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From left to right: The
Folio 1991 LOTR, a 1987
red-leather collectors edition LOTR,
a 2001 german LOTR set,
2000 Millennium collectors edition LOTR,
1994 single-edition paperback LOTR,
1st edition Silmarillion,
1998 Silmarillion, 1997
onion-leaf collectors edition LOTR,
1997 green-leather collectors edition Hobbit Top left to right: 1979 hardcover Hobbit, 1st edition paperback LOTR set, Lost Tales 2 |
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a Cruel Star by Heda Margolius Kovaly - an
autobiographical account of life in Czechoslovakia from the end of WWII
till the "Prague Spring" of 1968. Places a heartbreaking face to
those behind the
iron curtain. The Night Trilogy ( Night, Dawn, & The Accident) by Elie Wiesel - survival, guilt, and depression . Dawn is the most straightforward of the three, but possibly the hardest to fully grasp. |
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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and No Longer At Ease - A master
storyteller. One of the first to show and describe African life
in all its complexities. A stark contrast to works such as Joseph
Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
Fantastic reads!! |
| George Orwell's
masterpieces Animal Farm and 1984 are truly astounding works
that reflect the fears and prejudices of people. The
stories are frighteningly pertinent even fifty years after they were
written. Both books have been banned in the United States at
various times since their publication. |
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That Others May Live is both the motto of
a Pararescueman and an autobiographical account of an Air Force
Pararescueman's life. Shows the great sacrifices and hardships
that this relatively unknown group of individuals go through to become
one of the most respected Special Forces units the United States
produces. These are the individuals that every branch goes to
when
they have downed pilots or dangerous rescue missions that need to be
undertaken! |
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