![]() ![]() Instead, it’s a thorough examination of the many ways science helps soldiers stay awake, stay uninfected and survive-on and off the battlefield. However, this isn’t a book about weapons or tactics. With Grunt, Roach attempts to grasp another familiar topic: combat. Roach has a hands-on approach to subjects that include death, digestion, intercourse and the afterlife. Grunt is a welcome addition to a canon that includes Stiff (2003), Bonk (2008), Gulp (2010) and Spook (2009). I know this because I’ve read Mary Roach’s Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, specifically, chapter eight (“Leaky SEALs”). Special forces, because diarrhea is an enemy from within that can attack without warning. It’s particularly hazardous for members of the U.S. Those in the business of National Security classify diarrhea as a clear and present danger. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War ![]()
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![]() ![]() It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history.įour Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. The story begins in 1619-a year before the Mayflower-when the White Lion disgorges “some 20-and-odd Negroes” onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019Ī chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present-edited by Ibram X. ![]() ![]() ![]() Debunked, it is shown that minimal amounts were factual and all the juicy details were fiction.With that said, who cares! I tracked down the revision of this book that I read as a teen. In fact, growing up in Utah, Jay's Journal had a specific allure to the teenage crowd as it was purportedly written by a guy in our area during my parents generation. There was even a little "training manual" feel to them as we picked apart things we knew vs those elements we did not.Jay's Journal was no exception to this. Drug addiction, homelessness, angst and suicidal tendencies, all of these are fair game within her edits.When I was a kid though, I did not know any of this, and as with many kids, we read these stories with a sick guilty pleasure. ![]() ![]() Beatrice Sparks is well known for taking the words of teenagers and bulking them up with fictional fluff to make them sell a specific narrative. ![]() |