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The Soldier's Song: Book 1

2010-04-01 Fiction
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Release : 2010-04-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 619/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Soldier's Song: Book 1 by : Alan Monaghan

Download or read book The Soldier's Song: Book 1 written by Alan Monaghan. This book was released on 2010-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dublin, 1914. As Ireland stands on the brink of political crisis, Europe plunges headlong into war. Among the thousands of Irishmen who volunteer to fight for the British Army is Stephen Ryan, a gifted young maths scholar whose working class background has marked him out as a misfit among his wealthy fellow students. Sent to fight in Turkey, he looks forward to the great adventure, unaware of the growing unrest back home in Ireland. His romantic notions of war are soon shattered and he is forced to wonder where his loyalties lie, on his return to a Dublin poised for rebellion in 1916 and a brother fighting for the rebels. Everything has changed utterly, and in a world gone mad his only hope is his growing friendship with the brilliant and enigmatic Lillian Bryce. The Soldier's Song is a poignant and deeply moving novel, a tribute to the durability of the human soul.

Soldier Song

2017-02-07 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2017-02-07
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 986/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Soldier Song by : Debbie Levy

Download or read book Soldier Song written by Debbie Levy. This book was released on 2017-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the fearsome battles of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers were urged onward by song. There were songs to wake them up and songs to call them to bed, Songs to ready them for battle and to signal their retreat, Songs to tell them that their side was right, and the other wrong . . . And there was one song that reminded them all of what they hoped to return to after the war. Defeated in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, the Union soldiers retreated across the river. There, a new battle emerged as both armies volleyed competing songs back and forth. With the Christmas season upon them, however, Federals and Confederates longed for the same thing. As the notes of "Home, Sweet Home" rose up from both sides, they found common ground for one night. Interwoven with soldiers' letters and journal entries, this is a true story of duty and heartbreak, of loyalty and enemies, and of the uniting power of music. Debbie Levy's moving text and Gilbert Ford's vibrant, layered illustrations come together to create an unforgettable tale of American history.

A Soldier's Song

1999-07-15 Falkland Islands War, 1982
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Release : 1999-07-15
Genre : Falkland Islands War, 1982
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Book Rating : 576/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Soldier's Song by : Ken Lukowiak

Download or read book A Soldier's Song written by Ken Lukowiak. This book was released on 1999-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An utterly compelling and much needed reminder of what war is really all about. In 1982 Private Ken Lukowiak served with 2 Para in the Falklands. He was away from home for little more than eight weeks, yet the experience of war was to change his life for ever. Ten years passed before he was able to write about this brief period in his life. In those ten years he was brought face to face with the legacy of his Parachute Regiment training and with the knowledge that he had seen many men die - some of whom he himself had killed. From the voyage 'down South' on the MV Norland, from Goose Green to Fitzroy and the anti-climactic journey home Lukowiak illustrates the madness and black comedy of the soldier's world. He tells his painfully honest story in spare and brutal language and is both profound and often profoundly shocking.

Lili Marlene

2008-10-28 History
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Release : 2008-10-28
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 848/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lili Marlene by : Liel Leibovitz

Download or read book Lili Marlene written by Liel Leibovitz. This book was released on 2008-10-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic story of an iconic love song, its three creators, and their lives under the Nazis. "Lili Marlene," the unlikely anthem of World War II, cut across front lines and ideological divides, uniting soldiers across the globe. This love song, telling the story of a young woman waiting for her lover to return from the battlefield, began as a poem written by a German solider during World War I. The soldier-poet's words found their way to Berlin's decadent cabaret scene in the 1930s, where they were set to music by one of Hitler's favored composers. The song's singer, however, soon found herself torn between her desire for fame and a personal hatred of the Nazi regime. In a gripping and suspenseful narrative, the three artists' remarkable stories of arrests and close calls intertwine with the recollections of soldiers on all sides who fought their way through deserts and towns, seeking solace and finding hope in "Lili Marlene."

Sound Targets

2009 Iraq War, 2003-
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Release : 2009
Genre : Iraq War, 2003-
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Book Rating : 238/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sound Targets by : Jonathan R. Pieslak

Download or read book Sound Targets written by Jonathan R. Pieslak. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Sound Targets' explores the role of music in American military culture, focusing on the experiences of soldiers returning from active service in Iraq. Pieslak describes how American soldiers hear, share, use & produce music, both on & off duty.

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