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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Author : John "Chick" Donohue
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062995480
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Beer Run Ever written by John "Chick" Donohue and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Soon to be a major motion picture written and directed by Academy Award-winning director of Green Book, Peter Farrelly. “Chickie takes us thousands of miles on a hilarious quest laced with sorrow, but never dull. You will laugh and cry, but you will not be sorry that you read this rollicking story.”—Malachy McCourt A wildly entertaining, feel-good memoir of an Irish-American New Yorker and former U.S. marine who embarked on a courageous, hare-brained scheme to deliver beer to his pals serving Vietnam in the late 1960s. One night in 1967, twenty-six-year-old John Donohue—known as Chick—was out with friends, drinking in a New York City bar. The friends gathered there had lost loved ones in Vietnam. Now, they watched as anti-war protesters turned on the troops themselves. One neighborhood patriot came up with an inspired—some would call it insane—idea. Someone should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies there, give them messages of support from back home, and share a few laughs over a can of beer. It would be the Greatest Beer Run Ever. But who’d be crazy enough to do it? One man was up for the challenge—a U. S. Marine Corps veteran turned merchant mariner who wasn’t about to desert his buddies on the front lines when they needed him. Chick volunteered. A day later, he was on a cargo ship headed to Vietnam, armed with Irish luck and a backpack full of alcohol. Landing in Qui Nho’n, Chick set off on an adventure that would change his life forever—an odyssey that took him through a series of hilarious escapades and harrowing close calls, including the Tet Offensive. But none of that mattered if he could bring some cheer to his pals and show them how much the folks back home appreciated them. This is the story of that epic beer run, told in Chick’s own words and those of the men he visited in Vietnam.

Un-American

Author : Erik Edstrom
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635573750
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Un-American written by Erik Edstrom and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eloquent, devastating . . . packed with gimlet-eyed analysis - cultural, economic, historical - of how American life came to look the way it does . . . Edstrom's keen observational powers encompass both the physical world and social nuance." -Los Angeles Review of Books A manifesto about America's unchallenged war machine, from an Afghanistan veteran and new kind of military hero. Before engaging in war, Erik Edstrom asks us to imagine three, rarely imagined scenarios: First, imagine your own death. Second, imagine war from “the other side.” Third: Imagine what might have been if the war had never been fought. Pursuing these realities through his own combat experience, Erik reaches the unavoidable conclusion about America at war. But that realization came too late-the damage had been done. Erik Edstrom grew up in suburban Massachusetts with an idealistic desire to make an impact, ultimately leading him to the gates of West Point. Five years later, he was deployed to Afghanistan as an infantry lieutenant. Throughout his military career, he confronted atrocities, buried his friends, wrestled with depression, and struggled with an understanding that the war he fought in, and the youth he traded to prepare for it, was in contribution to a bitter truth: The War on Terror is not just a tragedy, but a crime. The deeper tragedy is that our country lacks the courage and conviction to say so. Un-American is a hybrid of social commentary and memoir that exposes how blind support for war exacerbates the problems it's intended to resolve, devastates the people allegedly being helped, and diverts assets from far larger threats like climate change. Un-American is a revolutionary act, offering a blueprint for redressing America's relationship with patriotism, the military, and military spending.

Whistles from the Graveyard

Author : Miles Lagoze
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668000059
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Whistles from the Graveyard written by Miles Lagoze and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most bracingly honest, refreshing account of the Afghan war” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author) from a Marine Corps Combat Cameraman and director of the acclaimed documentary Combat Obscura. At just eighteen years old, Miles Lagoze joined the Marine Corps a decade after the war began and found himself surrounded by people not unlike those he’d left behind at home—aimless youth searching for stability, community, and economic security. Deployed to Afghanistan as a Combat Cameraman—an active-duty videographer and photographer—Lagoze produced slick images of glory and heroism for public consumption. But his government-approved footage concealed a grim reality. Here, Lagoze pulls back the curtain and illustrates the grisly truth of the longest war in American history. As these young men and women were deployed to an unfamiliar country half a world away—history’s “graveyard of empires”—they carried the scars of the fractured homeland that sent them. Lagoze shows us Marines straddling the edge of chaos. We see forces desensitized to gore and suffering by the darkest reaches of the internet, unsure of their places in an unraveling world and set further adrift by the uncertain mission to which they had been assigned abroad. Whistles from the Graveyard shows the parts of the Afghanistan War we were never meant to see—Afghan locals and American infantry drawn together by their fears of the ghostly, ever-present terror of the Taliban; moments of dark resignation as the devastating toll of years in war’s crossfire reveals itself between bouts of adrenaline-laced violence; and nights of reckless, drug-fueled abandon to dull the pain. In full, vivid color, Miles Lagoze shows us an oft-overlooked generation of young Americans we cast out into the desert, steeped in nihilism, and shipped back home with firsthand training in extremism, misanthropy, and insurrection.

