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In 1966, this book was an epic. A doorstop-sized compilation of Chinese cuisine written by a Westerner, this book remains a staple of used bookstores. For what it is, it's not bad -- it's dated, but the recipes are generally pretty tasty. Overall it's got roughly the same feel as a typical Chinese restaurant menu, and it is, as a general rule, a classic. However, I've tackled the issue of anachronistic books before, and the results usually aren't that pretty.

I have to say right up front that this book suffers from one massive and nearly unforgiveable fault -- the near total lack of Chinese names for dishes and ingredients. Even if the recipe for a favorite dish is in here, you won't be able to find it by its Chinese name unless its name was already well-established when the book was written. (Incidentally, there is no recipe in here for chop suey; Miller evidently felt very strongly about keeping authentically Chinese.)

That said, your mileage may vary. Some of the reviews from when it was published indicate that it was quite popular among Chinese-Americans in the 1960s, and the recipes do seem largely authentic, if a bit unadventurous at times. But the language issue is a huge stumbling block that would probably destroy a book written now. Buy it used if you can't get a good deal on it, but make sure to get a more recent book to complement it.

I have always enjoyed good Chinese cuisine. Recently, I've developed a far greater interest in cooking it for myself -- I've moved from the SF Bay Area to the wilds of northern Massachusetts, and good Chinese restaurants and takeout places around these parts are few and far between. So, I decided to learn how to cook those fabulous dishes I always enjoyed.

At the bookstore, I was taken in by the glowing reviews on this book's cover, but I didn't take the opportunity to truly browse through it. In retrospect, I wish that I had. Although this book does contain a broad variety of recipes, and does introduce a novice into the mystique of experimenting with Chinese cooking, it lacks in more or less all of what many would consider key recipes.

Kung pao chicken? Nowhere to be found. Mongolian beef? Nada. Orange chicken? Nope. Peking spareribs? Zero. Spicy Szechuan chicken? Not a chance. Fresh bao, or dumplings, or shu mai? Can't find it anywhere. Ginger chicken? Nary a one. Cashew chicken? A solitary recipe.

What it does have, on the other hand, are ten pages of recipes to do with chicken livers and gizzards prepared in various manners. Sure, there's the few recipes that look as though they might be worth trying, but to find them you have to thumb through the hundreds of pages of dross looking for those few pieces of gold.

In all, an impressively weighty work, but hardly containing a great deal in the way of useful reference to someone whose life doesn't entirely revolve around trying out new and questionably useful recipes.

The book is excellent, with a wide variety of recipes and detailed explanations about chinese cooking.

I've had this book for many years and always go back to it. The recipes are very basic and like the ones my mom cooked but never documented. Who ever wrote down family recipes to pass on? How do you measure when the recipe is in the cook's head? This year I purchased a copy for each one my children to have. They are all grown and out of the house. This way they have a starting point and can embellish on the recipes. Unfortunately, it doesn't contain photos, but I know the dishes just by the topic, descriptive receipe name and the ingredients.

Have owned this book for about 20 years now, and have replaced my paperback with a hard covered book because I used it so much that my first book is now in two peices.

It is such a wonderful, uniquely written, simply to understand book that informs those who really want to understand cooking. I don't think it is written to impress professional chefs but to work with regular people who love to eat Chinese.

My best friend (who is Chinese) and I used to cook all the time, and I have lots of experience making Chinese food
and this book added to my knowledge and is still adding to my knowledge years later. The only Chinese cookbook I would own.

This is definitely worth owning!!!!
You will love this book!

PHP is intended for rapid web development, and it does not take that long to get comfortable with the language itself. However, it is a fairly flexible language, which allows for several ways to do the same thing but perhaps one way is definitely better than others; it takes time to learn the best practices. With PHP, it is easy to produce spaghetti codes if you are not careful, while it is certainly possible to make very solid object-oriented systems as well. The best way to learn in the end is to read a lot of well-written codes by capable, programmers with experiences, but for a developer who needs to code tons of stuff and has pressure to meet deadlines, time is precious. That is why this book is useful.

Much of PHP is specially designed for web development, so the book includes a lot of essential topics dealing with web development: XML, security, dealing with form data, i18n and l10n, database, and so on. In software development, new releases are norm, and some topics discussing actively developed modules do show their ages at times. However, there are still a lot you can learn from the standard O'Reilly quality book, rather than collecting hodge podge of information available on the web.

