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Timothy M. (kjm2db) - Reviews

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100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People : What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use it (100 Simple Secrets)
Review Date: 10/17/2010


liked it some useful info


About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior
Author: David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 5
Review Date: 2/16/2013


Long book , interesting for first 800 pages


Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Author: Jonathan Shay
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 8
Review Date: 8/16/2010


Good use of Homer's epic to describe what went wrong in some of the Vietnam veterans.


...and a hard rain fell (20th Anniversary Edition)
...and a hard rain fell (20th Anniversary Edition)
Author: John Ketwig
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 12/12/2011


Excellent portrayal of one individual's experience


The Art of Questioning: Thirty Maxims of Cross-Examination
The Art of Questioning: Thirty Maxims of Cross-Examination
Author: Peter Megargee Brown
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 12/12/2011


Title is accurate as to content.


Battle for the Central Highlands : A Special Forces Story
Battle for the Central Highlands : A Special Forces Story
Author: George Dooley
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 8/16/2010


More like an autobiography of the author, yet still an interesting vision of those times.


Bicycle Love : Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat
Bicycle Love : Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 12/30/2010


Great book


Blood Trails: The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Blood Trails: The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Author: Christopher Ronnau
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 12
Review Date: 12/12/2011


Accurate account not fluff


Bobke II
Bobke II
Author: Bob Roll
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 9
Review Date: 8/16/2010
Helpful Score: 1


At first sight ,as a commentator on the Tour de France I thought that Bob Roll was a buffoon. However he won my respect with his seemingly unedited comments. I like the way he expresses himself.


The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War
Review Date: 3/2/2011


Seems to me to be written for the General's(Military) audience rather than the general(grunts on the line)audience. Appears to be an accurate account


Chess For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
Chess For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
Author: James Eade
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 10/20/2010


good book, learned a lot about the game


A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer's Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium
Review Date: 9/7/2012


Good story of bike racing as done in Europe


Firebirds
Firebirds
Author: Chuck Carlock
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 6
Review Date: 12/24/2009


Believable, appears to be an accurate accounting. I was impressed, thanks.


From Classrooms to Claymores : A Teacher at War in Vietnam
From Classrooms to Claymores : A Teacher at War in Vietnam
Author: Ches Schneider
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 11/8/2009


Read it, loved it, only found one instance of inaccuracy (page 156 PRGs most likely should be RPGs). I recognized many of the places mentioned.


Garmin Nuvi Pocket Guide, Second Edition, The (2nd Edition)
Garmin Nuvi Pocket Guide, Second Edition, The (2nd Edition)
Author: Jason D. O'Grady
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 10/23/2010


lovely book,got some input about my device that I was not aware of


In Pharaoh's Army : Memories of the Lost War
In Pharaoh's Army : Memories of the Lost War
Author: Tobias Wolff
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 9/24/2011


Rambling disjointed thoughts of a biographical nature. It would have been easier to follow if there was some sequence , yet I still enjoyed it.


Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious Us Military Prison
Review Date: 9/21/2012


Collection of impressions of some of the residents of this particular stockade.


Metal Cowboy : Tales from the Road Less Pedaled
Metal Cowboy : Tales from the Road Less Pedaled
Author: Joe Kurmaskie
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 10
Review Date: 5/2/2011


Enjoyable book, believable tales ,I concur with many of the sentiments expressed.


Odysseus in America : Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming
Review Date: 10/25/2011
Helpful Score: 2


Really liked this book , first half of book I could understand , but then second half I found that footnotes were way too cumbersome for me as a non-professional


The Perimeter of Light: Short Fiction and Other Writing About the Vietnam War
Review Date: 12/12/2011


Literary short stories of obvious fiction loosely tangent to the conflict in Southeast Asia. Not really my bag of tea.


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