To Hear Only Thunder Again

Author : Mark David Van Ells
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739102442
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book To Hear Only Thunder Again written by Mark David Van Ells and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paucity of scholarly literature on World War II veteran readjustment might lead one to believe these nearly sixteen million men and women simply took off their uniforms after the War and reintegrated into society with ease. Mark D. Van Ells path-breaking work is the first serious analysis of the immense effort that was required to avoid the potential social decay so often associated with veteran reintegration. To Hear Only Thunder Again explores the topical issues of educational, health, employment, housing, medical, and personal readjustment faced by veterans while continuously situating these issues against the backdrop of society's political response. Never before, or since, had Americans taken such a keen interest in veterans' affairs. While post-World War II America was spared the problem of veteran unemployment and while veterans were not associated with crime and political disorder--as had often been the case after World War I--the package of readjustment benefits devised that allowed for such a smooth transition was extremely expensive. Veterans of later wars never received as much assistance and consequently experienced more difficulty returning to civilian life. Van Ells' work ensures that these lessons of the Second World War are not entirely lost. To Hear Only Thunder Again provides an unprecedented exploration of a period largely neglected by military historians.

Veterans Crisis Hotline

Author : Jon Chopan
Publisher : UMass + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1613766157
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Veterans Crisis Hotline written by Jon Chopan and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve stories of Veterans Crisis Hotline offer a meditation on the relationship between war and righteousness and consider the impossible distance between who men are and who they want to be. A veteran working at the hotline listens to the stories men tell when they need someone to hear their voices, when they need to access a language for their pain. Two men search for the head of a decapitated Iraqi civilian so that they might absolve themselves of the atrocities of war, a Marine hunts for the man who raped his girlfriend, and a teenage son replaces his dead father on the battlefield. With a quick wit and offbeat humor, Jon Chopan takes us from the banks of the Euphrates to the bars and VFW halls of the Rust Belt, providing insight into the Iraq War and its enduring impact on those who volunteered to fight in it.

Women Vietnam Veterans

Author : Donna A. Lowery
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504913981
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Women Vietnam Veterans written by Donna A. Lowery and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women Vietnam Veterans: Our Untold Stories, by Donna Lowery, a Vietnam veteran, chronicles the participation of American military women during the Vietnam War. This little-known group of an estimated 1,000 women from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force left its mark in Vietnam from 1962 to 1973. They served in a myriad of duties from intelligence analysts, flight controllers, clerk-typists, translators, physical therapists, dietitians and communications specialists among many others. Our Untold Stories allows the women to speak for themselves about their experiences, and, for the first time ever, brings names, facts and figures together in one literary work. The purpose of the book is to be historically significant to future researchers. The history of the military women in Vietnam began in 1962 with Army Major Anne Marie Doering. She was born in what became North Vietnam. Her father was a French officer, her mother a German citizen. When her father died, her mother married an American businessman. Her service in Vietnam as a Combat Intelligence Officer is a compelling story of the US military women in a war zone. It was not until 1965 that the US Women’s Army Corps (WAC) sent two women as advisors to assist the newly formed Vietnam Women’s Armed Forces Corps. The following year, the Army authorized the establishment of a WAC Detachment in Vietnam. Soon, thereafter, the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy also sent women to serve in various capacities. In March 1973, under the Paris Peace Accords, the last women left Vietnam along with the remaining men. The impact they had in Vietnam set the stage for the expansion and integration of women into additional roles in the military. Today, women serve in areas of active combat, demonstrating their abilities and dedication to the mission.

Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 2204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gentleman Cadet, His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy...

Author : Lt. Col. A.W. Drayson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752383895
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman Cadet, His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy... written by Lt. Col. A.W. Drayson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Gentleman Cadet, His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy... by Lt. Col. A.W. Drayson

Recollections of a Veteran of the Days of the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857

Author : Arthur Owen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Veteran of the Days of the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857 written by Arthur Owen and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (summary of Minutes).

