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Kate’s 2¢: “The Great Man” by Kate Christensen
“The Great Man” by Kate Christensen
NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares her thoughts about what she reads. Inho…
Martha Harmon Pardee is one of my all-time favorite narrators, so I enjoyed listening to her read this interesting story.
A few take-aways:
–Women are the mystery of life.
–The eye of the beholder is a fickle thing, when the beholder is also the maker.
–If you were a woman, you could never have everything.
–Dragged from the world of painting back into the world of life, was as difficult as forcing herself from the world of life back into the world of painting.
–burke’s portrayal of Feldman is a larger than life, amoral artist.
–Washinton’s Oscar is executed in the primary colors of a Disney cartoon.
–The biographers agree that Feldman had the good sense to be surrounded by women as interesting as he was.
–He couldn’t live without a woman around. They were like water to a plant.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kate Christensen (born August 22, 1962) is an American novelist. She won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her fourth novel, The Great Man, about a painter and the three women in his life.[1] Her previous novels are In the Drink (1999), Jeremy Thrane (2001), and The Epicure’s Lament (2004). Her fifth novel, Trouble (2009), was released in paperback by Vintage/Anchor in June 2010. Her sixth novel, The Astral, was published in hardcover by Doubleday in June 2011. She is also the author of two food-related memoirs, Blue Plate Special (Doubleday, 2013) and How to Cook a Moose (Islandport Press, 2015), the latter of which won the 2016 Maine Literary Award for memoir.[2][dead link]
She is a graduate of Reed College and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her essays, articles, reviews, and stories have appeared in many anthologies and periodicals, including The New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, Elle, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Food & Wine, Cherry Bombe, and The Jewish Daily Forward.[2]
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The great man: a novel DB67289
Christensen, Kate. Reading time: 9 hours, 18 minutes.
Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Psychological Fiction
The death of New York City painter Oscar Feldman–famous for his female nudes–sends rival biographers Henry Burke and Ralph Washington racing to cover Oscar’s life. Both writers interview Oscar’s three loves–wife, sister, and mistress–who recall complicated relationships with him. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. PEN/Faulkner Award. 2007.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Blinding Light” by Paul Theroux
“Blinding Light” by Paul Theroux
The descriptions of the flora and fauna in this story is remarkable. It is interesting how, when blind-folded to go down the river in a canoe, his senses were heightened.
While I didn’t care for the erotica in this work of fiction, I thought the observations of other people seeing the blind man and then, the actual blind man’s feelings were spot on.
Spoiler alert: I kept reading this story to find out how it ended, only to feel deceived by having the whole thing a drug induced. dream.
Paul Theroux (‘The world’s most perceptive travel writer’–Daily Mail) is the author of many highly acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), The Mosquito Coast (1981) Riding the Iron Rooster (1983), and Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories (2014). In 2015, Paul Theroux was awarded a Royal Medal from the Royal Geographical Society for “the encouragement of geographical discovery through travel writing.” This award, approved by the Queen, is the highest award attainable for a traveler, and Theroux joins the ranks of recipients including Sir Edmund Hillary, Admiral Richard Byrd and Dr. Thor Heyerdahl. His other awards include the American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters Award for literature; the Whitbread Prize for his novel, Picture Palace; and the James Tait Black Award for The Mosquito Coast. His travelogue, The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas, and The Mosquito Coast were both nominated for the American Book Award. His novels Saint Jack, The Mosquito Coast, Doctor Slaughter and Half Moon Street have been made into films and his short-story collection London Embassy was adapted for a British mini-series in 1987. Theroux holds honorary doctorates from three American universities and remains a highly sought-after speaker nationwide.
In The New York Times Book Review, Francine Prose called his story collection Mr. Bones “a series of characteristically dark and sharply focused snapshots from the world that Theroux has observed–and invented.” Theroux’s book Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads (2015), was described by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review as “an epically compelling travel memoir,” and a Publishers Weekly starred review called it “Theroux’s best outing in years.” In a starred review, Publishers Weekly describes the essay collection Figures in a Landscape (2018) as “a magisterial grouping of intimate remembrances, globe-trotting adventures, and incisive literary critiques.”
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Blinding light DB61580
Theroux, Paul. Reading time: 17 hours, 39 minutes.
Read by Gregory Gorton.
