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  Today's Publisher's Pride is  A View through the Fog  by Bob McGee , which reached #9 in bridge engineering. Book description: A View through the Fog  is compelling, poignant, and packed with both moving and hilarious anecdotes. All human life (and death) is here. With his own distinct voice, McGee opens the door on the dizzying world of the Golden Gate Bridge-the beauty of both nature and the bridge itself, the camaraderie and friction with colleagues, and the devastating tragedies of suicide jumpers. He brings an entire community to the page with a thought-provoking and richly detailed memoir that will resonate with many readers. The motive for his writing this book is love of his subject. He paints this world he knows in a way that gives readers the feeling they are on the Bridge with him. From review by Kevin Hines: "Read one of the most well written books of the past decade, maybe longer!  Much like the Golden Gate Bridge is an art deco masterpiece, Bob M...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  A View through the Fog  by Bob McGee , which reached #9 in bridge engineering. Book description: A View through the Fog  is compelling, poignant, and packed with both moving and hilarious anecdotes. All human life (and death) is here. With his own distinct voice, McGee opens the door on the dizzying world of the Golden Gate Bridge-the beauty of both nature and the bridge itself, the camaraderie and friction with colleagues, and the devastating tragedies of suicide jumpers. He brings an entire community to the page with a thought-provoking and richly detailed memoir that will resonate with many readers. The motive for his writing this book is love of his subject. He paints this world he knows in a way that gives readers the feeling they are on the Bridge with him. From review by Kevin Hines: "Read one of the most well written books of the past decade, maybe longer!  Much like the Golden Gate Bridge is an art deco masterpiece, Bob M...

  Today's Publisher's Pride is  A View through the Fog  by Bob McGee , which reached #9 in bridge engineering. Book description: A View through the Fog  is compelling, poignant, and packed with both moving and hilarious anecdotes. All human life (and death) is here. With his own distinct voice, McGee opens the door on the dizzying world of the Golden Gate Bridge-the beauty of both nature and the bridge itself, the camaraderie and friction with colleagues, and the devastating tragedies of suicide jumpers. He brings an entire community to the page with a thought-provoking and richly detailed memoir that will resonate with many readers. The motive for his writing this book is love of his subject. He paints this world he knows in a way that gives readers the feeling they are on the Bridge with him. From review by Kevin Hines: "Read one of the most well written books of the past decade, maybe longer!  Much like the Golden Gate Bridge is an art deco masterpiece, Bob M...

Excerpt from   Heart to Heart Resuscitation: A Memoir  by Victor Montgomery III --  Author’s Note It is a little-known fact, going back to the First World War in 1914, even the toughest of the tough, the ‘true grit’ combat warrior decorated for bravery and valor, over time, can finally succumb to lying on a field hospital cot in the fetal position, with nothing left to give.  Wherever the war or conflict is fought, be it in the sandy arid deserts, jungles and mangrove swamps of Vietnam, the mountains, forests and woodlands of Korea, or the amphibious landings on the islands of the Pacific; it does not change the enormity of the human cruelty and tragic events seen and experienced that is beyond many veteran’s abilities to cope. Over the years of fire fights, mortar attacks, roadside explosives and sniper fire in Iraq and Afghanistan, and after multiple deployments, sleepless nights witnessing unrelenting carnage, loss of buddies- eventually takes its toll. Many ...