Author : Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. National Convention
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (summary of Minutes). written by Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. National Convention and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Gentleman Cadet. His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich

Author : Alfred W. Drayson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Gentleman Cadet. His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich written by Alfred W. Drayson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-09-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred W. Drayson's 'The Gentleman Cadet. His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich' is a captivating narrative that delves into the life of a young cadet undergoing military training in the prestigious institution of Woolwich. Drayson's writing style is both informative and engaging, providing readers with a vivid portrayal of the challenges, triumphs, and camaraderie experienced by the protagonist. Set in the backdrop of the British military academy, the book offers a unique insight into the educational and disciplinary aspects of cadet life during the 19th century. The detailed descriptions and dialogue add depth to the storytelling, making it a compelling read for history and military enthusiasts alike. Alfred W. Drayson, a former military officer himself, draws upon his first-hand experience and knowledge to craft a realistic and authentic narrative of the cadet's journey at Woolwich. His passion for military history is evident throughout the book, making it a valuable resource for those interested in this period of British military education. I highly recommend 'The Gentleman Cadet' to anyone seeking a well-researched and immersive account of life at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich.

Just Drive: M/M Contemporary Military Age Gap Romance

Author : L.A. Witt
Publisher : GallagherWitt
ISBN 13 : 1642309214
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Just Drive: M/M Contemporary Military Age Gap Romance written by L.A. Witt and published by GallagherWitt. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Sean Wright, driving a cab in the tiny Navy town of Anchor Point isn’t an exciting job... until he picks up just-dumped Paul Richards. A drive turns into a walk on the pier, which turns into the hottest hookup Sean’s had in ages. After a long overdue breakup, Paul can’t believe his luck. Of all the drivers, he’s picked up by the gorgeous, gay, and very willing Sean. Younger guys aren’t usually his thing, but Paul can’t resist. One taste and neither man can get enough... right up until they realize that Paul is Sean’s father’s commanding officer and the last man Sean should be involved with. With two careers on the line, their only option is to back off. It’s not easy, though; the sex and the emotional connection are exactly what both men have been craving for a long time. But Paul has devoted twenty-four years to his career and his dream of making admiral. If he’s caught with Sean, that’s all over. He has to choose—stay the course, or trade it all for the man who drove off with his heart. Just Drive is the first book in the Anchor Point M/M military series. Fans of Annabeth Albert, S.E. Jakes, and May December romances will be swept up in this forbidden love story between an ambitious (if a little reckless) officer and a lonely cab driver.

Craving a Hero: A Military Romance Collection

Author : Kate Aster
Publisher : Kate Aster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Craving a Hero: A Military Romance Collection written by Kate Aster and published by Kate Aster. This book was released on with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you craving a hero? Allie certainly is... as she finds herself falling for the hot Navy SEAL who wants to adopt her beloved rescue dog. Then there's Annie who's hiding secrets from her Army Ranger boss in Hawaii... Freya who discovered she is head over heels for her SEAL best friend... and single mom Ava who is lusting over the SEAL next door. CRAVING A HERO is a steamy military romance anthology with four happily-ever-afters and all the friends-to-lovers, small town, billionaire, grumpy/sunshine feels... ...along with four heroes who have honor, brains, and eight-packs. Craving: satisfied. MORE, PLEASE Allie: I know exactly what I want. And it has nothing to do with the hot Navy SEAL I picked up in a bar. Really... it doesn't. Since graduating from college, I've been juggling two jobs while fostering abandoned dogs, with my sights set on opening a rescue kennel. I'll do whatever it takes to succeed, even if it means fighting back my cravings for the man who's been fueling my fantasies since I got my first taste of him in a hotel elevator. But when he slips his way back into my life, all I can do is remember that night... ...and ask for more, please. A IS FOR ALPHA Camden: Who put the "O" in Aloha? Yeah, that's me. Camden Sheridan. A guy who will bring you to "O" faster than you can text it. Former Army Ranger with the standard issue 8-pack. And now, a bartender who'll get you safely back to your hotel after too many margaritas… and you won't want me to leave. Believe me, you won't. I live life by my rules in my bachelor pad paradise here on the Big Island of Hawaii. Until a Ranger brother needs me to take care of his little girl while he deploys. A four-year-old cockblock in pigtails. My sex life comes to a screeching halt. Then the babysitter shows up - one who's got a fortress of secrets surrounding her. But I'll break it down and claim her as mine. If this kid will just take a nap. BFF'ED Freya: Mason Adler... Hot. Cocky. Sugar-coated Bad Boy. The type of man who knocks the big "O" clear to the front of the alphabet every time. Wrap up that eight-pack with Navy khakis and top it off with a shiny SEAL Trident, the kind that makes the girls swoon. That's Mason. My best friend. For me, he's off limits. Now that I've finished college, I need to focus on my writing career. And without his help, I don't stand a chance. But I need something from him. Something only he can give me. So I'll pull the blinds. I'll call it "research." And I won't let my heart get involved, especially with him leaving at the end of the week. Leaving me… even though my very soul is still in his grasp. ROMANCING CHRISTMAS Harris: I set the bar pretty low when it comes to the holidays. I have to. As a Navy officer, I spend plenty of them far from anyplace I'd call "home"… sometimes getting shot like I did on my last SEAL mission. So, yeah, I set the bar low enough that I can roll over it. That is, until I meet Ava. She's the type that bakes pecan pie, drinks egg nog, and goes caroling with her neighbors. I bet she even owns a stack of ugly Christmas sweaters. She's also got a son… and roots dug deep into this town that make life with a Navy guy like me impossible. Ava is the last thing I need. Yet she's all I want for Christmas.

