Matterhorn: A Novel Of The Vietnam War An incredible publishing story - written over the course of thirty years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, a New York Times best seller for sixteen weeks, a National Indie Next and a USA Today best seller - Matterhorn has been hailed as a "brilliant account of war" (New York Times Book Review). Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead and James Jones's The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Matterhorn is a visceral and spellbinding novel about what it is like to be a young man at war. It is an unforgettable novel that transforms the tragedy of Vietnam into a powerful and universal story of courage, camaraderie, and sacrifice: a parable not only of the war in Vietnam but of all war, and a testament to the redemptive power of literature. Prikaži više

U dobrom stanju Writer and author Harold Stephens takes the road less traveled in exotic foreign lands. He is one person who has lived his dream of exploring the world`s most remote corners -- in search of adventure for adventure`s sake, experiencing life on his own terms, and writing about it. This wonderful writer shares his exciting experiences with his readers in more than two-dozen travel and adventure books, novels, biographies and in other media as television and video scripts. This includes an historical 10-hour TV script on King Narai of Siam. A dedicated writer of thousands of travel articles as well as an explorer and adventurer, Harold Stephens traveled deep into Bhutan, motored across Tibet, and followed along the Great Wall of China in a Jeep, and rafted down the Amazon. He trained with a Sir Edmund Hillary team in New Zealand and climbed the Matterhorn in Switzerland and Popocatapetl in Mexico. In the mid-sixties, Stephens motored around the world by Jeep for a record-breaking 42,252 miles, through monsoon rains and across blazing deserts, over nearly impassable roads through hostile countries with hostile and sometimes uncivilized people, facing untold dangers, disease and hunger. Along the way, he met some very remarkable people and found romance and love in the strangest places. In this book we can find the description of a group of interesting characters, who have in common that they found their own realization, in the 50s and 60s, in places far from their native country, mostly in Southeast Asia. We can find the story of Jim Thompson, who sold Thai silk all over the world. One of the characters is a Russian who in the 1950s ran a hotel in Kathmandu with his Swedish wife: these two characters were inserted, fictionalized, in The mountain is young by Han Suyin. Then there are: a false-Moroccan belly dancer (actually from California), with whom the author had a love affair; a Bali painter; an American sumo wrestler, etc. The stories are really intriguing and there is a set of photos. There are many references to the lost worlds of Conrad, Kipling, Somerset Maugham: the author realizes that the world he describes is dissolving. There also exists a new edition of this book, accompanied by a part where the author tells what happened next to these characters, I would like to read it. Reprinted in 2003 with the title `The Strange Disappearance of Jim Thompson`:

