![]() According to Admiral Fluckey’s own findings, based on his 10 years of postwar research, the Barb sank about 145,000 tons under his command during five extended periods at sea. The Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee, which provided final, official tallies for World War II submarine attacks, credited him with destroying 95,360 tons of Japanese shipping, the highest total for an American submarine commander. In addition to receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor, he was awarded four Navy Crosses, his service’s second-highest decoration. ![]() He was the only American submarine skipper to fire rockets at Japanese targets on shore, and he oversaw a sabotage raid in which sailors from his submarine blew up a Japanese train. The skipper of the submarine Barb in the Pacific from April 1944 to August 1945, Commander Fluckey was known for innovative tactics. ![]() The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his daughter, Barbara Bove. Fluckey, one of America’s most daring submarine commanders of World War II and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, died Thursday in Annapolis, Md. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Unfurling the history of Melody's parents and grandparents to show how they all arrived at this moment, Woodson considers not just their ambitions and successes but also the costs, the tolls they've paid for striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history.Īs it explores sexual desire and identity, ambition, gentrification, education, class and status, and the life-altering facts of parenthood, Red at the Bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives - even before they have begun to figure out who they are and what they want to be. Sixteen years earlier, that very dress was measured and sewn for a different wearer, Melody's mother, for her own ceremony - a celebration that ultimately never took place. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress. ![]() It's 2001, the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2020Īn extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. ![]() ISBN-13: 9780525535270 Summary An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. Exclusive edition - containing interview with Trevor Noah. 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While Elizabeth relies upon blushing glances, Jessica is far more proactive when it comes to nabbing her man, thus entangling Todd just enough to make Liz believe the two are together. ![]() It's not well-written, it's enormously corny and I love it to death and probably always will, even if I know it so well that I can almost recite each sentence before I get to it.Įlizabeth and Jessica are both chasing after the same guy – the stunningly dull Todd Wilkins. As the first book in the Sweet Valley series, it demonstrates perfectly what the series is going to be about. I think this would be the book I've re-read the largest number of times. ![]() ![]() ![]() Each Love in Bloom book is written to be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel or as part of the larger series, and characters from each series make appearances in future books, so you never miss an engagement, wedding, or birth. The Bradens & Montgomerys is just one of the series in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. 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The author has represented and warranted full ownership and/or legal right to publish all the materials in this book. ![]() The opinions expressed in this manuscript are solely the opinions of the author and do not represent the opinions or thoughts of the publisher. ![]() The events and characters described herein are imaginary and are not intended to refer to specific places or living persons. ![]() ![]() ![]() This LOA collection presents his best-known works, together for the first time in one volume. * CONTENTS: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1), Life on the Mississippi (217), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (617), Pudd'nhead Wilson (913), Chronology (1057), Note on the Texts (1065), Notes (1071) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Mark Twain is perhaps the most widely read & enjoyed of all our national writers. ![]() 1982) Unstated Later Printing (c 2016), EXCELLENT slipcase w/ double-ruled borders & LOA-logo on front panel & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW blue Brillianta fabric over boards cover w/ excellent NEW edges & corners, titles & Library of America colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-blue patterned end-papers on heavy stock, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free Olin Nyalite archival paper * 5.0" x 8.12" x 1.48", 0.68 kg, 1084 pp w/ slipcase: 5.36" x 8.46" x 1.54", 0.81 kg, 1084 pp. CLASSIC: COMPELLING: AS-NEW LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. ![]() ![]() In 'CHATTER', acclaimed psychologist Ethan Kross explores the silent conversations we have with ourselves. 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She just told me her favorite series is Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. So our club will include a 10 year old who prefers fiction. We are now looking for another book and want to expand our club to the rest of our family including my 80 year old parents. They read the kids version together and I read the adult version. I just had a sweet small book club meeting with my 10 year old niece and my sister. 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(Shh, look away from the pile of unread books left on your shelf.) ![]() There are, however, quite a few dis-pleasures that come to mind that I can list off the top of my head, the most annoying being the search for that perfect transition book for when you’re stewing in the pit your previous read left you in, and coming up utterly, despairingly short. ![]() Please be aware that this review that this review has been written by a writer other than Virginia and that some links are affiliate links and if you purchase products through them we may receive a very small commission through And you’ll want to get your hands on “Wait for It by Mariana Zapata” here. ![]() Is there anything better than curling up on your couch, or in the corner of a cafe, a mug of steaming coffee in your hand (or tea, we don’t judge here) as you open up a good book to get lost in? If a greater pleasure does indeed exist, it is one I have yet to be acquainted with. ![]() Wait For It By Mariana Zapata Review – UPDATED 2019 Posted by VAuthor on in Book Reviews ![]() |