Disability
Psychological Fiction
Fifty-year-old Slade Steadman, a one-time bestselling author, becomes addicted to an Ecuadorian drug that temporarily blinds him but provides illuminary vision to write another book. When the blindness prevails, Steadman loses his cocky attitude. Explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2005.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Holler, child: stories” by LaToya Watkins
“Holler, child: stories” by LaToya Watkins
These stories were ably read by various narrators, which added their original ethnic voices to enhance the authenticity of the story’s under-lying theme. Although, I didn’t appreciate the Ebonics, bad grammar, and poor English, these stories highlight how we all have human frailties and bleed red blood.
This was a story included on the NLS cartridge automatically sent to me with books NLS have chosen.
From www.LaToya Watkins.com:
LaToya Watkins’ writing has appeared in A Public Space, The Sun, Kweli Journal, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Kenyon Review, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and elsewhere.She is a Kimibilo fellow and has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, MacDowell, OMI: Arts, Yaddo, Hedgebrook, and the Camargo Foundation. She is the author of Perish and Holler, Child.
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Holler, child: stories DB116449
Watkins, LaToya Reading time: 7 hours, 7 minutes.
Joniece Abbott-Pratt; De’Onna Prince; Lisa Renee Pitts; Kacie Rogers; JD Jackson; Aaron Goodson
Short Stories
Family
“In Holler, Child’s eleven brilliant stories, LaToya Watkins presses at the bruises of guilt, love, and circumstance. Each story introduces us to a character irrevocably shaped by place and reaching toward something—hope, reconciliation, freedom. In “Cutting Horse,” the appearance of a horse in a man’s suburban backyard places a former horse breeder in trouble with the police. In “Holler, Child,” a mother is forced into an impossible position when her son gets in a kind of trouble she knows too well from the other side. And “Time After” shows us the unshakable bonds of family as a sister journeys to find her estranged brother—the one who saved her many times over. Throughout Holler, Child, we see love lost and gained, and grief turned to hope. Much like LaToya Watkins’s acclaimed debut novel, Perish, this collection peers deeply into lives of women and men experiencing intimate and magnificent reckonings—exploring how race, power, and inequality map on the individual, and demonstrating the mythic proportions of everyday life.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: ”I’m A Fan: a novel” by Sheena Patel
”I’m A Fan: a novel” by Sheena Patel
Cintra Godfrey did a good job of narrating this critique of culture using a mocking voice.
–The character maintains that she is not a main character in this ensemble, rom-com of betrayal, she is a supporting act.
–She is a fan and because of that, she can be cut out.
–Second generation immigrants have the privilege of self-actualization
–I want to be rescued, so I retreat into delutions.
–I want the illustion, rather than my self-respect.
Fans pick their heros and make them part of the identity.
—
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheena Patel is a writer and assistant director for film and TV12. She was born and raised in North West London12. She is part of the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective and has been published in 4BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE (Rough Trade Books) and a poetry collection of the same name (FEM Press)1. Her debut novel, I’m A Fan, will be published by Rough Trade Books on 5 May 20222. Sheena is also among The Observer’s 10 best debut novelists of 20222.
Early life[edit]
Patel is a second-generation immigrant[9] with a Kenyan-Indian father and a Mauritian mother. She was born in northwest London[10] and was a voracious reader from early in life, reading what she describes as a large amount of “filthy books” for her young age.[9]
She studied English literature at Queen Mary University alongside Sharan Hunjan[11] and Rosh Goyate. The three women, along with Sunnah Khan, formed 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE in 2017.
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I’m a fan: a novel DBC29749
Patel, Sheena. Reading time: 6 hours, 15 minutes.
Read by Cintra Godfrey.
Psychological Fiction
A debut novel about a young British woman, power, intimacy, and the internet. Sheena Patel’s incandescent first novel begins with the unnamed narrator describing her involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, she dissects the behavior of all involved, herself included, and makes startling connections between the power struggles at the heart of human relationships and those of the wider world. I’m a Fan offers a devastating critique of class, social media, patriarchy’s hold on us, and our cultural obsession with status and how that status is conveyed. Adult. Descriptions of sex. Strong language. Violence.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Grasshopper: A Novel” by Barbara Vine
“Grasshopper: A Novel” by Barbara Vine
Kristin Allison did a good job of narrating this absorbing tale. The author had an interesting way of using flashbacks to fill in the back-story, but the ending is still a surprise.
