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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Funny Things the Doughboys Tell written by and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Rubin
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547843690
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Last of the Doughboys written by Richard Rubin and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Before the Greatest Generation, there was the Forgotten Generation of World War I . . . wonderfully engaging” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “Richard Rubin has done something that will never be possible for anyone to do again. His interviews with the last American World War I veterans—who have all since died—bring to vivid life a cataclysm that changed our world forever but that remains curiously forgotten here.” —Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918 In 2003, eighty-five years after the end of World War I, Richard Rubin set out to see if he could still find and talk to someone who had actually served in the American Expeditionary Forces during that colossal conflict. Ultimately he found dozens, aged 101 to 113, from Cape Cod to Carson City, who shared with him at the last possible moment their stories of America’s Great War. Nineteenth-century men and women living in the twenty-first century, they were self-reliant, humble, and stoic, never complaining, but still marveling at the immensity of the war they helped win, and the complexity of the world they helped create. Though America has largely forgotten their war, you will never forget them, or their stories. A decade in the making, The Last of the Doughboys is the most sweeping look at America’s First World War in a generation, a glorious reminder of the tremendously important role America played in the “war to end all wars,” as well as a moving meditation on character, grace, aging, and memory. “An outstanding and fascinating book. By tracking down the last surviving veterans of the First World War and interviewing them with sympathy and skill, Richard Rubin has produced a first-rate work of reporting.” —Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia “I cannot remember a book about that huge and terrible war that I have enjoyed reading more in many years.” —Michael Korda, The Daily Beast
Author : Carleton B. Case
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers written by Carleton B. Case and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Funny Stories Told by the Soldiers" by Carleton B. Case is a collection of funny stories told by soldiers of the great world's conflict. This book features the hilarious part of the war periods capturing cheerful memories and events that took place. A fun book for both young and old curious about the hilarious events that took place during the time of war.
Author : Joe Wenderoth
Publisher : Wave Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Letters to Wendy's written by Joe Wenderoth and published by Wave Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cult favorite Letters to Wendy's has sold thousands of copies through web, direct and special orders, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers at independent and chain stores.
Author : Paula Chase
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006269183X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Dough Boys written by Paula Chase and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the companion to her acclaimed So Done, Paula Chase follows best friends Simp and Rollie as their friendship is threatened by the pressures of basketball, upcoming auditions, middle school, and their growing involvement in the local drug ring. Dough Boys is a memorably vivid story about the complex friendship between two African American boys whose lives are heading down very different paths. For fans of Jason Reynolds’s Ghost and Rebecca Stead’s Goodbye Stranger. Deontae “Simp” Wright has big plans for his future. Plans that involve basketball, his best friend, Rollie, and making enough money to get his mom and four younger brothers out of the Cove, their low-income housing project. Long term, this means the NBA. Short term, it means being a dough boy—getting paid to play lookout and eventually moving up the rungs of the neighborhood drug operation with Rollie as his partner. Roland “Rollie” Matthews used to love playing basketball. He loved the rhythm of the game, how he came up with his best drumbeats after running up and down the court. But playing with the elite team comes with extra, illegal responsibilities, and Rollie isn't sure he's down for that life. The new talented-and-gifted program, where Rollie has a chance to audition for a real-life go-go band, seems like the perfect excuse to stop being a dough boy. But how can he abandon his best friend? Paula Chase explores universal themes of friendship and budding romance, while also exploring complex issues that affect many young teens. Full of basketball, friendship, and daily life in a housing project, this universal story is perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds’s Track series, Jewell Parker Rhodes’s Ghost Boys, and Chris Crutcher.
Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8826479968
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book FUNNY STORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the midst of the death and destruction of war there are strange and funny occurrences. Occurrences made hilarious and farcical because of the circumstance in which they occur. These hilarious occasions are more often than not recalled with greater ease and much mirth long after the war has ended and everyone has gone home. Their recall is made easier if only because soldiers would prefer not to recall the painful memories that come with the experience of having been in battle. Herein are over 300 short stories, anecdotes, pranks, jokes and laughable affairs recalled by servicemen after the Great War patiently collated and published with care by Carleton B. Case in 1919. TAGS: Funny Stories from the Great War, funny, jokes, pranks, anecdotes, laughable affairs, Carleton Case, hilarious occasions, recall, World War One, World War 1, World War I, WWI, WW1, Great War, trench humour, humor, trench humour,
Author : Thomas Lindholtz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312456477
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)
Download or read book A Doughboy's War: Letters Home written by Thomas Lindholtz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of World War I from the perspective of, and through letters of Thomas Lindholtz. He went on active duty in April, 1918, and got home in May, 1919. He wrote over 60 letters and postcards home during that time. His letters give a warm and charming insight into his character and relationships. They provide a unique first person account of a world now long gone. It gives a broad brush history of events in Europe, events in America, particularly immigration, and the specific events of immigration and early life to introduce my grandfather and his family. An overview follows of the major events of the war from 1914-18, that would have been headline news in America. The rest of the book is his letters interwoven with the events of life in America and events of the war on a daily basis. It closes with a brief epilogue about the war's effects in Europe and a brief history of my grandfather's life until his death in 1944.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Adventure written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judy Halliday
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1418519138
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Thin Within written by Judy Halliday and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2005-04-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I want to lose weight, but dieting just doesn't seem to work. I've tried everything, and I'm still three sizes too big. Help! I hate the way my body looks. Sound familiar? Like many women and men, perhaps you have tried virtually every wtight-loss plan that exists only to give up in disappointment and despair. Have you faithfully counted fat grams and calories? Have you subjected yourself, week after week, to the humiliation of hearing what your current weight should be compared to what it is? Have you exercised excessively, given up your favorite foods, and felt guilty when you've failed to meet your weight goals? Time tested for more than 30 years, Thin Within is the original hunger-fullness plan. Tens of thousands of participants in the program have joyfully reported the release of unwanted weight. More importantly, they have maintained that weight with a new and incomparable peace with themselves and with the One who designed them. Thin Within makes it possible to: Identify and resolve issues that cause you to eat more than your body needs Leave diets behind forever Discover and enjoy those foods that promote health and vitality Experience the abundant life as you reach and maintain your natural God-given size
Author : Alistair Cooke
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398114545
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Alistair Cooke's America written by Alistair Cooke and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of Alistair Cooke's classic work, which has sold ore than 2 million copies to date. Full of Cooke's signature wit and wisdom, this is a lucid and illuminating history of the United States. Republished to mark the 50th anniversary of the classic BBC series.
Author : George Browne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803213514
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book An American Soldier in World War I written by George Browne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George “Brownie” Browne was a twenty-three-year-old civil engineer in Waterbury, Connecticut, when the United States entered the Great War in 1917. He enlisted almost immediately and served in the American Expeditionary Forces until his discharge in 1919. An American Soldier in World War I is an edited collection of more than one hundred letters that Browne wrote to his fiancée, Martha “Marty” Johnson, describing his experiences during World War I as part of the famed 42nd, or Rainbow, Division. From September 1917 until he was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in late October 1918, Browne served side by side with his comrades in the 117th Engineering Regiment. He participated in several defensive actions and in offensives on the Marne, at Saint-Mihiel, and in the Meuse-Argonne. This extraordinary collection of Brownie’s letters reveals the day-to-day life of an American soldier in the European theater. The difficulties of training, transportation to France, dangers of combat, and the ultimate strain on George and Marty’s relationship are all captured in these pages. David L. Snead weaves the Browne correspondence into a wider narrative about combat, hope, and service among the American troops. By providing a description of the experiences of an average American soldier serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, this study makes a valuable contribution to the history and historiography of American participation in World War I.
Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Jimmy Patterson
ISBN 13 : 0316545708
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Pottymouth and Stoopid written by James Patterson and published by Jimmy Patterson. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "superwonderrific" New York Times bestseller (Jerry Spinelli), two bullied middle-school boys finally fight back with the power of funny. David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool when everyone did silly things. Fast-forward to seventh grade: "Pottymouth" and "Stoopid" are still stuck with the names -- and everyone in school, including the teachers and their principal, believe the labels are true. So how do they go about changing everyone's minds? By turning their misery into megastardom on TV, of course! And this important story delivers more than just laughs -- it shows that the worst bullying isn't always physical . . . and that things will get better. A great conversation starter for parents to read alongside their kids! Official Notice to Parents:There is no actual pottymouthing or stupidity in this entire book!(Psst, kids: that second part might not be entirely true.)
