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The Sorrow of War

A Novel of North Vietnam

by Bao Ninh ...

During the Vietnam War Bao Ninh served with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. Of the five hundred men who went to war with the brigade in 1969, he is one of only ten who survived. The Sorrow of War is his autobiographical novel. Kien works in a unit that recovers soldiers' corpses. Revisiting the sites of battles raises emotional ghosts for him and the memory of war scenes are juxtaposed with ... Read more

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During the Vietnam War Bao Ninh served with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. Of the five hundred men who went to war with the brigade in 1969, he is one of only ten who survived. The Sorrow of War is his autobiographical novel. Kien works in a unit that recovers soldiers' corpses. Revisiting the sites of battles raises emotional ghosts for him and the memory of war scenes are juxtaposed with
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On the Banks of the Ya Crong Poco River

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by Bao Ninh ...

Series series A Vintage Short
From the daring and controversial autobiographical novel that took the world by storm—the harrowing opening section of The Sorrow of War. Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there in the book that was originally published against government wishes in Vietnam because of ... Read more

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From the daring and controversial autobiographical novel that took the world by storm—the harrowing opening section of The Sorrow of War. Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there in the book that was originally published against government wishes in Vietnam because of
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Hanoi at Midnight

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by Bao Ninh ...

Translated by Quan Manh Ha, Cab Tran ...

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Breaking a thirty-year silence, Bảo Ninh has permitted at last the publication of a new work in English. Ninh is perhaps Vietnam’s foremost chronicler of the war, which he joined at age 17. Bringing to life the full range of his inventive and poetic language, Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran are granting to English readers Bảo Ninh’s first book-length work since The Sorrow of War, which catapulted him to ... Read more

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Breaking a thirty-year silence, Bảo Ninh has permitted at last the publication of a new work in English. Ninh is perhaps Vietnam’s foremost chronicler of the war, which he joined at age 17. Bringing to life the full range of his inventive and poetic language, Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran are granting to English readers Bảo Ninh’s first book-length work since The Sorrow of War, which catapulted him to
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The Sorrow of War

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Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. Originally published against government wishes in Vietnam because of its nonheroic, nonideological tone, The Sorrow of War has won worldwide acclaim and become an international bestseller. ... Read more

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Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. Originally published against government wishes in Vietnam because of its nonheroic, nonideological tone, The Sorrow of War has won worldwide acclaim and become an international bestseller.
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The Aquariums of Pyongyang

Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

by Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot ...

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"Destined to become a classic" (Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking), this harrowing memoir of life inside North Korea was the first account to emerge from the notoriously secretive country -- and it remains one of the most terrifying.Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition ... Read more

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"Destined to become a classic" (Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking), this harrowing memoir of life inside North Korea was the first account to emerge from the notoriously secretive country -- and it remains one of the most terrifying.Amid escalating nuclear tensions, Kim Jong-un and North Korea's other leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party state, quashing any nascent opposition
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First They Killed My Father

A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

by Loung Ung ...

Narrated by Tavia Gilbert ...

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9 hours 39 min

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those ... Read more

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One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those
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The Quiet American

by Graham Greene ...

Narrated by Joseph Porter ...

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Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh. His friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on but soon finds it difficult to remain simply an observer. Fowler’s mistress, a beautiful native girl, creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash ... Read more

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Alden Pyle, an idealistic young American, is sent to Vietnam to promote democracy amidst the intrigue and violence of the French war with the Vietminh. His friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, looks on but soon finds it difficult to remain simply an observer. Fowler’s mistress, a beautiful native girl, creates a catalyst for jealousy and competition between the men and a cultural clash
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Agony in Cambodia: A War Story

by Rod Keith ...

Agony in Cambodia: A War Story:It's September, 1963 and although the Vietnam War was in its infancy, S/Sgt. Bill Harper and the other five members of his A-Team are closing in on the end of their fourth, six month tour of duty. Just one more LRRP Mission and they would be rotating out, back to the States, to a well earned and long awaited discharge.Bill and his team had deployed 'in country' in ... Read more

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Agony in Cambodia: A War Story:It's September, 1963 and although the Vietnam War was in its infancy, S/Sgt. Bill Harper and the other five members of his A-Team are closing in on the end of their fourth, six month tour of duty. Just one more LRRP Mission and they would be rotating out, back to the States, to a well earned and long awaited discharge.Bill and his team had deployed 'in country' in
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Beyond Survival

Building on the Hard Times - a POW's Inspiring Story

by Capt. Gerald Coffee USN, retired ...

When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on?For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: to go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that ... Read more

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When life loses its meaning, when suddenly the world is turned upside down, when there's nothing left that resembles life as we've known it, where do we find the strength and sustenance to go on?For naval aviator Jerry Coffee and others who were held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam, there was only one choice: to go within. Beyond Survival is a journey into the invincible human spirit that
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Red Flags

by Juris Jurjevics ...

Viet Nam, 1966: A dead body in a combat zone barely merits a second glance. The perfect place to commit a murder.Army cop Erik Rider is content to fight his war in the sophisticated streets of Saigon, so he’s less than thrilled at being sent to a tiny American outpost in the remote wilderness of the Central Highlands. Sitting perilously close to a North Vietnamese infiltration route, Cheo Reo is ... Read more

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Viet Nam, 1966: A dead body in a combat zone barely merits a second glance. The perfect place to commit a murder.Army cop Erik Rider is content to fight his war in the sophisticated streets of Saigon, so he’s less than thrilled at being sent to a tiny American outpost in the remote wilderness of the Central Highlands. Sitting perilously close to a North Vietnamese infiltration route, Cheo Reo is
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S/Sgt. Harold F. Scott My Experiences as a POW during WWII

by Harold Scott ...

This is the story of Harold F. Scott's (Scotty) experiences as a tailgunner on a B17 and his injury and capture by the Germans. He tells of life as a prisoner of war in a German concentration camp and also his struggles to survive a death march across Germany.Harold Scott gave a talk to his family 40 years after the war ended and it resulted in this book.Everything related in this book is true as ... Read more

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This is the story of Harold F. Scott's (Scotty) experiences as a tailgunner on a B17 and his injury and capture by the Germans. He tells of life as a prisoner of war in a German concentration camp and also his struggles to survive a death march across Germany.Harold Scott gave a talk to his family 40 years after the war ended and it resulted in this book.Everything related in this book is true as
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Dragon Bait

Book Ii of the Asa Trilogy

by Robert Flanagan ...

Dragon Bait is book II in a trilogy, threelinked and contiguous novels whichfeature the same common primarycharacters and venues throughout acontinuing story. Use of fl ash-back orback story reversions to earlier times/places is common, allowing introductionof relevant but minor swatches ofinformation and perspective.Book I, Involuntary Tour, published in2009, was set in Bad Aibling, Germany,in ... Read more

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Dragon Bait is book II in a trilogy, threelinked and contiguous novels whichfeature the same common primarycharacters and venues throughout acontinuing story. Use of fl ash-back orback story reversions to earlier times/places is common, allowing introductionof relevant but minor swatches ofinformation and perspective.Book I, Involuntary Tour, published in2009, was set in Bad Aibling, Germany,in
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