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(0)Herman Wouk
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Misery begins when a paranoid commander, Captain Queeg takes charge. In a matter of days he has alienated everybody -- & all on board believe Queeg to be insane. In a tense situation during a critical period of the war, Queeg loses all self-control. In the better interest of the ship & the nation, the second-in-command, Lieutenant Maryk usurps authority. Maryk & Keith are charged with mutiny & are in for a lengthy court-martial. What follows is topnotch...
2) The lawgiver
Author
Language
English
Description
Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director has rejected her rabbinical father's strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multi-billionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses if the script meets certain standards, Margo does everything she can to land the job, including a reunion with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer with whom she still has unfinished business.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
1955.
Language
English
Description
Marjorie, an aspiring young actress with romantic dreams, finds happiness in her middleclass fate after frustrating ambitions and a disillusioning love affair.
"A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she leaves New York to accept the job of her dreams--working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish...
10) Inside, outside
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
Ã1985.
Language
English
Description
This evocative portrait of the American Jewish experience illustrates the clash between the "Inside" of tradition and religion, and the "Outside" of the glittery American dream. Israel David Goodkind is a minor bureaucrat in the Nixon White House, killing empty office time by writing the story of four generations of his large, sprawling Russian-Jewish immigrant family. As he recounts his brief stint in show business, his torrid affair with a showgirl,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"More years ago than I care to reckon up, I met Richard Feynman." So begins American master Herman Wouk's gem on navigating the divide between science and religion. Told by Feynman that he must first learn "the language God talks"-- calculus-- Wouk set in motion a lifelong inquiry. Here, in one compact volume, he draws on stories from his life as well as on key events from the 20th century to address the eternal questions of why we are here, what...
13) Youngblood Hawke
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
A roughhewn Kentucky egocentric wins international fame and fortune through his writing, though the other rewards of success seem to elude him.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In an unprecedented literary accomplishment, Herman Wouk, one of America's most beloved and enduring authors, reflects on his life and times from the remarkable vantage point of 100 years old. Many years ago, the great British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin urged Herman Wouk to write his autobiography. Wouk responded, "Why me? I'm nobody." Berlin answered, "No, no. You've traveled. You've known many people. You have interesting ideas. It would do...
18) The winds of war
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The first two years of WWII, before U.S. involvement, as seen through the eyes of a naval commander stationed at Pearl Harbor.
19) The Caine mutiny
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experienced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it comes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if the Caine Mutiny is a criminal act or an act of courage...
