Black Crusade). Whether we'll actually ever get to experience that event is clearly in doubt (since the premise of the series is that it is based on some memoires written several years before that ultimate adventure), but the tidbits Sandy drops in this installment only make you want the next novel all the more.

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Outstanding book

Trailing Clouds of Glory
Harold A., PH.D. Widdison
Manufacturer: CFI
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ASIN: 0882907727

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Join Harold A. Widdison in his search for answers to the first great question of our existence: "Where did I come from?" In Trailing Clouds of Glory, Widdison intersperses an insightful review of our doctrinal understanding of our pre-mortal existence with first-hand accounts bearing on premortal life.

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Outstanding book.......2006-03-10

One of the very best books I have read on the subject of near-death. I have given this as gifts to several family members and recommended it to many more people.

From Grief to Glory: Spiritual Journeys of Mourning Parents

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From Grief to Glory: Spiritual Journeys of Mourning Parents
III, James W. Bruce
Manufacturer: Crossway Books
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ASIN: 1581343906

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The Lord has numbered each of our days. But few parents expect that their days will be longer than their child's. When a child is buried, parents also bury the hopes and dreams, the joys and experiences that won't be shared.

James Bruce and his wife walked through the darkest trial of their faith when their infant son died. They found some comfort in the words of others who had walked the same path. The list of great men and women of the faith who shed tears over a departed child is long.

Bruce has gathered together short accounts of how believers like John Calvin, Charles Spugeon and John Bunyan wept--and yet were comforted by the Father of mercies. Their pain, peace and hope is also shared through the beauty and eloquence of their poetry. It is Bruce's prayer that these accounts and words will help mourning parents journey through the valley of weeping to the path that leads to glory while considering the work of God.

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Book Endorsements.......2003-08-08

The following endorsements are found on the back cover of From Grief to Glory:

"To be healed from grief and loss is to be led by God gently and gingerly along the path of pain others have trod. James Bruce does this so powerfully and poignantly in his excellent book so full of history and heart."
- Joni Eareckson Tada, Best-selling author and founder of Joni and Friends

"I can say, from the perspective of a pastor, that this book has significant value for ministering to Christians who have lost children. I have been moved to tears while reading it. The book is useful, among other reasons, simply in reminding us that so many of God's faithful ministers have suffered in the same way."
- James M. Boice, Late pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

"My heart resonates with this book. It instructs and inspires. It comforts and convicts. The pages pulsate with the wisdom and hope of saints down through the ages. They comfort us with the comfort they received from God (2 Corinthians 1:4). This is as it should be."
- Susan Hunt, Women in the Church Consultant, Presbyterian Church in America

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This is a Great book!

From The Inside Flap:

OUSTANDING AND INFORMATIVE

Death Valley Days: The Glory of Clemson Football
Bob Bradley
Manufacturer: Longstreet Pr
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Tales from Clemson's 1981 Championship Season

ASIN: 1563520060

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This is a Great book!.......2006-10-01

If your a clemson fan, then pick this up asap! This book has alot of great information.

5 out of 5!

From The Inside Flap:.......2005-11-01

Forget A to Z. The Clemson football story reads from H to H, as in Heisman to Howard to Hatfield.

Legendary John Heisman (after whom the coveted trophy is named) led the Tigers to their first undefeated season in 1900. Frank Howard was at the helm for the second perfect season in 1948. And Ken Hatfield's senior class of 1990 won more games (40) than any other group in Atlantic Coast Conference history.

From the turn of the century, when a Clemson back eluded tacklers by dodging around the oak tree that grew just inside the Furman field, to Danny Ford's national championship team in 1981, to the current string of seven straight bowl appearances, one of the richest traditions in college football has continued to deepen.

Now Clemson faithful can enjoy the whole glorious story: the early days under Heisman, the history of Big Thursday, the evolution of The Paws, the thirty-year reign of the fascinating Frank Howard, detailed accounts of all of Clemson's big bowl seasons, and much more.

If you wonder why the sleepy college town of Clemson, South Carolina, becomes the second most populous community in the state on home-game Saturdays, DEATH VALLEY DAYS offers pages and pictures of answers.

OUSTANDING AND INFORMATIVE.......1998-09-04

This book offers an outstanding view of Clemson football. It was the most interesting book I have seen about Clemson. I highly recommed it and have given it to many devoted Clemson fans as a gift. Needless to say they all enjoyed it. It is great to learn so much about Clemson from such a great teacher (Bob Bradley). You could not have a more qualified source.

Death or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War

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Fine Book.
Disasters of War
Not your typical military history book!

