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Title of the book:  Perils and Pearls; In World War II, a Family's Story of Survival and Freedom from Japanese Jungle Prison Camps Author: Hulda Bachman-Neeb Publisher: Bristle Cone Press Publishing Date: 2020 ISBN: 978-0-578-56744-0 Summary: In World War II much of Asia fell under Japanese control after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. All non-Asians were imprisoned in concentration camps until August of 1945, the end of the war in the Pacific. This is the story of a Dutch family, resident in the Dutch East Indies, that fell victim to the Japanese occupation and was interned in jungle camps throughout the war. It tells the journey from riches to rags, from fear and suffering, to the joy of freedom and recovery. Author Info: (From iRead Book Tours) BUY THE BOOK: Amazon ~ Barnes and Noble Books-a-Millions ~ IndieBound ~ BookDepository Add to Goodreads Meet the Author: Hulda Bachman–Neeb was born in Indonesia of colonial Dutch parentage...

Title of the book: Bury Him; A Memoir of the Vietnam War Author: Captain Doug Chamberlain Publisher: Love the West Publications Publishing Date: 2019 ISBN: 978-1-950647-03-3 Summary: In this frank, engaging memoir, Captain Chamberlain chronicles the missions, personal courage and sacrifice of the Marines he was privileged to command; painfully recalls the unspeakable order he and his Marines were forced to obey; and the cover-up which followed. Nearly four decades later, Captain Chamberlain makes right what was wrong; brings closure to the family of a fallen and abandoned warrior; and attempts to put to rest the guilt which plagued his military career and life. Unlike most books on the Viet Nam War, this book is written at a tactical level by a Marine Company Commander who was there. Author Info: (From iRead Book Tours) Meet the Author: Doug Chamberlain, the grandson of homesteaders in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska, grew up with the "country values...

  We are uniquely shaped by innovations that influenced us during our "coming of age" years between 10 and 25. It is the technological interactions in our adolescence and college years that guide our generational frames more than anything else, not the day we were born.We are generations of technology. We are GenTech. - Dr. Rick Chromey   Join us for this tour from Mar 23 to Apr 3 ,  2020 ! Book Details: Book Title :  GenTech:  An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are by Dr. Rick Chromey Category :  Adult Non-fiction 18 yrs +,  328 pages Genre :  History / Cultural & Technical History Publisher :  Morgan James Publishing Release date:    May 26, 2020 Tour dates : Mar 23 to Apr 3, 2020 Content Rating :  G : This is a non-fiction book about our technical history and how it has shaped our culture. Book Description: Every twenty years a new gen...

Name of Book: The Road to Urbino Author: Roma Tearne ISBN: 9781910709481 Publisher: Gallic Type of book: Sri Lanka, England, Italy, 1990s?-2017? Art, relationships, painting, barrister, dreams, immigration, living in Italy, Pierro della Francesca, unrequited love, Sri Lankan male/ British female, perception  Year it was published:  2012, 2020 Summary: A story of obsession, love and art set in Tuscany, Sri Lanka and London. Ras, a Sri Lankan who fled his country as a child following the violent death of his mother and his father's disappearance, has committed a crime. Dogged by his past and unable to come to terms with the killing of his mother, he struggles to make a new life for himself in the UK. Alex has loved Dee since he was 19 but failed to realise that it was a love he wouldn't find again. After Dee's marriage, he too struggles to build a meaningful life for himself. But when Ras' and Alex's lives connect, each man takes a new path culmin...

Name of Book: Blood Author: Maggie Gee ISBN: 978-1-909572-12-6 Publisher: Fentum Press Type of book: England, violence, comedy, family, bonds, mystery, modern times, attraction, support, dentistry, shady, Year it was published: 2019 Summary: Who attacked Dad? When a corrupt, brutal dentist, Albert Ludd, is found battered and bloody after failing to attend a memorial party for his youngest son, suspicion falls on the dentist's other children. Especially on Dad's middle daughter, 37-year-old buxom bruiser Monica Ludd, who was heard 'uttering threats' against her absent father. How come her car is found outside Dad's house? Why did she buy a large axe? And yet, Monica's a deputy head teacher... Blood is a Gothic black comedy seen through the eyes of six-foot Monica, who cannot help speaking her secret thoughts aloud and who has been banned by the principal of her school, from using social media. '"Parents are sensitive to abuse." ...