I enjoyed this unique story.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE (née Grasemann; 17 February 1930 – 2 May 2015) was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.[1]
Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford.[2] A second string of works was a series of unrelated crime novels that explored the psychological background of criminals and their victims. This theme was developed further in a third series of novels, published under the pseudonym Barbara Vine.
Early life[edit]
Rendell was born as Ruth Barbara Grasemann in 1930, in South Woodford, Essex (now Greater London).[3] Her parents were teachers. Her mother, Ebba Kruse, was born in Sweden to Danish parents and brought up in Denmark; her father, Arthur Grasemann, was English. As a result of spending Christmas and other holidays in Scandinavia, Rendell learned Swedish and Danish.[4] Rendell was educated at the County High School for Girls in Loughton, Essex,[3] the town to which the family moved during her childhood.
After high school, she became a feature writer for her local Essex paper, the Chigwell Times. She was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club dinner she had not attended and failing to report that the after-dinner speaker had died midway through the speech.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Rendell met her husband Don Rendell when she was working as a newswriter.[3] They married when she was 20, and in 1953 had a son, Simon,[6] now a psychiatric social worker who lives in the U.S. state of Colorado. The couple divorced in 1975 but remarried two years later.[7] Don Rendell died in 1999 from prostate cancer.[6]
She made the county of Suffolk her home for many years, using the settings in several of her novels. She lived in the villages of Polstead and later Groton, both east of Sudbury. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1996 Birthday Honours[8] and a life peer as Baroness Rendell of Babergh, of Aldeburgh in the County of Suffolk, on 24 October 1997.[9] She sat in the House of Lords for the Labour Party. In 1998, Rendell was named in a list of the party’s biggest private financial donors.[10] She introduced into the Lords the bill that would later become the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (the intent was to prevent the practice).
In August 2014, Rendell was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September’s referendum on that issue.[11]
Rendell was a vegetarian who was described as living mostly on fruit.[12] She described herself as “slightly agoraphobic” and slept in a specially made four-poster bed because “I like to feel enclosed.”[12]
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Grasshopper: a novel DB52427
Vine, Barbara. Reading time: 16 hours, 17 minutes.
Read by Kristin Allison. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Suspense Fiction
Mystery and Detective Stories
Psychological Fiction
Young Clodagh Brown loves heights but suffers from claustrophobia. As a teenager she climbed electrical pylons until an accident claimed her boyfriend’s life. While in London, Clodagh joins a group of eccentrics who enjoy climbing rooftops. But tragedy strikes again. Some violence and some strong language. 2000.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The waters: A Novel” by Bonnie Jo Campbell
“The waters: A Novel” by Bonnie Jo Campbell
I really enjoyed the intricacies of this story, ably read by Lili Taylor. The family dynamics of this family will resonate with many a reader.
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Bonnie Jo Campbell (born September 14, 1962 in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her most recent work is The Waters, published with W.W. Norton and Company.
Life and work[edit]
Campbell attended Comstock High School (from which she graduated in 1980), and received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1984. From Western Michigan University, she received an MA in mathematics in 1995 and an MFA in creative writing in 1998. She has traveled with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, and has organized adventure bicycle tours in Eastern Europe and Russia.[1]
Campbell teaches fiction at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, in the low-residency MFA program.[2] Campbell lives outside Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband, Christopher Magson. [3]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The waters: a novel DB119489
Campbell, Bonnie Jo. Reading time: 14 hours, 43 minutes.
Read by Lili Taylor.
Human Relations
Family
“On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan herbalist and eccentric Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn has left her own daughter, eleven-year-old Dorothy “Donkey” Zook, to grow up wild. Donkey spends her days searching for truths in the lush landscape and in her math books, waiting for her wayward mother and longing for a father, unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will flood through the swamp and upend her idyllic childhood. Rage simmers below the surface of this divided community, and those on both sides of the divide have closed their doors against the enemy. The only bridge across the waters is Rose Thorn.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Book of Dreams”, by Nina George translated by Simon Pare“The Book of Dreams” by Nina George
“The Book of Dreams”, by Nina George
translated by Simon Pare
“The Book of Dreams” by Nina George
Xalvador Tin-Bradbury did a good job of narrating this story. The intricacies of the various relationships were fascinating. The son is a remarkable young man. I actually like the ending.
