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Barry’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Barry’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Barry Sierer
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in Seattle, WA, The United States
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Influences
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June 2013
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New China
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"Coup" and "Counter-Coup" 50 Years ago
In the fall of 1965, years of tension between Indonesia’s Army and Communist Party had reached its breaking point, it was just a question of who would move first.
Fifty years ago, on the night of October 1st, six high ranking Indonesian Generals and a Lieutenant were kidnapped and murdered by gunmen affiliated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The gunmen also attempted to kidnap Minister Read more of this blog post »
Fifty years ago, on the night of October 1st, six high ranking Indonesian Generals and a Lieutenant were kidnapped and murdered by gunmen affiliated with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The gunmen also attempted to kidnap Minister Read more of this blog post »
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There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History:
"Story of the Irish Republican Army bombing attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in 1984. Reads like a thriller. Page-turning. An in-depth history of The Troubles is well documented in the book as well."
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The sea was kind to me: The memoirs of a wartime sailor:
"A neat little book to start the year off with. It covers the service history of the author during World War 2 as part of the Seaward Defense Force (the precursor of the South African Navy) in SA coastal waters. He served from 1940 to 1945, mostly on "
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“Charlie Polard was a former news anchor, now field reporter, whose star had been falling rapidly the past year. Consequently, his constant need to use Jack Daniels as his career coach had caused him to nearly miss several assignments.”
― New China
― New China
“The old man was packing his bags as fast as he could. Other people had done this for him for decades, so he was out of practice. As the “dragonhead,” or boss of the 14-K Triad, he had thousands of enforcers, dealers, and politicians who followed his orders, but none of them could help him tonight. Word had been sent to all of the triad leadership in Hong Kong that they would have to cooperate with the new “regime” or face the consequences. The other dragonheads laughed at the ultimatum. There were always people trying to play games with the Triads. Any future leader of the country knew that he could not succeed without dealing with them. Chiang Kai Shek co-opted them; Mao Zedong suppressed them. The old man didn’t worry until he heard about the disappearance of the head of the Wo Shing Wo Triad. Two nights ago, the Wo Shing Wo “dragonhead” and his entire family simply disappeared. The next night, the head of another Triad, the San Yee On, fled the territory as fast as he could. Now he would do the same. He finished stuffing his bag and headed down to the waiting cars. He was in such a hurry that his mistress and his wife might have to be put in the same car. They would hate it, but he didn’t care. This was no time to worry about proprieties.”
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“Charlie Polard was a former news anchor, now field reporter, whose star had been falling rapidly the past year. Consequently, his constant need to use Jack Daniels as his career coach had caused him to nearly miss several assignments.”
― New China
― New China
“You see things; you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?”
― Back to Methuselah
― Back to Methuselah
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John wrote: "Hi Barry, you mighty enjoy this book: The Damned Balkans: A Refugee Road Trip It's my memoirs of working in a refugee camp during the war in Bosnia."John wrote: "Hi Barry, you mighty enjoy this book: The Damned Balkans: A Refugee Road Trip It's my memoirs of working in a refugee camp during the war in Bosnia."
Thanks John
Hi Barry, you mighty enjoy this book: The Damned Balkans: A Refugee Road Trip It's my memoirs of working in a refugee camp during the war in Bosnia.
Aviv wrote: "Thanks for the recommendation!"Welcome
Steve wrote: "Got your recommendation for Fighter Pilot about Robert Olds. Thanks for the recommendation and will try it out. I love reading about pilots and aviation history."Enjoy
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