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Larry Smith, Author, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Joint Author . Norton $25.95 (404p) ISBN 978-0-393-05134-6
A fine group oral history, this book allows 23 Medal of Honor recipients, shepherded by Parade
journalist Smith, to go into the complexities of their service and how it affected them. James Stockdale and Bob Kerrey are well known, but their...
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Larry Smith, Author . Norton $26.95 (325p) ISBN 978-0-393-06044-7
This series of interviews with Marines, most of whom are current or former drill instructors, offers a multifaceted, personal history of the Marine Corps and its training methods since WWII. Alongside a host of distinguished Marines, several...
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Larry Smith, Author, Rachel Fershleiser, Author . HarperTeen $8.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-06-172684-2
Following two earlier “six-word memoir” titles, this addition collects supersuccinct memoirs written by teenagers (who are identified by their first names and last initials). Like graffiti scrawls on a bathroom wall, some are funny (̶
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Larry Smith. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-0-5446-6333-6
Smith, a consultant and adjunct professor of economics at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, believes that everyone can feel a sense of passion about work. He uses the book as a platform to address the many questions that have arisen from his...
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