St. Lukers
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia, USA is fortunate to have a congregation of talented individuals of diverse interests and accomplishments. Below is a list of some of the books they have written and the music they have performed.
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Books
The Achille Lauro Hijacking: Lessons in the Politics and Prejudice of Terrorism
by Michael K. Bohn. Bohn, who directed the White House situation room under Reagan, relates the harrowing tale of one of the most spectacular terrorist acts of the 1980s and its aftermath.
Captive of the Rising Sun: The Pow Memoirs of Rear Admiral Donald T. Giles, USN
by Donald T. Giles, Jr. (Editor). Captive is based on a memoir written by Giles and discovered after his death by his son. The book is one of the most cogent accounts ever published of the fall of Guam and the ensuing four years of brutality. It commemorates all personnel – including civilians – who died or were captured on Guam and contains exhaustive annotation of incidents prior to, during and after their surrender to the Japanese.
Dear Captain, et al.: The Agonies and the Ecstasies of War and Memory, a Memoir from World War II
by Allan Wilford Howerton. Dear Captain, et al. interposes a hardboiled war memoir and a tender love story. A faithful re–creation of World War II infantry combat from original source records; as powerful as a raging storm and as sensitive as a heartache. Beautifully and passionately written with a touch of irony. Scores of interesting characters. Transports readers to the war and its era with verve, yearning, humor, and strength.
Money Golf: 600 Years of Bettin' on Birdies
by Michael K. Bohn. Money Golf is the first book that tells the complete story of golf's unique association with wagering and how that relationship evolved. It features anecdotes from fifteenth–century Scots to Tiger Woods and all the smooth–swinging flatbellies, movie stars, athletes, politicians, women golfers, Joe Six&ndashPacks, hustlers, and sharks in between. It also serves as a primer for novice golf bettors, providing explanations of Calcuttas (betting auctions), odds–making, on–course games, and the art and history of golf hustling.
Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room
by Michael K. Bohn. Includes dozens of personal reminiscences and anecdotes from presidents, national security advisors, and other officials connected with the Situation Room. Provides an insider's account of how the Situation Room functions and serves the president and his advisors during crises. Recounts the part played by the Situation Room in such pivotal events as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the war on terrorism.
Sojourns of a Patriot: The Field and Prison Papers of an Unreconstructed Confederate
by Richard Bender Abell (Editor). Confederate Corporal A. P Adamson of the 30th Georgia Infantry fought in some of the major actions of the Civil War including Chickamauga and the siege of Vicksburg and, after his capture, endured imprisonment at Rock Island, Illinois and Point Lookout, Maryland. His diary and letters, carefully edited with commentary, reveal a keen insight into the military, political, and social scenes of a war–torn country.
by Allan Wilford Howerton. Within this beautifully written, brainy, and often witty love story, are a plethora of pensive observations about war and its repercussions, love and its consequences, writing and its perils, and death and its regenerations. "War's Wake" offers readers a view of "the greatest generation" myth through the fractured light of a rather different prism.
Music
by Ben Wilmot; The Orchard; Audio CD, March 29, 2000.
by Ben Wilmot; Artist One–Stop; Audio CD, September 2, 2003.