false 227099 0 0 400492 0786883154 9780786883158 19 <![CDATA[Flight of Passage: A Memoir]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174441793m/400492.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400492.Flight_of_Passage_A_Memoir 4.06 72 Flight of Passage is also an affecting look back to the summer of 1966, when the times seemed much less cynical and adventures much more enjoyable.]]> 227099 3.95 92 26 418802 0060593261 9780060593261 3 <![CDATA[Shane Comes Home]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174580439m/418802.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418802.Shane_Comes_Home 3.62 8 On March 21, 2003, while leading a rifle platoon into combat, Marine Lieutenant Shane Childers became the first combat fatality of the Iraq War. In this gripping, beautifully written personal history, award-winning writer Rinker Buck chronicles Shane's death and his life, exploring its meaning for his family, his fellow soldiers, and the country itself. It is the story of an intelligent, gifted soldier who embodied the soul of today's all-volunteer warrior class; of the town of Powell, Wyoming, which had taken Shane into its heart; and of the Marine detail sent to deliver the news to the Childers family and the extraordinary connection that formed between them.

At once an inspiring account of commitment to the military and a moving story of family and devotion, Shane Comes Home rises above politics to capture the life of a remarkable young man who came to symbolize the heart of America during a difficult time.

]]> 227099 3.95 92 26 418804 1891620738 9781891620737 1 <![CDATA[First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174580440m/418804.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/418804.First_Job_A_Memoir_of_Growing_Up_at_Work 3.50 8 Flight of Passage comes a rollicking memoir of a special time of his-and everyone else's-life. Rinker Buck's First Job is an enchanting and engaging book that not only captures the experience of being a "22-year-old with the maxed out brain," but also lyrically evokes a special time and place-the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts in the early 1970s. First Job is, on its most basic level, the story of Buck's years as a cub reporter at The Berkshire Eagle, a great country newspaper in its glory years, when it won a Pulitzer Prize and served as the launching pad for many journalists' careers. But on a deeper level, it is a story that serves as a paradigm for everyone's first job, replete with mentors who guided Buck through that raw and anxious time; lovers and friends who exposed him to new levels of intimacy, vulnerability, and self-awareness; and adventures that could only have happened to a young man who didn't know any better. Everyone had a first job, and with rare storytelling power and emotions laid bare, Buck brings back just how it felt.]]> 227099 3.95 92 26 2186351 0609605534 9780609605530 0 <![CDATA[If We Had Wings: The Enduring Dream of Flight]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2186351.If_We_Had_Wings_The_Enduring_Dream_of_Flight 0.0 0 227099 3.95 92 26