Death or Glory: The Legacy of the Crimean War
Robert B. Edgerton
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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ASIN: 0813337895

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"The Crimean War," writes Robert Edgerton, "was a showcase for bad generalship, bureaucratic bungling, and inept medical care." Officers knowingly sent columns of soldiers to certain death, while diplomats ignored opportunities to make an honorable peace. The war cost more lives than any war in pre-20th-century history, with many times more men (and women) dead from illness, hunger, and cold than were killed in actual fighting. Yet for all its blood-soaked significance, the war remains little studied. Most of us can recall a catch phrase or two from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," but far fewer know the causes of the conflict, rooted in the great rivalry between England and Russia to control both the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Edgerton, an anthropologist, is interested in exploring cultural differences among the combatants--how a Sardinian soldier might have responded, for instance, to the smell of gunpowder differently from a Turkish or Russian or French trooper, or what soldiers on all sides thought as they prayed to their gods for safekeeping and deliverance. Those anthropological explorations, along with other intriguing asides (for instance, on the customary drunkenness of Florence Nightingale's nurses), add to the best part of Edgerton's narrative, which is a straightforward history of the Crimean War itself. He turns in a lively, well-researched account of a conflict that merits better understanding. --Gregory McNamee

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Fine Book........2000-06-10

Edgerton's book about the Crimean War does not just cover the battles. It covers the British society of that time who thought a war would be a fine thing because they hadn't had one in 40 years. It covers the stupidity of the British high command, both on the spot and in Britain, and the suffering that this stupidity caused those fine British soldiers who did their duty. Kipling would approve of this book.

Disasters of War.......2000-04-18

Death or Glory contained so many errors that I found it difficult to read. Edgerton's discussion of the Ottoman Turkish involvement in the war proved abysmal. He glossed over and distorted the accounts of British and French officers and soldiers who served in the Ottoman army. In addition, he paid no attention to Polish and Ottoman sources relating to the Ottoman part in the war. Edgerton informs us that the staffs of the Bodleian Library, Oxford and the Public Record Office translated all works in French and other languages for him. Since he could not read in French himself, he missed many crucial points. Distressingly, Edgerton has misunderstood Victorian English. William Howard Russell's "rapine" [meaning pillaging, looting] at Kertch became "rape" for Edgerton - a fabulous misinterpretation that led to the incorrect conclusion that allied troops raped innumerable women. On another occasion, Edgerton totally dismissed the major scandals surrounding the Ottoman Turkish generals at Kars in 1855 - publicized at great length in published English sources by Lake, Williams, and Sandwith - with the facile comment that the Ottoman Turkish general was only too glad to turn command of the Ottoman Turkish army over to General Williams. It didn't quite happen that way! By far the worst conclusion in this book was Edgerton's unwillingness to find post-traumatic stress disorder in the various letters, diaries, and memoirs of soldiers in the war! He simply did not look. Perhaps his inability to understand Victorian English prevented him. Death or Glory is a HUGE disappointment. Anyone attempting to find out about the war's realities will merely end in unknowing and confusion.

Not your typical military history book!.......1999-10-30

Robert Egerton did a wonderful job of expressing what it was like for soldier and civilians who lived (and died) during the Crimean War. The hardships that the soldiers, sailors and civilians endured was truly amazing! Mr. Egerton's description and antedotes really drove this home. I must admit that the book would have been more enjoyable if I had had any knowledge of the Crimean War before I read the book. My ignorance made the battle references somewhat hard to follow. I highly recommend this book.

Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years

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tolerable for a race fan, unless you also happen to read books...
Big Disappointment, Sloppy Writing
Perhaps Yates' most disappointing work...
Re-gifter!
One Fatal Attempt at a Novel

Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years
Brock W. Yates
Manufacturer: Thunder's Mouth Press
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ASIN: 1560255269

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The Right Stuff of the "Brickyard"-the name given by the racers to the fabled Indianapolis Speedway-is chronicled in Against Death and Time, for one fatal season, 1955, in the post-war glory years of racecar driving. This book tells the story of the reckless, dispossessed young men who raced not for fame or money-there was none-but for "the sheer unvarnished hell of it." Brock Yates has been writing for Car and Driver for more than thirty years and is one of the best-known people in the racing world. He raced his own car for a season in a Plimpton-like adventure recorded in Sunday Driver, one of his six books. He has published widely, from Playboy to the Wall Street Journal, and has appeared on every major television network as both a racing and automotive industry commentator. An evocative writer with an absolute command of the period, Brock integrates unexpected and fascinating detail into a character-driven story of men compelled to compete against themselves, time, and death. Brock's Dutch-like strategy of a fictional narrator observing, interrogating, and reporting on his real-life protagonists imparts the immediacy of fiction to this minutely accurate account. Black-and-white photographs are featured.