If you know some other language already and have read one or two introductory PHP web development book already, this will be the most used book on the shelve about PHP. This book and the official online documentation gets you quite far. In my case this has been easily the most used PHP book.

It is pretty good. Especially for the people who worked a little bit on php but not an expert yet. (That is me.)

This book is a good reference for people who already have a fair amount of programming knowledge. You don't need to necessarily know PHP since it's pretty similar to all the other languages out there. You should however have an idea of how a data driven website works.

I'll keep this short - I love this book. It's come in handy more times than I can count. It contains great solutions to plenty of real world problems. I keep my copy at work, but plan on buying another copy to keep at home. I highly recommend this book.

O'Rielly is a name I trust, and often look to for technical manuals. Their cookbooks and pocket guides are particularly sweet.


I am constantly pulling this book for snippets of code. Converting dates all around, array manipulation all the mundane but oh-so-common choirs.

I have already added an extensive collections of methods and classes based on the book's code. With my newly found admiration of Object-Oriented design and development I am able to reuse the code I create once again and again.

If you are new to Object Oriented coding, check out
Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code

Together you can build powerful classes of date or array methods to handle anything you'll come across, and anything new only makes them better!

Might be confusing for some who don't realize that various flavours of UNINX and Linux abound but so what! This book is not supposed to teach that kind of thing anyway.

I was looking for a small form linux for dummies. This manual was too technical for me. It may be of use for me down the road.

I'm relatively new to linux and this is a great book to have handy. Very small and tightly packed with easy to find commands and examples. Great tool and good price.

A pocket sized guide to the essential commands of Linux. While specific to an older version of Fedora, this is still a very handy reference. All the essential commands are covered and explained.

This is a small book with a limited purpose and it acheives its goals. More or less indispensable for the Linux user.

Jerry

While this may be an excellent reference for experienced Linux users, it will be of very limited use for beginners or those who use Linux through a graphical interface. It is also specifically directed towards Fedora. It would be helpful if your descriptive blurb on the book revealed these two facts.

In summary, when Lindsay moves out to Buffalo Valley, ND, as a school teacher, she encounters a stereotypical Midwestern small town on the skids, and the residents who are hesitant to accept her, including Gage, a local farmer who is afraid to become attached to the teacher who is only in town for a year. The novel follows these two and other couples in the town as they struggle and survive through a year that contains many hard times for all.

Over all, it's a fairly calming, relaxed book with no real passion between the main couple, though there's plenty of drama in some of the minor characters' relationships, including a couple with their marriage on the rocks, a widow and her new beau, and some emo teenager drama. The real problem isn't that the main couple is unlikeable; instead they are fairly limp and entirely lacking in any fire to their relationships. Months pass without them ever seeing each other while their own developing relationship is entirely overshadowed by the more interesting relationships developing around them. The decaying marriage, the before mentioned teen/parent problem, the hinted at but never developed tensions that develop when a new person intrudes into a small community are never fully developed but offer tantalizing hints at what could have been were the book not trying to stick to the bounds of the romance genre. The novel lacks focus in that regard because were they not listed on the back blurb as the main characters, it never would have been apparent that they are central figures in what is a fairly sprawling plot. The romance is not so much the relationship between Gage and Lindsay, as it is Debbie Macomber's love with the illusion of a small town. The real romance is the revival of the town, not the relationships between the people.

Speaking of her romance with the town itself, there are definitely aspects about Buffalo Valley that makes me wonder if the author has ever actually lived in the upper Midwest, or if she'd just flown over it a couple times. Just as an example, the emo teen has an iPod, and yet her family is poor, and also unlikely to own a computer. No mention of the droughts lately, or floods. Over all everything just feels really 'generic small town' that could be anywhere, not even the Upper Midwest specifically. This could have been set in Nebraska and no one would have noticed.

Also, there's no sex. What the heck?

While I was reading this book (#1 in the series) I sent for #2 and #3. I'm just starting #3. They're all great stories to read to just be taken away to another world that you wouldn't mind being in.

I recently read all three books in this Dakota series while my family was on vacation. I immediately was drawn into the lives of the characters and found that they seemed to "come alive". I am now sharing the books with my mom and my daughter. I think it is wonderful that these books are enjoyable reading for three generations, 30's, 50's, and even 80's.

It's a very good book. If you like Debbie Macomber books, you should like this one. I don't like to read much, but Debbie Macomber books I like very much. This book is about modern American farmer and its townspeople pulling together to make their hometown one they can be proud of.

