«OK, Joe» Louis Guilloux Book Description"OK, Joe!" the American lieutenant calls out to his driver. He hops into his jeep and heads out through French countryside just liberated from the Nazis. With him is the narrator of this novel, Louis, a Frenchman engaged by the American Army as an interpreter. Louis serves a group of American officers charged with bringing GIs to account for crimes--including rape and murder--against French citizens. The friendly banter of the American soldiers and the beautiful Breton landscape stand in contrast to Louis"s task and his growing awareness of the moral failings of the Americans sent to liberate France. For not only must Louis translate the accounts of horrific crimes, he comes to realize that the accused men are almost all African American. Based on diaries that the author kept during his service as a translator for the U.S. Army in the aftermath of D-Day, OK, Joe follows Louis and the Americans as they negotiate with witnesses, investigate the crimes, and stage the courts-martial. Guilloux has an uncanny ear for the snappy speech of the GIs and a tenderness for the young, unworldly men with whom he spends his days, and, in evocative vignettes and dialogues, he sketches the complex intersection of hope and disillusionmentthat prevailed after the war. Although the American presence in France has been romanticized in countless books and movies, OK, Joe offers something exceedingly rare: a penetrating French perspective on post-D-Day GI culture, a chronicle of trenchant racism and lost ideals. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге OK, Joe (Louis Guilloux). Напишите свою рецензию о книге Louis Guilloux «OK, Joe» https://izbe.ru/book/454462-ok-joe-louis-guilloux/

«Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series)» Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn Going Long is the most comprehensive guide to racing long-course triathlons ever written. Combining science with personal experience, Friel and Byrn prepare every triathlete, from the working age-grouper to the podium contender, for success in triathlon’s ultimate endurance event. Sport-specific chapters outline training for each triathlon discipline and describe drills to improve form and efficiency. A newly expanded section on training the mind explores the all-important psychological aspects of racing, including goal-setting and visualisation. A detailed appendix includes key training sessions, workout examples, and strength training progressions. Going Long has long been the best-selling book on the subject of training for the long course. With expanded content and a new, two-colour format, this second edition is once again the premier sourcebook for triathletes who are serious about succeeding in the long-course distance. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series) (Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn). Напишите свою рецензию о книге Joe Friel, Gordon Byrn «Going Long: Training for Ironman-Distance Triathlons (Ultrafit Multisport Training Series)» https://izbe.ru/book/363219-going-long-training-for-ironman-distance-triathlons-ultrafit-multisport-training-series-joe-friel-gordon-byrn/