Filling a Soldier's Bookshelf in Afghanistan
The Alibris online bookstore has started a “buy a book for a soldier” program after receiving a request from a U.S. sergeant in Afghanistan.

The fascinating wishlist compiled by Marine Sergeant Ryan McGeeney includes Dante’s “Inferno,” Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five,” Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22,” the “Disaster Survival Handbook,” “Where Women Have No Doctor: A Health Guide for Women,” several Star Wars books, Maya Angelou, Dave Barry, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Sue Grafton and Hunter Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

There are 265 in all – and most have already been purchased. The full wishlist list is here.
- posted by Amy @ 4/24/2003 08:53:00 AM