The Ultimate Adventure Collection: Complete Novels, History of the Pirates, Military Biographies and more (Illustrated)

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 802686753X
Total Pages : 3340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Adventure Collection: Complete Novels, History of the Pirates, Military Biographies and more (Illustrated) written by Daniel Defoe and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-07-31 with total page 3340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Proceedings of the ... Annual Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans and Ladies' Auxiliary, Department of Oregon

Author : United Spanish War Veterans. Department of Oregon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 840 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Annual Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans and Ladies' Auxiliary, Department of Oregon written by United Spanish War Veterans. Department of Oregon and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rescueplan: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) - Book 3

Author : David Sloma
Publisher : Web of Life Solutions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rescueplan: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) - Book 3 written by David Sloma and published by Web of Life Solutions. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Great read rivals Cussler and Riely...Thank you." - reader comment left on author's site. This is “Rescueplan” the 3rd book in the series, so read these other books first: -Greyland: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) – Book 1 -Oceandeep: D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) – Book 2 Then: -Book 4 "Moonbase" is now available as an ebook and paperback -Book 5: "Wormwood" is now available as an ebook and paperback -Book 6: "Destroyer" is now available as an ebook and paperback -Book 7 "Purifier" is now available as an ebook and paperback All books in the running series are published now. The series is complete. A prequel story is mostly written, so check back for that in spring/summer 2021. In Rescueplan civilian contractor Leon Verdat has been left with no choice but to help a black ops military group battle invading Grey aliens from their top secret D.U.M.B.s (Deep Underground Military Bases) underground and undersea. With the Greys determined to take over Earth and the lives of everyone he cares about hanging by a thread, Leon knows he has to keep fighting, no matter the cost. It might mean losing his family to save the world but he must go on. Now, the Greys have escaped through a stargate and there's only one way to find out where it goes. Leon entered the portal to save his friend and they are trapped aboard the Grey's starship, somewhere in outer space. As rescue plans are made, Leon finds out more about the Greys and their nefarious plans for humanity. The need to stop the Greys and finally end this war are even more urgent...before it's too late. A sci-fi thriller from David Sloma Concluded in Book 4: Moonbase. Video preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2Bi59qGDA The inspiration behind this book series? Many late nights listening to Coast to Coast AM, since the early days of Art Bell, where he'd have many guests on that talked about aliens and underground secret bases (mostly in the southwest USA desert, like Area 51, but also bases all over the world), like Whitley Strieber, Richard Dolan, Roger Lear, Richard Sauder, and more. Guests spoke about real life bases and also told some fictional stories. Some spoke about both. These books take a sampling of the facts that have been made public about D.U.M.B.s and adds some imaginative speculation to create a brand new, wild fictional ride!

How We Are Changed by War

Author : D.C. Gill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135148937
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book How We Are Changed by War written by D.C. Gill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prolonged conflict in Iraq has shown us war’s transformative effect. Civilians rivet themselves to events happening halfway around the world, while young soldiers return home from battlefields, coping with the memories of those events. How We Are Changed by War examines our sense of ourselves through the medium of diaries and wartime correspondence, beginning with the colonists of the early seventeenth century, and ending with the diaries and letters from Iraqi war vets. The book tracks the effects of war in private writings regardless of the narrator’s historical era allowing the writers to ‘speak’ to each other across time to reveal a profound commonality of cultural experience. Finally, interpreting the narratives by how the writers conveyed the content adds a richer layer of meaning through the lenses of psychology and literary criticism, providing a model for any society to examine itself through the medium of its members’ informal writings.