FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2016

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

Submarine Warfare in the Pacific: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between Japan and America during World War II

The Roman Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE: The History and Legacy of Rome's Destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple



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[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

[B]Charles River Editors

Submarine Warfare in the Pacific: The History of the Fighting Under the Waves between Japan and America during World War II
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If I might put in a plug for this book, based on its subject matter . . . .

People are generally familiar with the "Battle of the Atlantic," the war waged between Nazi Germany and the Allies for control of the North Atlantic. America was trying to get vital supplies to Britain. The U-Boats (submarines) of Nazi Germany were attacking the freighters laden with supplies, sinking enormous amounts of tonnage.

For the Allies to have lost this "battle," would have meant that Great Britain would have been starved into submission to Germany. Churchill once said something to the effect of the only thing that kept him up at night (with worry) during the War was the U-boat situation in the North Atlantic.

Things hung in the balance for three or four years. Eventually, the Allies got the upper hand and by the end of war the U-Boats had been pretty much swept from the sea.

For some reason, however, people generally are unfamiliar with the role that American submarines played in the Pacific in the war against Imperial Japan. They sunk and heavily damaged some ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and that was very important, but their greatest role was the toll that they took against merchant ships. Japan, having few of the natural resources needed for carrying on a modern war, had to import them, almost entirely by ship. American submarines sunk their own enormous amounts of ship tonnage, crippling the Japanese war industries by the end of the war. I dare say that American submarines were as crucial to the victory of the Allies in the Pacific theater as the defeat of the submarines by the Allies in the Atlantic were to the victory of the Allies in the European theater.

I'm looking forward to reading this book. Thanks for posting it.

[TrevorViking]

^ Other ocean, but my Dad was on one of the ships (the Pope) that captured the German sub U-505. Pretty interesting story of how its capture had to be hidden so as to not make the Germans think we could crack the Enigma Code. wiki link

[Froide]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

^ Other ocean, but my Dad was on one of the ships (the Pope) that captured the German sub U-505. Pretty interesting story of how its capture had to be hidden so as to not make the Germans think we could crack the Enigma Code. wiki link

I love learning about MobileReaders' personal connections with the media we're sharing in these forums. TrevorViking, have you considered sharing your Dad's story (or military-related memorabilia) with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project?

Same question applies to other MobileReaders who are active duty, military veterans, relatives of military veterans, or folks who have somehow been involved with the US military.

[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by Froide

I love learning about MobileReaders' personal connections with the media we're sharing in these forums. TrevorViking, have you considered sharing your Dad's story (or military-related memorabilia) with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project?

Same question applies to other MobileReaders who are active duty, military veterans, relatives of military veterans, or folks who have somehow been involved with the US military.

I registered there in person back in oh, '95 or '96, but I don't know anything about recording my story; dull as it is.

[Froide]

Official Founding Partners can help you. They are listed by state at http://www.loc.gov/vets/partners/partners.html

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

^ Other ocean, but my Dad was on one of the ships (the Pope) that captured the German sub U-505. Pretty interesting story of how its capture had to be hidden so as to not make the Germans think we could crack the Enigma Code. wiki link

That really is fascinating to me. Acquiring the Enigma machine (for those who weren't aware) was extremely advantageous to the Allies.

I don't know if your father is still living, but if he is I wish that he would write a book, or have someone else write one using information that he would provide, about his experiences. I've run across books (mostly self-published) of peoples' experiences in World War II that were far less interesting than that!

[GtrsRGr8]

Honestly, I'm not posting this to piggyback on the previous few posts. It just happened that I came along this one, which not only deals with World War II, but also relies on oral history for much of its content.

I don't quite know what to make of this book. I did a search on Amazon for it. It apparently doesn't exist there. The only hit is for The Barbed Wire University: The Real Lives of Allied Prisoners of War in the Second World War by Midge Gillies. Similar topic, but not the same title. Not the same author, either.

After doing a little bit more research, I just decided to turn it over to you, just giving you what I knew about it. Hope it's a good one.

The topic is certainly intriquing. This might make a great movie, imho. Who knows, one may be in the offing right now, as the book was published just a couple of years ago.