Artie Shaw - Begin The Beguine (10 x CD Box) Jazz Documents / 2005 / Made in Germany 247 džez kompozicija na 10 diskova u kutiji. Odlično očuvano, kao novo, preslušano samo jedanput. The Japanese Sandman 1-1 The Japanese Sandman 2:29 1-2 A Pretty Girl I Like A Melody 2:51 1-3 I Used To Be Above Love 3:01 1-4 No Regrets 2:04 1-5 South Sea Island Magic 3:17 1-6 It Ain`t Right 3:11 1-7 Sugar Foot Stomp 3:23 1-8 Thou Swell 3:09 1-9 You`re Giving Me A Song And A Dance 3:16 1-10 Darling, Not Without You 3:11 1-11 One, Two, Button Your Shoe 2:48 1-12 Let`s Call A Heart A Heart 3:24 1-13 The Skeleton In The Closet 2:43 1-14 There`s Something In The Air 3:17 1-15 Take Another Guess 2:32 1-16 There`s Frost On The Moon 2:54 1-17 Love And Learn 2:44 1-18 Moon Face 2:54 1-19 The Same Old Line 2:51 1-20 You Can Tell She Comes From Dixie 2:40 1-21 Sobbin` Blues 3:20 1-22 Copenhagen 2:59 1-23 Cream Puff 2:52 1-24 My Blue Heaven 2:35 1-25 Streamline 2:20 Sweet Lorraine 2-1 Sweet Lorraine 3:06 2-2 Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You 2:30 2-3 No More Tears 3:00 2-4 Moonlight And Shadows 2:46 2-5 Was It Rain? 2:40 2-6 All Alone 2:31 2-7 All God`s Chillun Got Rhythm 2:43 2-8 It Goes To Your Feet 2:59 2-9 Because I Love You 2:27 2-10 Night And Day 2:53 2-11 I Surrender Dear 2:45 2-12 Blues Skies 2:19 2-13 Someday, Sweetheart 2:59 2-14 Afraid To Dream 2:49 2-15 If You Should Ever Leave 2:43 2-16 Sweet Adeline 2:50 2-17 How Dry I Am 2:43 2-18 Am I In Love? 2:55 2-19 Fee Fi Fo Fum 2:46 2-20 Please Pardon Us, We`re In Love 3:04 2-21 The Chant 2:57 2-22 The Blues March - Part 1 2:49 2-23 The Blues March - Part 2 2:55 2-24 It`s A Long, Long Way To Tipperary 2:43 2-25 I`ve A Strange New Rhythm In My Heart 2:44 If It`s The Last Thing I Do 3-1 If It`s The Last Thing I Do 3:00 3-2 Nightmare 2:30 3-3 Shoot The Likker To Me, John Boy 2:52 3-4 Free Wheeling 2:58 3-5 Let `Er Go 2:34 3-6 A Strange Loneliness 3:07 3-7 Monsoon 2:39 3-8 I`m Yours 3:02 3-9 Just You, Just Me 3:00 3-10 Free For All 3:13 3-11 Whistle While You Work 2:40 3-12 One Song 2:37 3-13 Goodnight, Angel 2:32 3-14 There`s A New Moon Over The Old Mill 2:57 3-15 Non Stop Flight 2:39 3-16 I`ll Be With You In Apple-Blossom Time 2:23 3-17 Begin The Beguine 3:16 3-18 Indian Love Call 3:07 3-19 Comin` On 2:47 3-20 Back Bay Shuffle 3:15 3-21 Any Old Time 3:12 3-22 I Can`t Believe That You`re In Love With Me 3:09 3-23 Nightmare 2:51 3-24 Non-Stop Flight 2:48 3-25 Yesterdays 3:17 What Is This Thing Called Love? 4-1 What Is This Thing Called Love? 3:15 4-2 You`re A Sweet Little Headache 2:59 4-3 I Have Eyes 3:21 4-4 Between A Kiss And A Sigh 3:08 4-5 Thanks For Ev`rything 3:19 4-6 Deep In A Dream 3:17 4-7 Day After Day 3:17 4-8 Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 3:13 4-9 Copenhagen 2:39 4-10 A Room With A View 3:30 4-11 Say It With A Kiss 3:23 4-12 They Say 2:48 4-13 It Took A Million Years 2:46 4-14 Jungle Drums 3:31 4-15 It Had To Be You 2:31 4-16 Lover Come Back To Me 3:28 4-17 My Heart Stood Still 2:49 4-18 Rosalie 2:44 4-19 Supper Time 3:17 4-20 Vilia 3:06 4-21 The Man I Love 3:13 4-22 The Donkey Serenade 3:16 4-23 Bill 2:38 4-24 Zigeuner 2:53 4-25 Carioca 3:08 Alone Together 5-1 Alone Together 3:24 5-2 Rose Room 3:09 5-3 I Want To Share My Love 3:07 5-4 It`s All Yours 2:49 5-5 This Is It 2:51 5-6 Delightful Delerium 2:57 5-7 Any Old Time 3:10 5-8 I`m In Love With The Honorable Mr. So-And-So 3:34 5-9 Prosshai (Goodbye, Goodbye) 3:11 5-10 Deep Purple 3:12 5-11 I`m Coming, Virginia 2:29 5-12 Pastel Blue 3:06 5-13 You Grow Sweeter As The Years Go By 3:09 5-14 You`re So Indifferent 3:05 5-15 Snug As A Bug In A Rug 2:48 5-16 If You Ever Change Your Mind 2:54 5-17 One Night Stand 3:05 5-18 One Foot In The Grave 3:42 5-19 Octoroon 2:56 5-20 I Poured My Heart Into A Song 3:26 5-21 When Winter Comes 2:52 5-22 All I Remember Is You 2:31 5-23 Out Of Nowhere 3:21 5-24 I Can`t Afford