Once I pick up a Debbie Macomber book, I just canot put it down and onced I am finished if it is in a series I have to immediately start on the next on. I have througly enjoyed each and every book I have read by Debbie Macomber
Edie~

In my opinion this is one of the best written, best plotted books of this genre that I have ever read. Unlike so many authors of medical thrillers, Patrick Lynch will not insult your intelligence with 2-dimentional characters and unreal situations. His characters are smart, flawed human beings, and the circumstances they find themselves in feel absolutely genuine. This book is brilliantly written, the language lush and descriptive. I enjoyed this book tremendously and highly recommend it to anyone looking for an engrossing escape that will stay with you long after you've read the breathtaking end.

The general idea isnt bad but the pace becomes too slow. Most of the book is about the wandering of people in the Indonesian forest. Nothing interesting really happens until the last 50 pages. The characters are also very cliche.

Carriers s about a virus thet is hatching out in the Indonesian Rain Forest. The "bug" is one hundred times more contagious thab Ebola. A team of American biological warefare experts Jansen, Detroit, Kinnel are going to discover were it came from. All the clues they get are corpses and they riddles without answers. For a while they think its Ebola but it feeds on its victums quickly so its hard to track down. Will theAmerican Biological warefare experts get infected too? Or will they stop the deadly vius from spreading to a nearby city...This book is good for me because I like books with a good mystery or unexpected twist at the end.

Before even reading Richard Preston's THE HOT ZONE, I just had to get a hold of Patrick Lynch's CARRIERS. This scientific thriller, weaving love, fear, worries and hatred into the plot, kept me in constant suspense which made it an exciting fast-paced read. With an airborne epidemic "one hundred more times more contagious than Ebola" (USA Today), breaking out in the Indonesian rain forests, only a team of American Microbiological experts are sent to investigate its source and try to keep it under control haphazardly, but only corpses and infected natives, who die in a matter of hours, are discovered with no answers to how the core of this mysterious plague is being spread. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone in search of a horrifying heart-racing, yet compelling read.

There's a difference between what a book could be a what a book is. It's possible that I'm simply a bit jaded because I've read a considerable amount in this genera (fiction and non-fiction) and because I tend to expect a lot from a book. However, Carriers could have been great but instead ended up being mediocre.

On the plus side, Carriers is entertaining and (reasonably) fast paced. Those familiar with the "lethal contagion" genera will get into the book quickly. The setting is interesting (Sumatra) and in a few places the suspense is built up quite well - especially during the period of initial outbreak. The biological aspects of the book are also well researched, and are presented in a "here-it-is" kind of format that tells you what's happening without feeling the need to explain every little detail; this is refreshing because it lets the reader make conclusions for himself/herself and doesn't make you feel like a child in elementary school every time a new topic pops up (unlike many other books in this genera).

On the down side, the plot is predictable. I will say I didn't expect the exact bio-chemical pathway through which the illness started (because I didn't know about), but I had the major aspects of the plot figured out about 1/3 of the way through the book. The remaining 2/3 simply builds to the inevitable end. Also, I personally believe that authors should stick to main characters of their own sex - obviously a rule made to be broken, but not in this case. Both of the (male) authors main characters are female and frankly I don't think that his motivations for either of their actions are particularly realistic. Rather, both characters end up being cliché and cheap.

Even so if you like "lethal contagion" stories, you should like Carriers. Just be aware there are better books out there.

Jonathan Carroll is one of our great writers. His imaginative, surprising, beautiful novels always stay with me, and this is one of my favorites.

I am a huge fan of Carroll, having read almost every single one if his books. Sleeping in Flame, the most recent of his books I have finished, is a decent book that blends the fantastic into the everyday life of reality. The dialogue is believable and the plot twists are fun.

Two minor faults. Having read Outside the Dog Museum I felt the Venasque scene was all too familiar, giving the feeling that I had already read that part of the book. Additionally, sometimes the plot is a little forced. All of a sudden Carroll writes, "And this is the dream I had", or "This is what happened" rather than telling and showing the reader.

Don't get me wrong. I still enjoyed Sleeping In Flame. The book is an enjoyable fast read that takes bits of pieces of common folkloric information everyone is familiar with and weaves it into a tale. I would certainly recommend other Carroll books such as After Silence or The Wooden Sea, but in the end I would recommend this book as well.

3.5 stars.

This was the first Jonathan Carroll book I ever read. Now, having read all his others as well, it's the one I keep coming back to and recommending to my friends. Carroll is a skilled prose writer and constructs believable dialogue surrounding almost-unbelievable situations. Although his books get a little predictable after a while, this book stands out for me as Carroll at his best.

