Pete Andresen

Surprisingly relevant in the 21st Century!

Revisado: 10-13-20

While this novel deeply and iconoclastically shatters some of the tenets of novel-writing, it’s surprising how of the novel relates to our current era. Long! I recommend the audible version for long drives. Rather astonishing, really.

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Difficult to listen to such a moving yet dreadful and predictive tale

Revisado: 09-11-18

This novel about a Moslem Palestinian family was written decades ago by Leon Uris, an American Jewish author. As a result I’m not sure what is realistic and what isn’t. The Islamic Palestinian world depicted by Mr. Uris is sexist, crude, rapacious, brutal, and ugly. Is it accurate? I don’t know. While it’s gripping to hear the ongoing saga, it’s also emotionally draining because the characters keep making disastrous choices motivated by hate and avarice. And yet recently, when I was blessed with a chance to sit down with an Islamic political refugee, he expressed opinions similar if not identical to those expressed by fictional characters in this novel. Therefore I remain unsure. Towards the end, the book contains a few astonishing dire predictions which have been now been proven accurate by history. To what degree this very moving tale is otherwise realistic, I cannot say.

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Surprising insights into D-Day combat

Revisado: 08-17-18

This rare small book is universally applicable to modern combat. It’s worth reading (or on my case listening) by anyone who is in military combat arms, or who aspires to be in combat arms, to fully comprehend the carnage and randomness of warfare.

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The full emotional impact of the dissolution of the English monastic system.

Revisado: 10-25-17

While this work of fiction is ostensibly a murder mystery, its fullest impact for me was its deep and broad depiction of the deceitful corruption of the government of Henry VIII and the dissolution of the English monastic system, with its catastrophic effects on normal English life. Within these pages I was able to witness the cultural frustrations which led to the later English Revolution and American Revolution. To read of the tyranny under which my ancestors the English people lived is to realize that life in the 21st Century is blessed and rare.

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A Must For Travelers To Manila

Revisado: 06-20-17

What a gift for those of us who have heard stories of the Filipino Resistance in World War 2 but can't find the whole story! This research cuts to the core of how Americans and Filipinos tried to cope with the Japanese invasion of 1941-1942. I purchased the Audible version and it made the hours fly past!

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