Author: John Renehan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698186273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
*Named one of Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2015 *Selected as a Military Times's Best Book of the Year “You’re going up the Valley.” Black didn’t know its name, but he knew it lay deeper and higher than any other place Americans had ventured. You had to travel through a network of interlinked valleys, past all the other remote American outposts, just to get to its mouth. Everything about the place was myth and rumor, but one fact was clear: There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. When Black, a deskbound admin officer, is sent up the Valley to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon, he can only see it as the final bureaucratic insult in a short and unhappy Army career. What he doesn’t know is that his investigation puts at risk the centuries-old arrangements that keep this violent land in fragile balance, and will launch a shattering personal odyssey of obsession and discovery as Black reckons with the platoon’s dark secrets, accumulated over endless hours fighting and dying in defense of an indefensible piece of land. The Valley is a riveting tour de force that changes our understanding of the men who fight our wars and announces John Renehan as one of the great American storytellers of our time.
The Valley
Author: John Renehan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698186273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
*Named one of Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2015 *Selected as a Military Times's Best Book of the Year “You’re going up the Valley.” Black didn’t know its name, but he knew it lay deeper and higher than any other place Americans had ventured. You had to travel through a network of interlinked valleys, past all the other remote American outposts, just to get to its mouth. Everything about the place was myth and rumor, but one fact was clear: There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. When Black, a deskbound admin officer, is sent up the Valley to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon, he can only see it as the final bureaucratic insult in a short and unhappy Army career. What he doesn’t know is that his investigation puts at risk the centuries-old arrangements that keep this violent land in fragile balance, and will launch a shattering personal odyssey of obsession and discovery as Black reckons with the platoon’s dark secrets, accumulated over endless hours fighting and dying in defense of an indefensible piece of land. The Valley is a riveting tour de force that changes our understanding of the men who fight our wars and announces John Renehan as one of the great American storytellers of our time.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698186273
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
*Named one of Wall Street Journal's Best Books of 2015 *Selected as a Military Times's Best Book of the Year “You’re going up the Valley.” Black didn’t know its name, but he knew it lay deeper and higher than any other place Americans had ventured. You had to travel through a network of interlinked valleys, past all the other remote American outposts, just to get to its mouth. Everything about the place was myth and rumor, but one fact was clear: There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. When Black, a deskbound admin officer, is sent up the Valley to investigate a warning shot fired by a near-forgotten platoon, he can only see it as the final bureaucratic insult in a short and unhappy Army career. What he doesn’t know is that his investigation puts at risk the centuries-old arrangements that keep this violent land in fragile balance, and will launch a shattering personal odyssey of obsession and discovery as Black reckons with the platoon’s dark secrets, accumulated over endless hours fighting and dying in defense of an indefensible piece of land. The Valley is a riveting tour de force that changes our understanding of the men who fight our wars and announces John Renehan as one of the great American storytellers of our time.
The Mission in the Valley
Author: Francis J. Weber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
San Fernando Rey
Author: Zephyrin Engelhardt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Mission Valley East Transit Improvement Project, Between I-15 in Mission Valley and the East County Community of La Mesa, San Diego County
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 900
Book Description
San Fernando Rey, the mission of the valley
Author: Zephyrin Engelhardt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
My Valley
Author: Claude Ponti
Publisher: Elsewhere Editions
ISBN: 0914671634
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In My Valley, Claude Ponti leads us on a journey through an enchanted world inhabited by "Touims" (tiny, adorable, monkey-like creatures), secret tree dwellings, flying buildings, and sad giants. Clever language and beautifully detailed maps of imaginary landscapes will delight children and adults alike. Ponti himself has said, "My stories are like fairytales, always situated in the marvelous, speaking to the interior life and emotions of children. That way each child can get what they want out of the images: the characters and dreams are their own."
Publisher: Elsewhere Editions
ISBN: 0914671634
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In My Valley, Claude Ponti leads us on a journey through an enchanted world inhabited by "Touims" (tiny, adorable, monkey-like creatures), secret tree dwellings, flying buildings, and sad giants. Clever language and beautifully detailed maps of imaginary landscapes will delight children and adults alike. Ponti himself has said, "My stories are like fairytales, always situated in the marvelous, speaking to the interior life and emotions of children. That way each child can get what they want out of the images: the characters and dreams are their own."
San Diego River (Mission Valley), California
Author: United States. Engineers Corps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Review Report on Survey for Flood Control San Diego River, (Mission Valley) California
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Homeless Resource Directory
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homeless persons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homeless persons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
San Diego River (Mission Valley).
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles District
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description