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Fly Girl
Ann Hood
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An entertaining and fascinating memoir of "gifted storyteller" (People) Ann Hood's adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant. In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of college and hungry to experience... |
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Honor in Concord
Cathryn McIntyre
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In Honor in Concord, Cathryn McIntyre tells the story of the first year she lived in the historic town of Concord, Massachusetts in an antique home she calls "Quiet House" on a street named for Henry David Thoreau. One day she sets out to record the images of Concord's past that are always... |
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Summary of Michael Benson's Gangsters vs. Nazis
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#1 The Jewish migration to America began in the nineteenth century, and by the 1920s, there were four million Jews in the country. While some Jews' lives were dominated by Old World religious practices, there... |
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Summary of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet
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#1 I had planned to escape from India during the war, but the war suddenly began, and I was taken prisoner. I was then transferred to another camp. With the help of like-minded companions, I collected compasses,... |
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Summary of Mark Nutsch, Bob Pennington & Jim DeFelice's Swords of Lightning
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#1 The team members were experts in their selected specialties, but they cross-trained in all areas. The two Air Force servicemen who joined us came from different units and had different specialties, but their... |
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Summary of Craig McNamara's Because Our Fathers Lied
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#1 I was 15 years old when I called my father from boarding school. He told me that he would have his secretary get on sending me antiwar material, but I never received it. I felt distant from my peers after... |
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Summary of Robert O'Neill & Dakota Meyer's The Way Forward
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#1 I was jumpmaster on a flight in 2010 where the cargo door was open, and I couldn't hear myself think over the roar of the rotors. I looked down at Butte, my hometown, and thought about who I was going... |
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Summary of James Gleick's Isaac Newton
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#1 The Woolsthorpe farmhouse was the home of Newton's ancestors for just twenty years. It was a manor, and the fatherless boy was its lord with seigniorial authority over a handful of tenant farmers in nearby... |
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Summary of Adam Makos's Spearhead
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#1 The tanks were in place, and the soldiers began to prepare for the ambush. The soldiers were spread out in a half-moon formation with 20 yards between each tank.
#2 The 3rd Armored Division was behind... |
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Summary of Rich Cohen's The Avengers
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#1 Ruzka Korczak grew up in Poland during the Holocaust. She was a very smart and lively girl, but extremely shy. She spent most of her time alone. When she was fifteen, her father took her out of school... |
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Summary of Séamas O'Reilly's Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?
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#1 When I was adopted, I was given new corduroy pants, which I loved fiddling with. I had no idea what was going on, except that it was sad and making Margaret sad. I feared sadness in adults above all things.
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