Author : James H. Hallas
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 146175089X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book Doughboy War written by James H. Hallas and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-01-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multilayered history of World War I's doughboys captures the experiences of American soldiers as they trained for war, voyaged to France, and faced the harsh reality of combat on the Western Front in 1917-18. Hallas uses the words of the troops themselves to describe the first days in the muddy trenches, the bloody battles for Belleau Wood, the violent clash on the Marne, the seemingly unending morass of the Argonne, and more, revealing what the doughboys saw, what they did, how they felt, and how the Great War affected them.
Author : Mary Frances Willard
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476692645
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Serving the Doughboy written by Mary Frances Willard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Frances Willard, a public-school principal from Chicago, was one of thousands of American women who served as welfare workers for U.S. troops in France during World War I. During the war's final months, she operated a canteen and post exchange in Troyes, attended to convalescing servicemen, arranged their burials and wrote letters to their families. After the Armistice, she headed canteen operations in Le Mans for hundreds of thousands of returning servicemen in embarkation camps. In her final months in France, she toured battlefields and the decimated towns along the Western Front. Presented in historical context, her weekly letters home--from August 1918 through July 1919--relate stories of her service to the doughboys and her interactions with French citizens.
Author : Ken Jennings
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501100602
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Planet Funny written by Ken Jennings and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year The witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author and record-setting Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings relays the history of humor in “lively, insightful, and crawling with goofy factlings,” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go Bernadette)—from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets to the latest Twitter gags and Facebook memes. Where once society’s most coveted trait might have been strength or intelligence or honor, today, in a clear sign of evolution sliding off the trails, it is being funny. Yes, funniness. Consider: Super Bowl commercials don’t try to sell you anymore; they try to make you laugh. Airline safety tutorials—those terrifying laminated cards about the possibilities of fire, explosion, depressurization, and drowning—have been replaced by joke-filled videos with multimillion-dollar budgets and dance routines. Thanks to social media, we now have a whole Twitterverse of amateur comedians riffing around the world at all hours of the day—and many of them even get popular enough online to go pro and take over TV. In his “smartly structured, soundly argued, and yes—pretty darn funny” (Booklist, starred review) Planet Funny, Ken Jennings explores this brave new comedic world and what it means—or doesn’t—to be funny in it now. Tracing the evolution of humor from the caveman days to the bawdy middle-class antics of Chaucer to Monty Python’s game-changing silliness to the fast-paced meta-humor of The Simpsons, Jennings explains how we built our humor-saturated modern age, where lots of us get our news from comedy shows and a comic figure can even be elected President of the United States purely on showmanship. “Fascinating, entertaining and—I’m being dead serious here—important” (A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically), Planet Funny is a full taxonomy of what spawned and defines the modern sense of humor.
Author : Lonnie Cowan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524660523
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Doughboy written by Lonnie Cowan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-28 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the streets of Los Angeles. Witness the creation of a gang leader. Walk the yard of maximum security prison. Experience the dangers of the Dope Game and the lessons learned on the way.
Author : Chris Letheby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192581090
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Philosophy of Psychedelics written by Chris Letheby and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent clinical trials show that psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin can be given safely in controlled conditions, and can cause lasting psychological benefits with one or two administrations. Supervised psychedelic sessions can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addiction, and improve well-being in healthy volunteers, for months or even years. But these benefits seem to be mediated by "mystical" experiences of cosmic consciousness, which prompts a philosophical concern: do psychedelics cause psychological benefits by inducing false or implausible beliefs about the metaphysical nature of reality? This book is the first scholarly monograph in English devoted to the philosophical analysis of psychedelic drugs. Its central focus is the apparent conflict between the growing use of psychedelics in psychiatry and the philosophical worldview of naturalism. Within the book, Letheby integrates empirical evidence and philosophical considerations in the service of a simple conclusion: this "Comforting Delusion Objection" to psychedelic therapy fails. While exotic metaphysical ideas do sometimes come up, they are not, on closer inspection, the central driver of change in psychedelic therapy. Psychedelics lead to lasting benefits by altering the sense of self, and changing how people relate to their own minds and lives-not by changing their beliefs about the ultimate nature of reality. The upshot is that a traditional conception of psychedelics as agents of insight and spirituality can be reconciled with naturalism (the philosophical position that the natural world is all there is). Controlled psychedelic use can lead to genuine forms of knowledge gain and spiritual growth-even if no Cosmic Consciousness or transcendent divine Reality exists. Philosophy of Psychedelics is an indispensable guide to the literature for researchers already engaged in the field of psychedelic psychiatry, and for researchers-especially philosophers-who want to become acquainted with this increasingly topical field.