"Walker Easterling, an actor, saves a woman's life only to place her in infinitely greater danger by falling in love with her. Maris York, an artist, is an androgynous beauty who arouses incinerating passions in the men around her. Sleeping In Flame is a novel populated by a shaman with a fondness for sandwiches, an autistic Adonis, and a tiny man as powerful and ravenously jealous as the God of the Old Testament." (cover blurb, paraphrased)

Just when the reader thinks he's in the middle of a slice-of-life romance, this novel takes a sharp left turn and veers into classic Carroll territory -- in other words, deep into the mythic and the folkloric. That jealous old man claims to be Walker's father, and Walker isn't who he thinks he is. Carroll treats us to clear rich prose, and somehow makes even the most fantastic situations seem plausible and perfectly ordinary.

Jonathan Carroll remains one of my favorite "unknown" authors.

Okay, clearly I'm in the minority here. I purchased this book because so many people put it on their list of best nontraditional fantasy novels. This is not, however a book in the fantasy genre. It falls more in the tradition of books like The Alchemist, that is to say, books of the "the magic is within you" type of spirtualality. Unlike The Alchemist, however, the story takes forever to unfold, and in order to even get to the old, Jewish shaman who likes to watch Miami Vice on TV, you first have to read through 100 pages of nothing. The narrator's romantic interest is a supermodel whom we are supposed to like because she's a slob and drives a car without a heater. Or as the author puts it: "she drove the way she spoke: nervously, a little too fast, but clearly in control." If that kind of writing appeals to you, perhaps you will like this book. But nothing happens until almost page 100 and by that point I was bored to death. The book gets two stars simply because the author can write well. Unfortunately, to me, he didn't choose anything to write well about. If you like Vienna, you might like this book as Carroll describes the city in as much loving detail as he describes the narrator's supermodel girlfriend. But the narrative about the city is just as monotonous as everything else -- it feels like its only in there to prove that Carroll speaks German and has spent a lot of time in Vienna. If you like Carlos Castaneda, Paolo Coehlo or were one of the many who fell in love with Jonathan Livingston Seagull, maybe you'll like this book -- I'm not aiming this review at you, it just isn't my cup of tea. I'm posting so that people who dislike this kind of material will know that this isn't for them.

Help Yourself gave me the chance to do what I am doing right now; fixing computers. In this book, Dave talks about the pains of his childhood, but that didn't stop him from being alive. Just because you are in a negative environment does not mean that you will succeed. In this book, he helps you that only you can make a chance, and nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it. He also credits people like Colin Powell from coming up from poverty to become the Secretary Of State (but he did not put the Secretary Of State, just the Joint Chief's of Staff because this book is kind of old). He also gives you the courage to live out your dreams, and to make yourself a better person. He writes in the book that if you can get rid of the negative crap out of your life, and try to look at the positive things, then you will be a much more happier person. The pain that he describes is real and very painful. No matter how hard he tried in school, his drunken mother always told him that he was stupid and she hated him and wished that he was dead. He survived and proved his mother wrong. The thing is that he does not hate his mother, or his father from turning a blind eye to the abuse. Dave wrote that no one should hate anybody no matter what they put you through. This is a very good book, and a real life saver.

Dave Pelzer is a household name by now . His stories of the childhood abuse he suffered, and his struggle to overcome this have been the inspiration for thousands of readers. Now he in a sense refines what he has learned into a self- help book. The main chapters of the book are built around themes like 'Get rid of the Garbage of your life ' ' Free yourself' 'Suviving a Negative Enviornment' 'Know what you want out of your real life'
'The price you pay' 'Celebrate who you are and what you have' 'Creating your own positive environment'
Each chapter is a clearly written unit containing illustrative material of fundamental principles summarized at the end.

Among some of these principles are:
Settle your problems as promptly and thoroughly as you are able.
Let go of a past you cannot change.
In the midst of fighting life's battles, relax.
Vent your frustrations in a controlled yet cleansing manner.
Have the courage to purify yourself of whatever may be holding you back.
Draw support from those you know and trust.
Consistently keep yourself in check with the environment that you create.
Don't leave your happiness to fate.
There are no guarantees for tomorrow, so appreciate all that you have and do all that you can today.


