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Carrie

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I read a mix of non-fiction (history, memoir, archaeology, anthropology, natural history, politics and language) and fiction (mostly historical and contemporary litfic, with a sprinkle of fantasy and suspense).

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Carrie rated Stability Operations in Kosovo 1999-2000: 2 stars

U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, Jason Fritz: Stability Operations in Kosovo 1999-2000 (Paperback, 2019, Independently Published, Independently published)

Stability Operations in Kosovo 1999-2000 by U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, Jason Fritz

Carrie rated At Peace with War: 4 stars

Harold Ristau: At Peace with War (2012, Wipf & Stock Publishers)

At Peace with War by Harold Ristau

Carrie rated Waiting Wives: 5 stars

Donna Moreau: Waiting Wives (Paperback, 2005, Atria)

Waiting Wives by Donna Moreau

Carrie rated Days Without End: 5 stars

Sebastian Barry: Days Without End (2017, Viking)

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the Year and longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.

Sebastian Barry's sensational …

Carrie rated Radical Inclusion: 3 stars

No cover — Ori Brafman, Martin Dempsey: Radical Inclusion (2018, Missionday)

Radical Inclusion by Ori Brafman, Martin Dempsey

Carrie rated Confession of a Buddhist Atheist: 4 stars

Stephen Batchelor: Confession of a Buddhist Atheist (2011, Spiegel & Grau)

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist by Stephen Batchelor

Carrie rated The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration: 4 stars

Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles: The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration (2011)

The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration by Isabel Wilkerson, Robin Miles

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American …

Carrie rated Full body burden: 2 stars

Kristen Iversen: Full body burden (2012, Harvill Secker)

Full body burden by Kristen Iversen

Carrie rated Home before morning : the story of an Army nurse in Vietnam: 5 stars

Lynda Van Devanter: Home before morning : the story of an Army nurse in Vietnam (2001, University of Massachusetts Press)

Home before morning : the story of an Army nurse in Vietnam by Lynda Van Devanter

Carrie rated Summary of Michael Herr's Dispatches: 5 stars

Summary of Michael Herr's Dispatches by Irb Media

Carrie rated Dustoff 7-3: 4 stars

Dustoff 7-3 by Erik Sabiston

Carrie rated Make your bed: 4 stars

Make your bed by William H. McRaven (Thorndike Press large print lifestyles)

In 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven gave a commencement speech at the University of Texas, Austin, and shared the ten …

Carrie rated Lies In a Mirror: 5 stars

Peter Charleton: Lies In a Mirror (Paperback, 2006, Blackhall)

Lies In a Mirror by Peter Charleton

This essay from one of Ireland's leading barristers explores the nature of evil and the role deceit and myth-making plays …

Carrie rated Roughneck Nine-One: 2 stars

Hans Halberstadt, Frank Antenori: Roughneck Nine-One (Hardcover, 2006, St. Martin's Press)

Roughneck Nine-One by Hans Halberstadt, Frank Antenori

Carrie rated My War Gone By, I Miss It So: 5 stars

Anthony William Vivian Loyd: My War Gone By, I Miss It So (2001)

My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony William Vivian Loyd

Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd 's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and …