Turnipseed joel (18 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. In early summer of 1990, Joel Turnipseed was homeless--kicked out of his college's philosophy program, dumped by his girlfriend. He had been AWOL from his Marine Corps Reserve unit for more than three months, spending his days hanging out in coffee shops reading Plato and Thoreau.Then Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.Turnipseed's unit was activated for service in Operation Desert Shield. By January of '91, he was in Saudi Arabia driving tractor-trailers for the Sixth Motor Transport Battalion--the legendary Baghdad Express. The greatest logistical operation in Marine Corps history, the Baghdad Express hauled truckloads of explosives and ammunition across hundreds of miles of desert. But on the brink of war, Turnipseed's greatest struggles are still within. Armed with an M-16 and a seabag full of philosophy books, he is a wise-ass misfit, an ironic observer with a keen eye for vivid detail, a rebellious Marine alive to the moral ambiguity of his life and his situation.Developed from Turnipseed's 1997 feature article for GQ Magazine, this innovative memoir--simultaneously terrifying and hilarious, equal parts Catch-22 and Catcher in the Rye--explores both the absurdities of war and the necessity of accepting our flawed world of shadows. With expansive humanity and profane grace, Turnipseed finds the real-world answers to his philosophical questions and reaches the hardest peace for any young man to achieve--with himself.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. In early summer of 1990, Joel Turnipseed was homeless--kicked out of his college's philosophy program, dumped by his girlfriend. He had been AWOL from his Marine Corps Reserve unit for more than three months, spending his days hanging out in coffee shops reading Plato and Thoreau.Then Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.Turnipseed's unit was activated for service in Operation Desert Shield. By January of '91, he was in Saudi Arabia driving tractor-trailers for the Sixth Motor Transport Battalion--the legendary Baghdad Express. The greatest logistical operation in Marine Corps history, the Baghdad Express hauled truckloads of explosives and ammunition across hundreds of miles of desert. But on the brink of war, Turnipseed's greatest struggles are still within. Armed with an M-16 and a seabag full of philosophy books, he is a wise-ass misfit, an ironic observer with a keen eye for vivid detail, a rebellious Marine alive to the moral ambiguity of his life and his situation.Developed from Turnipseed's 1997 feature article for GQ Magazine, this innovative memoir--simultaneously terrifying and hilarious, equal parts Catch-22 and Catcher in the Rye--explores both the absurdities of war and the necessity of accepting our flawed world of shadows. With expansive humanity and profane grace, Turnipseed finds the real-world answers to his philosophical questions and reaches the hardest peace for any young man to achieve--with himself.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 203 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: very good. ENGLISH BOOK. BROCHE, BON ETAT. COUVERTURE TRES LEGEREMENT FROTTEE. PETITES NOTES AU BAS DES CONTREPLATS DE COUVERTURE ET DE LA PAGE 5. TEXTE PROPRE. PENGUIN, 2003. 202 PAGES. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Im Sommer 1990 wird der Philosophiestudent Joel Turnipseed aus der Uni geworfen und Saddam Hussein überfällt Kuwait. Ein halbes Jahr später ist Turnipseed im Krieg, als Fahrer des 6. Motor-Transport-Bataillon des US- Marine-Corps, der Tag und Nacht Bomben durch die endlose saudische Wüste transportiert: der legendäre 'Bagdad Express'.Bewaffnet mit allen Zutaten des modernen High-Tech-Krieges und einem Sack voller Philosophie-Bücher, versucht Turnipseed die Quadratur des Kreises - Kämpfer und Beobachter zugleich zu sein, ironischer Teilnehmer der Absurditäten des militärischen Wahnsinns und mitfühlender und mitleidender Außenseiter.Eine erzählerische Tour de Force über die andere Seite des Triumphs - erschütternd absurd und wahnsinnig komisch.…

Opd.m.OU. 227 S. : Ill. ; 21 cm Baghdad express Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Bagdad Express | Kriegstagebuch | Joel Turnipseed | Buch | Gebunden | Deutsch | 2004 | Europäische Verlagsanstalt | EAN 9783434505747 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 8°, 227 Seiten mit einigen Abb., OPbd. mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag - sehr guter Zustand - 2004. c125321 ISBN: 3434505741 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 380.