Sunshine Soldiers by Peter Tauber; 1971; Higganum Hills Books, Higganum, CT; 262 pages; 355.540973; 7/15-7/15 First published in 1971 and then rereleased in 2002 this is a straightforward account of the authors 8 weeks in Army Basic Training in 1969. Even though straightforward there are elements of humor, pathos and even anger in this account. [...]
Jesus in the Margins, Finding God in the Places we ignore by Rick McKinley; 2005; Multnomah Publishers, Sisters, OR; 191 pages;284.4 dc22;7/14-7/15 This book coupled with what I read this week in Romans 12:9-21, have helped along with books by Erwin McManus and Mark Driscoll, show me where I think God wants me to minister [...]
The Death Penalty on Trial, Crisis in American Justice by Bill Kurtis; 2004; Perseus Books Group, New York; 218 pages;364.66 K96d;7/14-7/14 The death penalty is an issue that I have been wrestling with on several levels. 1. How can I call myself “pro-life” if I only insist that life is valuable at the beginning of [...]
In Peril, A Daring Decision, A Captain’s Resolve, and the Salvage that Made History by Skip Strong and Twin Braden; 2003; The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT; 252 pages;363.3481 S924i; 7/13-7/14 A ocean going tug towing one of those big orange fuel tanks that the space shuttle blast off on loses power in the middle of [...]
O’Hara’s Choice by Leon Uris; 2003; HarperCollinsPublishers, New York; 394 pages; Fiction Uris; 7/12-7/13 A love triangle in the days shortly after the War Between the States, between Amanda Kerr, Zachary O’Hara and the United States Marine Corp. Three guesses who gets the guy and the first two don’t count. Billed as a story of [...]
