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By Benedict A. Baglio Trade paperback 246 pages A String of Pearls takes the reader from the Steppes of Russia, to the Navy Yard at Brooklyn and the great city of New York, to London, and to Hawaii. The story of desperate battles are related from new perspectives and an eyewitness' point of view, from the bridge of the HMS Hood in its deadly duel with the Bismarck, from the gunsights of a Spitfire as it struggles over the beaches of Dunkirk, to the controls of a Navy bomber as it arrives over Oahu in the midst of the Japanese raid. History's great leaders are seen through a revisionist's lens, as a desperate Winston Churchill and a politically handcuffed Franklin Roosevelt struggle with Hitler's fury during the Blitz. And then there is Russia's desperation as German Panzers reach the gates of Moscow.
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Former US Navy Radioman Arvy Geurin takes us with him to the beach at Iwo Jima in 1945 during the bloodiest battle in the Pacific in World War II.
Seventeen-year-old Arvy Geurin was caught up with the glamour of the Marine Corps when the United States entered World War II. Not yet eighteen, his father had to give permission for Arvy to join. However, a lazy eye that would not track caused him to flunk his physical. But to the US Navy, that eye would not be a problem.
Coming from a family of bakers, Arvy wanted to go to Cooks and Bakers School, but the Navy had other ideas. They put him into Radio School and then into amphibious forces. Instead of serving breakfast, lunch and dinner behind the lines, Arvy Geurin was being trained to hit the beach at Iwo Jima with the United States Marine Corps.
"We weren't action heroes or extraordinary men. We were farm boys and city jocks; scholars and drop-outs; rich and poor; just young boys brought together by a common goal. Just a year ago, how could any of us have imagined going off to war like this? Yet here we were in a landing craft moving toward the island, to what would become the bloodiest battle of the Pacific."
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An estimated 7 million people regularly play the dice game known as bunko. "It’s Not Your Mother’s Bridge Club" is an inside look at one such group, The Snake Eyes Dice Club, a spicy collection of middle-aged, middle-class women living in the desert Southwest and in the middle of each other’s lives. You’ll feel the group evolve over the course of one year as together they face both mundane and dramatic obstacles.
“Michele VanOrt Cozzens rolls the dice, shuffles the cards, and stirs up a mixed bag of emotions with her clever plot twists and rich characters. Whether you play Bunko, Bridge, or Scrabble, you’ll relate to Cozzens’ warm-hearted, funny, and intimate portrayal of the women’s gaming clubs springing up around the world.
—Robin Meloy Goldsby, author of "Piano Girl" and "Rhythm"
“Cozzens is at her best as she seamlessly allows the reader intimate access to the relationships, struggles, and triumphs of eight women. This is a must read for men who crave insight into the inner-sanctum of the most intoxicating of energies: the sacred feminine.”
—J.A. Leary, author of "The Angel Hunter"
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