The advice seems to me by and large sound, although I would interject that it is far harder to put advice into practice than to hear it. I would also emphasize a point that Pelzer himself makes in this excellent work, 'There are no guarantees'
Still almost of us have ways in which we can improve our own lives.
I would only add from my own point- of- view that were I to write my own personal ' self- help work' it would have to include the religious dimension in a more prominent way.
The greatest help of all is in being in real relation to God.

I originally got this book to skim through before giving it to a loved one who is going through a difficult time. I looked at several books written by people with a bunch of letters after their names, but ultimately selected this one since I was familiar with Dave Pelzer's childhood story. If HE can enjoy a happy, fulfilled life after everything he's been through, I figure, so can ANYONE with breath left in their body!

There are a few heart-wrenching stories of the tortures he endured as a child, but mostly, Dave encourages us to make peace with the past (and tells us HOW!), and advises us to make the most of each day, each situation, and even each hardship-using each event as a stepping stone toward the fulfillment we all seek.

Sure, there's a little rhetoric here and there in the book, but Dave is humble and admits he's not a professional writer or counselor-just a regular guy who's been there and done that. Personally, that makes me believe him even more than someone who paid their way through medical school to get all those letters behind their name.

I find his writing style to be down-to-earth, comforting, and sincere-and I could relate to more than a few of the example situations he presents in the book.

Even though I was looking for this as a help for someone else, I was finding myself highly interested, enriched, and feeling more positive about the few grim situations in my otherwise happy life! And I do think it could be a source of positive influence for anyone. No, he doesn't have all the answers-but he doesn't claim to! But he definitely steers us in the right logical direction with realistic ways to improve our situations every day.

Dave Pelzer is a courageous, triumphant man who deserves every happiness life has to offer, and we should all be glad he is so willing to share his "secrets" with all of us. May God Bless him!

I couldn't believe what Dave went through as a child... I don't understand how he lived through his mother's brutal and deadly beatings.
I was amazed at all the things he lived through and went through.
This book actually made me cry several times. I didn't want to put this book down, I read both A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy in a period of two days. I cannot wait to read the remaing three books that he has writen!!!!

A friend/co-worker actually gave me this book. She knew that I was stressed at work among other things going on in my life. What a wonderful gift to receive. I so enjoyed reading this book. No matter how stressed you are, how bad you think you have it or how anxious you are, there is a way to come out of it. In this book Dave points that out, he actually gives examples of his own life and what he did to overcome the obstacles in his life.
Just knowing what this guy went through in his childhood and has the courage to share this with others. I have a great respect for him.
If you think your life is bad, you have tons of problems you can't possibly overcome then read this book.

Bought this for someone doing a course. They passed. I give this 5 stars because of that and the price difference. Instaed of buying from the college, I saved like 30% buying online. Also, this book has flash cards, which really help learning the terminology.

Amazing service, I will keep shopping with amazon time and time again, Thank you foe the fast service,

A++++

I ordered this book for school as I do many of my books from amazon. I paid 16.50 for the book to come failry quickly to get the book and it is written all over and in very poor condition. I am not able to read some of the pages because they are all highlighted and written in. So I have waisted money that I really cannot afford.

This book was great. Not only did they describe important terms in detail, they had many illustrations to help interpret the meanings. The book also had premade flash cards and the CD had great learning games. It was concise, yet very education.

I found too many errors within this text. I was amazed that they were not located in the proofing prior to selling. I had no choice but to use this book for a class in Medical Assisting. Major errors including defining terms with the wrong definition. One section states a word meaning one thing and then the next section had a complete different definition. I recommend any instructor seeing this to use another text.

Good for 2nd year medical students Organ Systems Course. Just questions with explanations... THIS IS NOT A TEXTBOOK... Buy the shortened versions of Robbins if you're looking for nice summaries.

This entire series is the best available pathology resource available. Additionally, it is well written and relatively easy to read. There's a reason that this is the gold standard for medical school pathology textbooks. It is up to date with current research. Highly recommended

Just a required book for medical school. I wish I could say it's enjoyable reading but I'm learning what I need to and it was recommended that I purchase this particular text, so others seem to think it is grand.

The book has blue pen marks all over, so I wanted to refund. Emailed the seller, but the seller never replied my email.

Sometimes reading through a review book seems like a great way to see what you picked up, but it is too easy to just say, Oh yeah, I knew that, and move on. The images in this book are great, the questions truly assess learning, and the answers continue to enlighten. If you get nothing else in terms of pathology books, get this guy, it is well worth the money.

PS I prefer new so that way the questions are not already answered. That is the worst when they are already marked up and it is no longer a learning experience.

