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Categories - Books
Essays
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Title and Author
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Andrew's Thoughts
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| Stickeen (1909) John Muir |
The author sets out to explore southeastern Alaska in the late 1800s with a companion and a dog named Stickeen. Dangerously rife with crevasses and glaciers, the landscape of Alaska posed a serious obstacle to progress of the party. However, man and dog worked together toward a common cause. |
| Okinawa: The Bloodiest Battle of All (1987) William Manchester |
The battle of Okinawa was the bloodiest of all in the Pacific War. US Marines invaded the island amphibiously. Military personnel and civilian casualties were enormous, and this battle played a large role in the decision to use an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
| The Virus Wars Robert Buderi |
| The Page Turner Lynne Sharon Schwartz |
| The Learning Curve (2003) Atul Gawande |
| I Bought a Bed (2003) Donald Antrim |