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tolerable for a race fan, unless you also happen to read books..........2007-08-20

I read this book because on a particular day I was in the mood for a book about racing (being the month of May), and the one Economaci did is fairly unfindable in book stores. This looked pretty good - Roger Ward, Mad Russian, the Le Mans disaster - seemed like it might be a nice history book.

The problem with this is not necessarily the content, some of the info was interesting, and I found only few very minor errors that I can't even remember...The problem is the way the content is told. This "I was actually there" first person this is insanely unbelievable to the the point of asinine fantasy. Being there when Vukovich was killed (and being a vicarious pal to boot) is believable. Then being at the Le Mans tragedy...could have happened to a few people. But being at Indy in 1955, Le Mans in 1955, being friends with James Dean and waiting on him to arrive before his death, nailing the Warner Brothers executive's race car groupie daughter, meeting Enzo Ferrari during the early days of gp, and on and on...

I had a good bit of difficulty just finishing this thing and I love open wheel racing in any form it takes. But sportswriters are very seldom good at writing fiction, and this is no different. So if you are in the mood for some airline reading on the way to Indianapolis in late may....get something else.

Big Disappointment, Sloppy Writing.......2007-03-15

Ugh. What a disappointment. This book badly needed an editor -- any editor. It reads like a high school draft that was rushed together before deadline. Yates is terrific in the pages of Car and Driver, where he's got adult supervision, but this book is unfinished and unprofessional. He contradicts himself, misspells words -- including, ironically, 'editorial' -- invents new words, and defines the same term three times in as many chapters. There's one whole chapter where lowercase L's are used in place of the number 1.

Apart from that, his peculiar "faction" or I-was-there style doesn't really suit the material, or his talents. He's still writing a history, he just inserts the words 'I' and 'me' from time to time to liven it up. It doesn't make the story compelling, just lame. Too bad.

Perhaps Yates' most disappointing work..........2006-05-15

After reading the enthralling 'Cannonball' a few years ago and the passionate 'Hot Rod' soon after, I was looking forward to 'Against Death and Time'. As a rule, I am a fan of all things motorsport and I enjoy historical fiction, however, I was supremely disappointed in this offering. Yates' main character seems to be a blatant reproduction of Levy's 'Hank Lyons' character from the 'The Last Open Road' series. If you are looking for an interesting book by Yates, buy 'Cannonball', if you are looking for a fictionalized account of the early days of sportscar racing, buy something by B.S. Levy.

Re-gifter!.......2006-01-02

I recieved this book as a X-Mas gift. RE-GIFTER. Brock Yates' writing reads to me like that of a fellow who has too much going on and decided at the last minute to add "write this book" to the list.

There's a few decent passages, but so much of this seems read as bland, hurried text. I own it, but I sort of wish I didn't.

One Fatal Attempt at a Novel.......2005-11-22

Brock Yates brings impressive credentials to his effort to write what is loosely called a novel. "Against Death and Time" is set in 1955, a tragic year in auto racing history, and is told through the eyes of an unnamed free-lance writer. The book's concept sounded great, but I found the execution to be horrible.

A plot really doesn't exist in the conventional sense. The chapters simply follow the narrator around the world to the locations of numerous tragic accidents that year, culminating with James Dean's in central California. At least half the chapters read like straight non-fiction with no "plot development" other than "I flew to France." There is no dramatic tension involved in the book whatsoever, although the author does throw in one jet-set babe, apparently for no reason other than to introduce the narrator to James Dean.

The story might still have worked if it were not for the distractions from poor research and editing.

A dozen times, he refers to the clear-blue flame of the the methanol fuel used in Championship and Sprint cars. In 1955 these cars burned gasoline, and would do so until methanol and fuel bladders were adopted following the terrible main straight crash at Indianapolis in 1964 that killed Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. Later in the book, he has Buddy Holly and the Crickets playing "That'll be the Day" at a Hollywood party. Unfortunately, that song wasn't released until 1957. Elsewhere, the narrator is assigned to write an article for "Liberty" magazine, but that assignment is later cancelled by "The Saturday Evening Post." An unusual business practice, to be sure.

Finally, I have never seen a book with as many typos in my life. I question whether this book actually had an editor. There are more typos in this one book - over a dozen (I lost count) than on the rest of my bookshelf put together.

The world of auto racing in 1955 could have been a really good yarn. "Against Death and Time" is not.

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