Too wordy on the TWO merchant marines and their families. Do you seriously believe they turned the tide in WWII? But, it is an interesting read about:
1. How convoys worked
2. Regular guys acting bravely under fire
3. Regular guys acting afraid and running
4. How important Malta was to both sides
5. How the people on Malta suffered during the war
6. How easy it was to sink new, state-of-the-art ships

One quickly forgets about the difficulties in keeping up with the characters in this book while dodging dive bombers.

One actually feels as if present during the run for Malta. I recommend the book for any history buff - if only for the Churchill sections.

A good buy for a good read.

Ern Campbell, MD

This is quite a good and interesting book about the convoy runs to Malta and in particular the voyage of the tanker OHIO. Having read the first half, I was however expecting to find the two American hero's personally swatting Axis planes out of the sky with their caps by the end. Instead while they act with supreme bravery, that bravery and guts is shared by a whole lot of other men too.

The build up is therefore almost a let down. The two main characters end up doing the same amazingly heroic deeds as the other people they share the story with, so that one is left wondering why the author didnt concentrate on the heroism of the entire bunch. It was certainly well deserved. Or was he specifically writing for an American audience and needed to show how, as the cover suggests, these two intredid heroes won WW2? I think the American flag may have slipped over the computer screen a little too often while he was writing.

What ever the reason for concentrating so much praise on these two men, nothing can diminish their heroism. Their dedication and sheer guts. In a crisis situation many people will rise to the occasion, and others will fail. In this story a few do fail, but the majority rise to deal with the terrible ordeal they must go through.

The research information is amazing. The author has travelled widely and written many letters to survivors in order to tell his story. He is to be commended for that. But there are some very silly editorial mistakes that diminish the research. On one hand he is telling us that the lack of fuel kept the Italian Battleships in port, and on another he twice describes one of the Italian cruisers as a battleship. British destroyers with 5" guns? I think not. There are other silly little mistakes that an editor should have picked up if he thoroughly read what the author had written.
Overall, the author does deserve praise for telling a good story and telling it well.

The thrust of historical research is of a very high standard that is only slightly marred by the silly mistakes described. I'm a little surprised an ex-Navy man would have made some of the errors of detail.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in knowing more about the incredible voyage of the tanker OHIO. Its a good read and an entertainingly written one.

There's a lot to like about this book. Moses tells a great story. As other readers have pointed out, this is a tale of epic heroism and sacrifice, and you don't see many books that tell of WWII as it was fought by the merchant marine. Moses did his research, and makes liberal use of the recollections of those who fought this battle.

But "At All Costs" falls short of five stars for a couple reasons. At times it's hard to follow the action and the sequence of events, or to understand how events relate. Moses puts you in the moment and it can be tough to step back and understand the big picture.

And the subtitle, "How a crippled ship and two American merchant mariners turned the tide of World War II," shows how the book overreaches. I'm not discounting the importance of Malta, but you can't hang the outcome of the second world war on any one battle or event -- the allies would not have lost the war if Malta had fallen. Greater forces were at work, such as the economic strength of the United States, Hitler's failure as strategist, and Russia's vast territory and manpower (and willingness to sacrifice that manpower). This overreach hurts the book's credibility. The statement, noted by another reviewer, that German historians have always wondered how Churchill persuaded Stalin to join the Allies, doesn't help credibility either.

Finally, the two merchant seamen of the subtitle are featured prominently. This gets the book off to a slow start, as Moses tries too hard to inject human interest into a story that doesn't need it. Don't get me wrong -- those guys were heroes, but virtually everyone on that convoy was a hero.

If you're into naval history, I recommend this book. Just treat it as a great read and not necessarily great history.

Ok is this great book, no. Is it a good read, well yes? The problem is that there are too many little mistakes that were made, pp 192 he refers to the battleship, Trieste. The Trieste was a Heavy Cruiser. The photograph identified as a JU-88 twin engine passing over a cruiser, is actually a tri-motor Italian bomber, you can even see the Italian markings on the planes wings. I don't even know what to do with this statement, pp 184, "German historians have long wondered how Churchill managed to persuade Stalin to join the allies." Hmm that little thing of Germany invading Russia may have had something to do with it, yah think. There are odd little statements throughout the book which has no basis in historic fact, the Swedes allowed the Germans to enter Norway through the backdoor. ????? Weak on sources, most are dated; there are far better histories of the Italian Navy then the ones used.
With all that this is still a great read and the guts that many of these men, not all, is truly remarkable. Would make a great film.