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The Galactic Gourmet: A Sector General Novel (Sector General Series) by James White

wfzimmerman's review: "Everything in the Sector General series is an enjoyable read. This one has an alien POV protagonsti, Gurronsevas, the greatest chef in the Galactic Federation."
Tor Books (1996), Hardcover, 288 pages
tags: Advance Reading Copy, ARC, paperback, Sector General

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Rumpole and the Angel of Death by John Mortimer

wfzimmerman's review: "Rumpole is indispensable. Rather amazing that only 35 other LibraryThing members had this book in May 2007."
Viking Adult (1996), Hardcover, 272 pages
tags: mystery, Rumpole

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The Battle of Leyte Gulf 23-26 October 1944 by Thomas J. Cutler

wfzimmerman's review: "A terrific narrative history of what may have been the last great naval battle."
Harpercollins (1994), Hardcover, 343 pages
tags: naval history

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Getting It Right: American Military Reforms After Vietnam to the Gulf War and Beyond by James F. Dunnigan, Raymond M. Macedonia

wfzimmerman's review: "An essential topic treated by the geniuses behind the STRATEGY & TACTICS magazine that I loved as a teenager."
Quill (1995), Paperback, 320 pages
tags: military history

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The Complete Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery) by Gilbert Keith Chesterton

wfzimmerman's review: "I love "complete" books."
Penguin (Non-Classics) (1987), Paperback, 720 pages

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Spy Sub: A Top Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific by Roger C. Dunham

wfzimmerman's review: "Fascinating stuff and mostly verified by subsequent reporting."
Naval Inst Pr (1996), Hardcover, 222 pages

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Kiln People (The Kiln Books) by David Brin

wfzimmerman's review: "An enjoyable story set in a "one-off" universe about clay cloned people. Seems like a transitional book for Brin, who doesn't seem to have really figured out his Next Act after the Uplift Series."
Tor Books (2002), Hardcover, 336 pages
tags: science fiction, first edition, collecting author highlights

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Pt 105 by Dick Keresey

wfzimmerman's review: "Curious misprint on the cover, didn't they mean "PT 109"? Good read for those interested in small craft in the Pacific War."
Naval Institute Press (1996), Hardcover, 211 pages
tags: PT 109, naval history

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Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft by Michael Drummond

wfzimmerman's review: "Unfortunately, this is about three software warriors who work in the computer games division. I don't care much about computer games. I probably won't keep this."
Three Rivers Press (2000), Paperback, 297 pages

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World Is My Home: A Memoir by James A. Michener

wfzimmerman's review: "A favorite memoir by a fellow Swarthmore alum."
Random House (1991), Hardcover, 519 pages
tags: first edition

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At the Water’s Edge : Defending Against the Modern Amphibious Assault by Theodore L. Gatchel

wfzimmerman's review: "An essential topic for any understanding of counter-US military strategy in the 21st Century. My first book scanned in using CueCat!"
US Naval Institute Press (1996), Hardcover, 266 pages
tags: military history

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Mind Changer: A Sector General Novel (Sector General Series/James White) by James White

wfzimmerman's review: "All the Sector General books are good, and this is no exception."
Tor Books (1998), Hardcover, 301 pages
tags: collecting author highlights, Sector General, science fiction, medical sf

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