Este autor estadounidense es conocido por sus profundas exploraciones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y sus secuelas. Profundamente arraigadas en experiencias personales de guerra, sus obras capturan la cruda realidad de la vida militar y el peaje psicológico del conflicto. A través de un estilo literario marcado por una honestidad implacable y un realismo intenso, ofrece a los lectores una comprensión visceral de la condición humana bajo una presión extrema. Su escritura es un testimonio de la resiliencia y la fragilidad del espíritu humano cuando se enfrenta a lo inimaginable.
In 1964, at the age of thirty-three, James Earl Jones won an Obie award for his portrayal of Othello in Joseph Papp's production in Central Park, New York. He brings his vast wealth of experience to this book and articulates the themes and issues in the play, looking at the personal and universal significance of the drama. schovat popis
On Guadalcanal in the south Pacific, the soldiers of C Company are about to enter the war. The men know they face their baptism of fire. But none know if they will be one of 'the lucky ones' to make it safely off the island.
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment" that may break him or kill him. First Sgt. Milton Anthony Warden knows how to soldier better than almost anyone, yet he's risking his career to have an affair with the commanding officer's wife. Both Warden and Prewitt are bound by a common bond: the Army is their heart and blood . . .and, possibly, their death. In this magnificent but brutal classic of a soldier's life, James Jones portrays the courage, violence and passions of men and women who live by unspoken codes and with unutterable despair. . .in the most important American novel to come out of World War II, a masterpiece that captures as no ther the honor and savagery of men.
When the Sh*t Hits the Fan and The End of The World As We Know It Has Arrived, Who Will Survive and Who Will Perish?Chances are that those people who seriously prepare ahead of time, who have contingency survival plans, will have a definite edge over most other people. Part of those contingency plans involve having the right gear to help you make it.In this book, survival expert James C. Jones lists every item of gear you need to have in order to survive and, eventually, thrive. Here you will find detailed descriptions of the following sleeping bags, shovels and saws, stoves, clothing and footwear, advanced medical care equipment, communications and monitoring devices, biological and chemical survival equipment, and much more. Not only is every item examined carefully, but Jones also tells you how to use it, and how to maintain it.You may not take the possible ending of the world seriously, but you need to, as it is a real possibility - and those who survive are those who are prepared.