To Dream 2:30 5-25 Comes Love 3:12 Go Fly A Kite 6-1 Go Fly A Kite 2:37 6-2 A Man And His Dream 2:56 6-3 Traffic Jam 2:13 6-4 Serenade To A Savage 2:35 6-5 Easy To Say 2:33 6-6 I`ll Remember 2:31 6-7 Moonray 3:18 6-8 Melancholy Mood 3:08 6-9 Put That Down In Writing 2:46 6-10 Day In, Day Out 3:35 6-11 Two Blind Loves 3:17 6-12 The Last Two Weeks In July 2:58 6-13 Oh! Lady, Be Good 3:09 6-14 I Surrender, Dear 3:40 6-15 Many Dreams Ago 3:17 6-16 A Table In The Corner 3:12 6-17 If What You Say Is True 3:12 6-18 Without A Dream To My Name 3:29 6-19 Love Is Here 3:04 6-20 All Is Fun 2:45 6-21 All The Things You Are 3:14 6-22 You`re A Lucky Guy 2:39 6-23 Shadows 2:46 6-24 I Didn`t Know What Time It Was 2:57 6-25 Do I Love You? 3:00 When Love Beckoned 7-1 When Love Beckoned 3:13 7-2 Frenesi 3:06 7-3 Adios, Mariquita Linda 3:38 7-4 Gloomy Sunday 3:41 7-5 My Fantasy 3:31 7-6 A Deserted Farm 2:48 7-7 Don`t Fall Asleep 2:55 7-8 Dreaming Out Loud 3:28 7-9 Now We Know 3:18 7-10 Mister Meadowlark 2:31 7-11 April In Paris 3:26 7-12 King For A Day 3:24 7-13 Special Delivery Stomp 2:44 7-14 Summit Ridge Drive 3:21 7-15 Keepin` Myself For You 3:15 7-16 Cross Your Heart 2:38 7-17 If It`s You 2:54 7-18 Old, Old Castle In Scotland 3:18 7-19 Temptation 3:02 7-20 Chantez-Les Bas 3:08 7-21 Love Of My Life 3:22 7-22 A Handful Of Stars 3:17 7-23 Stardust 3:33 7-24 Marinela 2:35 7-25 Danza Lecumi 2:54 This Is Romance 8-1 This Is Romance 3:19 8-2 What Is There To Say? 3:11 8-3 Pyramid 2:55 8-4 You Forgot About Me 3:31 8-5 Whispers In The Night 3:20 8-6 Blues - Part 1 3:17 8-7 Blues - Part 2 3:12 8-8 Who`s Excited 3:20 8-9 Prelude In C Minor 2:54 8-10 Dr. Livingston, I Presume? 3:24 8-11 When The Quail Come Back To San Quentin 3:18 8-12 My Blue Heaven 2:49 8-13 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 3:16 8-14 The Calypso 2:47 8-15 Beau Night In Hotchkiss Corners 3:29 8-16 Concerto For Clarinet - Part 1 4:32 8-17 Concerto For Clarinet - Part 2 4:55 8-18 Dancing In The Dark 3:04 8-19 I Cover The Waterfront 3:28 8-20 Moonglow 3:27 8-21 Alone Together 3:27 8-22 If I Had You 3:16 8-23 Georgia On My Mind 2:48 8-24 It Had To Be You 2:44 Confessin` 9-1 Confessin` 3:20 9-2 Love Me A Little Little 3:04 9-3 Beyond The Blue Horizon 2:45 9-4 Don`t Take Your Love From Me 3:06 9-5 This Time The Dream`s On Me 3:35 9-6 Blues In The Night 3:05 9-7 Nocturne 3:35 9-8 Rockin` Chair 3:09 9-9 Through The Years 3:18 9-10 If I Love Again 3:24 9-11 I Ask The Stars 3:28 9-12 Beyond The Blue Horizon 2:52 9-13 Take Your Shoes Off, Baby 3:26 9-14 Make Love To Me 3:17 9-15 Solid Sam 3:18 9-16 Just Kiddin` Around 3:22 9-17 To A Broadway Rose 3:26 9-18 St. James Infirmary - Part 1 2:59 9-19 St. James Infirmary - Part 2 3:24 9-20 Deuces Wild 2:11 9-21 Dusk (Evensong) 4:15 9-22 Suite No 8 4:39 9-23 Someone`s Rocking My Dreamboat 3:18 9-24 I Don`t Want To Walk Without You 3:16 Somebody Nobody Loves 10-1 Somebody Nobody Loves 3:11 10-2 Not Mine 3:16 10-3 Absent-Minded Moon 3:20 10-4 Hindustan 3:21 10-5 Carnival 2:48 10-6 Needlenose 3:26 10-7 Two In One Blues 3:23 10-8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 3:13 10-9 Accentuate The Positive 3:08 10-10 Let’s Take The Long Way Home 3:05 10-11 Jumpin` On The Merry-Go-Round 3:10 10-12 I`ll Never Be The Same 3:18 10-13 Can`t Help Lovin` That Man 3:09 10-14 `S Wonderful 3:07 10-15 Bedford Drive 3:19 10-16 The Graptown Grapple 2:57 10-17 September Song 3:19 10-18 Little Jazz 3:02 10-19 But Not For Me 3:02 10-20 Tea For Two 3:03 10-21 Summertime 4:27 10-22 Easy To Love 3:02 10-23 Time On My Hands 3:00 10-24 Tabu 3:06