Title: Captive Audiences/Captive Performers: Music and Theatre as Strategies for Survival on the Thailand-Burma Railway 1942-1945.
Format: Pdf.
Author(s): Sears A. Eldredge.
Publisher: Macalester College?
Pages: ii + 627.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): N/A.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at Amazon if available there: N/A.
Book Description (Amazon):
This book tells the story of how music and theatre helped the 61,000 POWs who were sent to these camps survive their ordeal. It is a story that is not well-known to history and it is now being recovered. It is a story about how music and theatre and the other arts are absolutely essential to a society's life.
Comments: Legal (license-type stuff) information: "This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Captive Audiences/Captive Performers at DigitalCommons@Macalester College." The webpage, for the book, at Macalester College is at http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/captiveaudiences/.
URL: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu...text=thdabooks (direct link).

[TrevorViking]

Originally Posted by Froide

I love learning about MobileReaders' personal connections with the media we're sharing in these forums. TrevorViking, have you considered sharing your Dad's story (or military-related memorabilia) with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project?

Same question applies to other MobileReaders who are active duty, military veterans, relatives of military veterans, or folks who have somehow been involved with the US military.

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

That really is fascinating to me. Acquiring the Enigma machine (for those who weren't aware) was extremely advantageous to the Allies.

I don't know if your father is still living, but if he is I wish that he would write a book, or have someone else write one using information that he would provide, about his experiences. I've run across books (mostly self-published) of peoples' experiences in World War II that were far less interesting than that!

He's not with us any longer, but thanks for the link to that site. I'm going to see if anyone on his ships have anything uploaded.

[GtrsRGr8]

"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die . . . ." --Tennyson.

No, I don't think that I understand the upsurge in interest by adults in coloring books (for themselves). But all that I really need to know is that they have become popular for the adult crowd lately. So I'll try to do my part.

From a webpage of Open Culture's that I came across: "This week, from February 1 – February 4, museums and libraries worldwide are taking part in #ColorOurCollections. As part of this campaign, these institutions have made available free coloring books, letting you color artwork from their collections . . . ." Navigate to this webpage from Open Culture, which gives links to numerous websites where a person can download the free coloring books.

Sorry not to give you more advance notice, but I just learned of this program in an email that I received today!

[AnotherCat]

For those interested in the U505 story the memoir Steel Boat, Iron Hearts by Hans Goebeler is a very interesting and easy read from the German crew's side. He was on all of U505's patrols including that when it was captured.

I won't provide links because as far as I know there are no current deals on the book (so off thread), but it is available as an ebook at both of Amazon and Kobo.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die . . . ." --Tennyson.

No, I don't think that I understand the upsurge in interest by adults in coloring books (for themselves). But all that I really need to know is that they have become popular for the adult crowd lately. So I'll try to do my part.

From a webpage of Open Culture's that I came across: "This week, from February 1 – February 4, museums and libraries worldwide are taking part in #ColorOurCollections. As part of this campaign, these institutions have made available free coloring books, letting you color artwork from their collections . . . ." Navigate to this webpage from Open Culture, which gives links to numerous websites where a person can download the free coloring books.

Sorry not to give you more advance notice, but I just learned of this program in an email that I received today!

In case you didn't find enough pages to color, here's a link to a webpage with links to several more (ha) organizations participating in the #ColorOurCollections thingie--at last count, 160 of them.

[GtrsRGr8]

Well, it appears that the University of Chicago Press has another Kindle ebook sale going on or, you might say, revived the last one.

I say that with mixed emotions. We went through this about 6 months ago and, personally, it was not pleasant. If you weren't around then, you might be interested in doing a search of this forum (I think that most of the discussion was on this thread, also) to see what we said then.

So far, it looks like most of the selection consists of ebooks that they offered last time, and at about the same prices.

Here's the linky with all of the sale books. The ones on sale will tend to be at the beginning because the results are from a sort by price, low to high.

If this sale follows the previous one as a pattern, you can count on the sale prices being good for several days.

* Latin, I think. Means something like "brought back to life."

[issybird]

Well, there goes a chunk of my life for the next few days. Darn Thank you, Gtrs!

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for a new bundle:

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