UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR
Richard Hillary
Most acclaimed
The last enemy
Richard Hillary was a dashing and handsome young man 'with all the luck' who enjoyed a privileged life in the Oxbridge culture of the 1930s. He trained as an RAF Spitfire pilot in World War II and was shot down in the Battle of Britain, unable to quickly escape from his burning aircraft and suffering extensive burns. In THE LAST ENEMY, Hillary traces his extraordinary journey of recovery, which included undergoing pioneering plastic surgery to rebuild his face and hands. It was first published in 1942, just seven months before his untimely death in a second plane crash.
Falling through space
"In Falling Through Space the spark flashes again in fifty-eight short essays drawn from successful broadcasts. To update and continue the dialogue she has always maintained with her fans, Gilchrist has added fifteen new pieces.". "Altogether they explore the Mississippi plantation life of her childhood; the books, teachers, and artists who influenced her development; and her reflections on writing and life in general. Coupled with forty-two pictures from Gilchrist's youth and adulthood, these slices of life create a running autobiography.". "Required reading for any fan, this book is Ellen Gilchrist at her funniest and best. For her readers it confirms her spontaneity and her talent for finding life at its zaniest and brightest. Gilchrist is a beloved and distinctive southern voice. Her life and memories are every bit as entertaining as the wild and poignant short stories for which she is famous."--BOOK JACKET.
Classic Stories of World War II
A perfect morning (from The Young Lions) / Irwin Shaw -- Lunghua camp (from Empire of the Sun) / J. G. Ballard -- The big day (from From Here to Eternity) / James Jones -- The landing on Kuralei (from Tales of the South Pacific) / James A. Michener -- Shall live for a ghost? (from The Last Enemy) / Richard Hillary -- Billy Pilgrim (from Slaughterhouse Five) / Kurt Vonnegut -- Battalion in defence (from Officers and Gentlemen) / Evelyn Waugh -- Anopopei (from The Naked and the Dead) / Norman Mailer -- Some were unlucky (from Enemy Coast Ahead) / Guy Gibson, VC -- Major major major major (from Catch-22) / Joseph Heller -- The invasion of Papua (from Retreat from Kokoda) / Raymond Paull -- Stalingrad : the story of the battle (from Stalingrad : Point of Return) / Ronald Seth -- The White Mouse and the Maquis d'Auvergne (from The White Mouse) / Nancy Wake -- The invaders (from The Moon is Down) / John Steinbeck -- The blooding of the compass rose (from The Cruel Sea) / Nicholas Monsarrat -- Hiroshima : the fire (from Hiroshima / John Hersey.