Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Catch-22. A Dramatization Catch-22. A Dramatization Joseph Heller Yossarian is a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war, and his efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of … OL19766062W
Classic Stories of World War II Classic Stories of World War II Nancy Wake,Richard Hillary,Evelyn Waugh,Guy Gibson,Kurt Vonnegut,Norman Mailer,John Steinbeck,Joseph Heller,Nicholas Monsarrat,John Richard Hersey,J. G. Ballard,Raymond Paull,Irwin Shaw,James A. Michener,James Jones,Ronald Seth A perfect morning (from The Young Lions) / Irwin Shaw -- Lunghua camp (from Empire of the Sun) / J. G. Ballard -- The big day (from From Here to Eternity) / James Jones -- The landing on Kuralei (… OL20185155W
We bombed in New Haven We bombed in New Haven Joseph Heller Preparations are being made in the briefing room of an American Air Force station to obliterate Constantinople. Captures the insanity of modern war. OL20548579W
No laughing matter No laughing matter Joseph Heller (Auto)-biographical book (with Speed Vogel), documenting the period of illness starting with December 1981, when Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The two friends write alternate cha… OL504796W
Heroic War Stories Heroic War Stories Alistair MacLean,Robert Graves,Richard Hillary,Erich Maria Remarque,H. G. Wells,Cecil Woodham Smith,Airey Neave,David Niven,Arthur Conan Doyle,Larry Forrester,Guy Gibson,Joseph Conrad,Ambrose Bierce,H. E. Bates,Norman Mailer,William Makepeace Thackeray,Stephen Crane,David Niven,Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy,Joseph Heller,Nicholas Monsarrat,Richard Alexander Hough,P. C. Wren,Frederic Manning Fair stood the wind for France / H.E. Bates -- How Brigadier Gerard won his medal / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Invaders (from The Last enemy) / Richard Hillary - The War of the worlds / H.G. We… OL9643577W