George writes also under three pen names. She writes non-fiction about issues of love, sexuality and eroticism, under the pseudonym Anne West. Under her married name Nina Kramer she wrote a thriller in 2008. She also wrote detective novels with her husband and co-writer Jo Kramer, their pseudonym being Jean Bagnol.
In 2012 and 2013 she won the DeLiA and the Glauser Prize. Her first bestselling novel was The Little Paris Bookshop (first published in German as Das Lavendelzimmer on May 2, 2013). She moved to Concarneau in France, where she now lives with her husband Jo Kramer.
George is a member of the administrative board of the Collective Management Organisation VG Wort. She is chairwoman of the VG-Wort ‘e-Book’ working group.[2]
Life and work
Nina George was born in Bielefeld. She dropped out of school before finishing high school and worked in various catering establishments from the age of fourteen. She began in 1993 writing as a freelance journalist and columnist for magazines like Cosmopolitan, Penthouse, TV Movie, and Frau im Trend. In 1997, she wrote the book Good girls do it in bed, bad ones everywhere under the pseudonym Anne West. She lived in Hamburg. In 2008, she appeared under the name Nina Kramer in ‘Thriller A Life Without Me’ about women’s reproductive health.
George is Member to PEN, Das Syndikat (association of German-language crime writers), the Association of German Authors (VS), the Hamburg Authors’ Association (HAV), BücherFrauen (Women in Publishing), the IACW/AIEP (International Association of Crime Writers), the GEDOK (Association of female artists in Germany), PRO QUOTE and Lean In. Nina George sits on the board of the Three Seas Writers’ and Translators’ Council (TSWTC), whose members come from 16 different countries.
Stop floating
Simon Pare Date of birth: 25 July 1972 Im Dörfli 13, 8615 Freudwil, Switzerland Nationality: British Tel. (+41) (0)44 940 2906 Mob. (+41) (0)77 485 2049 Email: mail@simonpare.net Literary translator (French and German into English) Member of the Society of Authors and the Translators’ Association (UK)
Translator, French, German. Simon Pare is British, lives in Paris and translates literature, non-fiction and film from German and French. His published translations include works by the Austrian author Christoph …
FromNLS/BARD/LOC:
The book of dreams DB94562
George, Nina; Pare, Simon. Reading time: 10 hours, 12 minutes.
Read by Xalvador Tin-Bradbury.
Human Relations
Psychological Fiction
On the way to see his son Sam for the first time in years, Henri is involved in an accident and winds up in a coma. Thirteen-year-old Sam and Henri’s former lover, Eddie, wait by his bedside while Henri floats in dreams. Translated from the 2016 original German. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
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Kate’s 2¢: “the Women” by Kristin Hannah
Julia helan did an excellent job of reading this story with cameo readings by the author. there were so many denials, mis-truths, and lies about the Vietnam War. Some only refer to that era as a conflict and deny women were there. It is time history faces the facts.
I’ve also read about “The Battling Belles of Bataan”, as told in We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman (1999) Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc. ISBN 0-671-78718
They were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at the outset of the Pacific War and served during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42). When Bataan and Corregidor fell, 11 Navy nurses, 66 army nurses, and 1 nurse-anesthetist were captured and imprisoned in and around Manila.
If this type of book would be made required reading for young people, maybe more would realize that real wars are lose/lose situations.
I encourage you to read both of these books.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristin Hannah was born in California. After graduating with a degree in communication from the University of Washington, Hannah worked at an advertising agency in Seattle. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound law school and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time writer. Hannah wrote her first novel with her mother, who was dying of breast cancer at the time; the book was never published.[2]
Hannah’s best-selling work, The Nightingale, has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide and has been published in 45 languages.[3][4]
Hannah lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington,[5] with her husband and their son.
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While she started out writing romance, Hannah has evolved to be master of the tearjerker: Best friends and betrayal, a family torn apart by war, a fragile child, mother-daughter bonds. Other writers have asked her if she gets caught up in the emotions and experiences of her characters. Hannah laughs. “For me, writing is a job,” she says.
Author Kristin Hannah finds inspiration in heartbreak
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The women DB118896
Hannah, Kristin Reading time: 15 hours, 0 minutes.