Name of Book: Forgotten Reflections Author: Young-Im Lee ISBN : 978--1-68411-382-8 Publisher: Self published Type of book: Korea, school, present day, 1948--1950, Korean war, society, hierarchy, espionage, saving, dreams, nature, determination, courage, relationships Year it was published: 2017 Summary: In the current international climate where North Korea takes center stage, “Forgotten Reflections” weaves an inspirational tale of family, lost memories, folklore and an unforgotten history, spanning three generations as South Korea rises from the ashes. DARE TO DREAM IN THE MIDST OF WAR. 1945. Rice fields seem endless in a quaint farming village of South Korea, yet Iseul the villagers have been starving for as long as they can remember. Their Japanese colonizers have taken every last grain with them as they are finally forced out of the Peninsula. In the newly independent Korea, Iseul and Jung-Soo dream of what their future might bring. Yet, war is on the horizon...

Name of Book : Like Water for Chocoalte (Como Agua para Chocolate) Author: Laura Esquivel (Translated by Carol Christensen, Thomas Christensen) ISBN: 0-385-47401-6 Publisher: Anchor Books Type of book: Mexico, Revolution, relationships, sisters, generations, forbidden fruit, desire, food, cooking, memories, magical realism, history, past Year it was published: 1989, 1992 Summary: Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico became a best-selling phenomenon with its winning blend of poignant romance and bittersweet wit. The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes. A sumptuous feast of a novel, it relates the bizarre history of the all-female De La Garza family. Tita, the youngest daughter of the house, has b...

Name of Book: Little Women Author: Louisa May Alcott ISBN: 0-89375-707-1 Publisher: Troll Type of book: 1860s contemporary, coming of age, women, sisterhood, relationships, marriage, morals, friendship, growing up, war, death Year it was published: 1868-1869 Summary: Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War. It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,” including sewing, doing laundry,...

Name of Book: David Lazar Author: Robert Kalich ISBN: 9781933480497 Publisher: Bunim and Bannigan Type of book: Gambling, New York, money, wealth, 1960s? To modern times, friendships, relationships, wealth, sports gambling, booking, addiction, favors Year it was published: 2019 Summary: Welcome to the world of David Lazar, the world of doubt and self-doubt, where life is lived as a novel and a novel is truer than life. At twilight of one’s life, mortality is no longer an abstract notion. David Lazar, now in his eighties, feels the need to piece together the arc of his life. Lazar’s thoughts drift from his happy childhood on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—his mother a child psychologist, his father a celebrated cantor—to his many friends and the women he had loved and lost, until he met Elizabeth Dunn, his soulmate and the mother of his teenage son. He has a decision to make… For many years, he lived two lives and he still harbours a deep secret. Haunted by his past...

March was definitely a month of hell for me. It began on a positive note with a visit to a science museum with my son and parents, but then corona virus hit and in one swipe my hopes and dreams were wiped out. I have read a lot in March, and am hoping to continue reading in April. I also have begun a youtube channel where I will be posting audio of me reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, which I hope you will enjoy. Just travel to Youtube and type in Family Fun Nights. (I also posted some kids' books.) Other than just being home and struggling with the fact that everything is closed and I can't go anywhere, I won't be able to get new books anytime soon, nor will my fondest dream come true, nothing new here. Stay safe everyone!  Books/spotlights (Spotlight) GenTech: An American Story of Technology, Change and Who We Really Are by Dr. Rick Chromey April 3rd, 2020 Bury Him: A Memoir of the Viet Nam War by Captain Doug Chamberlain April 20th, 2020 Perils a...

How the Garcia girls lost their accents- Julia Alvarez  SR: April 1st, 2020 FR: April 15th, 2020 The operator- Gretchen Berg SR: March 30th, 2020 FR: April 16th, 2020 The lost orphan- Stacey Halls SR: March 29th, 2020 FR: April 6th, 2020 Little gods- Meng Jin SR: April 14th, 2020 FR: April 20th, 2020 Offerings- Michael Byung Ju Kim SR: April 6th, 2020 FR:  April 14th, 2020 A tender thing- Emily Neuberger SR: April 14th, 2020 FR: April 30th, 2020 The Aosawa Murders- Riku Onda SR: April 20th, 2020 FR: April 30th, 2020 Truths I never told you- Kelly Rimmer SR: April 19th, 2020 FR: April 30th, 2020 Cometh the hour- Annie Whitehead SR: April 7th, 2020 FR: April 30th, 2020 Nonfiction: Tree of Souls-Howard Schwartz SR: February 10th, 2014 FR: N/A Bury him; a memoir of the Vietnam war- Captain Doug Chamberlain SR: March 20th, 2020 FR April 10th, 2020