Kristin Hannah; Julia Whelan
Historical Fiction
Psychological Fiction
War Stories
“Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But in 1965, the world is changing, and she suddenly dares to imagine a different future for herself. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she joins the Army Nurse Corps and follows his path. As green and inexperienced as the men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war. Each day is a gamble of life and death, hope and betrayal; friendships run deep and can be shattered in an instant. In war, she meets and becomes one of the lucky, the brave, the broken, and the lost. But war is just the beginning for Frankie and her veteran friends. The real battle lies in coming home to a changed and divided America, to angry protesters, and to a country that wants to forget Vietnam.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Peace in the mountain haven” by Misty M. Beller
“Peace in the mountain haven” by Misty M. Beller
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Well, being a Christian Historical Romance Author, you know the guy will end up with the gal, but they certainly have some interesting adventures on their journey.
I enjoyed this story read by Leonor A. Woodworth.
I’m glad you stopped by! I’d love to share a little about what makes me tick.
I write romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love.
My husband and children are the loves of my life, keeping me both grounded and crazy, sane and out of my mind.
I was raised on a farm in South Carolina, so my Southern roots run deep. Growing up, my family was close, and we continue to keep that priority today. My husband and 5 kiddos now add another dimension to my life, keeping me both grounded and crazy.
God has placed a desire in my heart to combine my love for Christian fiction and the simpler farm life, writing historical novels that display His abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of my characters.
Writing is my passion, and my family—both immediate and extended—is the foundation that holds me secure in my dream.
And you, Dear Reader, bring so much joy to my life! I pray for you regularly, especially those wonderful words in Colossians:
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for YOU,
and to ask that YOU may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that YOU may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him,
being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power,
for all patience and longsuffering with joy.
Colossians 1:9-11
Love and blessings to you!
Misty
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Peace in the mountain haven DB119490
Beller, Misty M. Reading time: 5 hours, 53 minutes.
Read by Leonor A. Woodworth.
Human Relations
“Watkuese is desperate to return across the Rocky Mountains before winter sets in. Time is running out for her to get her adopted daughter back to the familiar surroundings of the Shoshone village before the grief of her parents’ death causes irreparable damage. Hugh Charpentier has spent his life watching over his siblings, which meant also ensuring his brother’s widow and babe are settled well into their new life. Now he’s asked to help shepherd a woman and child he barely knows across the mountains. As hard as it is to keep up with a six-year-old in the treacherous Rockies, it’s not nearly as dangerous as risking his heart to a woman and child who may not ever be his.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The dirty tricks department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare” by John Lisle
“The dirty tricks department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare” by John Lisle
I’ve always thought of war as a lose-lose situation. This book brings to the forefront the lengths people will go to get the upper hand. A sad commentary on our culture and society. Who is to say it is the best man who will win?
I don’t think our country can continue to be the police force of the world on its own. We are spread too thin and are unable to protect our own borders.
Bing found these results
John Lisle is a historian of science and the American intelligence community1. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas and has taught courses on U.S. history, cyberspace, and information warfare at the University of Texas, Louisiana Tech University, and Austin Community College1. Lisle is the author of the book “The Dirty Tricks Department”, which tells the story of the scientists who developed secret weapons, documents, and disguises for the OSS during World War II2
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The dirty tricks department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the masterminds of World War II secret warfare DB114602
Lisle, John, (Historian) Reading time: 8 hours, 4 minutes.
Pete Cross
War and the Military
Government and Politics
History, Juvenile
Bestsellers
U.S. History
World History and Affairs
“In the summer of 1942, Stanley Lovell, a renowned industrial chemist, received a mysterious order to report to an unfamiliar building in Washington, D.C. When he arrived, he was led to a barren room where he waited to meet the man who had summoned him. After a disconcerting amount of time, William “Wild Bill” Donovan, the head of the OSS, walked in the door. “You know your Sherlock Holmes, of course,” Donovan said as an introduction. “Professor Moriarty is the man I want for my staff…I think you’re it.” Following this life-changing encounter, Lovell became the head of a secret group of scientists who developed dirty tricks for the OSS, the precursor to the CIA. Their inventions included bat bombs, suicide pills, fighting knives, silent pistols, and camouflaged explosives. Moreover, they forged documents for undercover agents, plotted the assassination of foreign leaders, and performed truth drug experiments on unsuspecting subjects. Based on extensive archival research and personal interviews, The Dirty Tricks Department tells the story of these scheming scientists, explores the moral dilemmas that they faced, and reveals their dark legacy of directly inspiring the most infamous program in CIA history: MKULTRA.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller.