Last Hope: The Blood Chit Story (Schiffer Military History)

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Last Hope is the story of the often heroic by governments to provide their aerial warriors with the tools to evade capture when forced down in enemy controlled territory, as told by the most visible and visually stunning artifact of this effort, the Blood Chit. Illustrated with the most comprehensive collection of color photographs of Blood Chits and related evasion aids ever assembled, it provides readers an unparalleled opportunity to discover the beauty and variety of these lifesaving artifacts of war. In addition to Blood Chits, a number of the beautiful theater-made souvenir patches in the form of Blood Chits are also illustrated. This definitive history of Blood Chits from their infancy at the dawn of the air age through their maturity at the close of World War II was compiled from accounts provided by more than fifty veteran airmen and intelligence officers from around the world, and from more than seventy formerly classified government documents. Last Hope is a thoroughly annotated and fully illustrated journey into the secretive world of air crew evasion and escape aides for the casual reader and serious researcher alike, and is a valuable resource for the military and aviation enthusiast, collector, researcher, and museum curator., over 240 color and b/w photographs, 8 1/2" x 11"

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Tremendous reference book.......2003-10-23

As someone who has collected edged weapons, medals, and sundry militaria, this ranks as one of the best reference books that I have come across. The images are fantastic, and the text is well-written to boot! The author describes the history of the blood chit and documents the chits used by the Allies during WW2. A very good resource for the collector and an interesting coffee table book for those who aren't militaria collectors at heart.

EXCELLENT MONOGRAPH.......2003-05-07

Lost Hope is an excellent account of the history, development and vagrancies of the different aviation survival chits used by the allied air forces during World War Two. The book is exceptionally well written and jammed full of factual information, aviation accounts, chit construction materials, chit styles, stamps and issue numbers. The colour photographs are superb with very high detail. There is a lot of information as well as photographs. If you are a collector of chits, or are interested in their development and history, then this book is a definitive account. I highly recommend this book.

The Definitive Chit Book.......2000-04-07

Mr. Baldwin is by far the most knowledgable authority when it comes to Blood Chits and Escape and Evasion kits.

More than just a great reference "Last Hope" is a must have for collectors of Blood Chits and other WWII CBI militaria.

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One Blood traces both the life of the famous black surgeon and blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew and the well-known legend about his death. On April 1, 1950, Drew died after an auto accident in rural North Carolina. Within hours, rumors spread: the man who helped create the first American Red Cross blood bank had bled to death because a whites-only hospital refused to treat him. Drew was in fact treated in the emergency room of the small, segregated Alamance General Hospital. Two white surgeons worked hard to save him, but he died after about an hour. In her compelling chronicle of Drew's life and death, Spencie Love shows that in a generic sense, the Drew legend is true: throughout the segregated era, African Americans were turned away at hospital doors, either because the hospitals were whites-only or because the 'black beds' were full. Love describes the fate of a young black World War II veteran who died after being turned away from Duke Hospital following an auto accident that occurred in the same year and the same county as Drew's. African Americans are shown to have figuratively 'bled to death' at white hands from the time they were first brought to this country as slaves. By preserving their own stories, Love says, they have proven the enduring value of oral history.

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Great insight into Dr. Drew and the "refused treatment" controversy...........2007-05-17

This is an excellent story on both Charles Drew and the power of myth in the African American community. I too grew up on the story of Charles Drew being refused treatment at a segregated hospital. Given the history of African Americans and the medical establishment, this was easy to believe, especially by those living under the oppressiveness of Jim Crow. For example, the sad story of WW II veteran Maltheus Avery being turned away by Duke University Hospital shows us why the Dr. Drew hospitalization refusal story took on a life of its own.

The book also gave me some additional insight into just who Dr. Drew was as a man and as a physician. He truly was an outstanding man who exemplified manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. If I'm not mistaken, there is no comprehensive biography of Dr. Drew that has been written outside of the dozens of children's books about him. That's very surprising to me, given his accomplishments and his legendary status in medical circles and in the African American community.

I applaud Ms. Love for writing a truly fascinating story that needed to be told, both of Dr. Drew and the stories that surrounded his death. This is non-fiction writing at its best.

Performs a needed service.......2004-03-22

Too often, what passes as "Black History" to the public on radio shows, the internet, etc. consists of myths and conspiracy theories as the "Willie Lynch Letter," The first president being Black, African-Americans being descended from Ancient Egyptians, ad nauseum. Spencie Love performs a well-needed service by debunking one of the most common (albeit one of the more plausible) of these myths-the idea that Black blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew bled to death because he was refused admission to a segregated hospital. Fact was, as she carefully demonstrates, this actually happened to another Black person named Maltheus Avery around the same time while Dr. Drew was treated responsibly at the time of this death.

As a Black scholar, I have long decried the use of fabrication in the telling of Black history as something a people starved for true knowledge could ill-afford. Thank you Miss Love for showing people that REAL history does matter.

Someone at Amazon Needs to Check The Ingram Review Here!!!.......2003-07-23

I decided to look up the Amazon site for Spencie Love's book "One Blood," because I recently wrote a review of Phillip Roth's "The Human Stain, where I point out the erroneous information provided by a character about the death of Dr. Charles Drew. The character claimed that Drew bled to death because he was refused admission to a Caucasian hospital due to his race. Lo and behold I look up this Amazon site and read the Ingram review of "One Blood," only to discover that it too, has erroneous information. The review claims that Drew was refused admission to one hospital, then treated in the emergency room of a segregated hospital, after which he bled to death. Apparently, the reviewer didn't read Love's book either. That's not what she describes as happening. Drew was IMMEDIATELY admitted to the emergency room of Allamance County Hospital in Allamance County, North Carolina, where doctors couldn't save him because he was entirely too injured to be saved. Love makes this VERY CLEAR in the book. The Ingram review implies that first Drew was taken to one hospital and refused admission, then taken to a "segregated" facility where he was treated, but couldn't be saved. No!!! This is not what Love says happened. In the book she describes how it was JUST ONE HOSPITAL ALL ALONG where Drew was taken and treated. Part of the point of her book is to correct the long held fallacy that Drew bled to death due to the refusal of a hospital to admit him. Please someone at Amazon, GET THE BOOK. Then read what she wrote. Then post my review of Roth's novel, where I express my dismay that Roth got away with furthering a myth that is still well entrenched among those who should research such matters before commenting about them (or having characters comment about them).

Readable history.......1999-02-10

This wonderful book not only includes accurate, scholarly historical research, it tells a gripping story of two fine black families and their experience with health care for African-Americans in our society. Very readable.

A magical synthesis of African American history and myth........1998-12-27

Spencie Love has written one of the few genuinely biracial explorations of the history of black-white relations in the United States. She uses the story of Charles Drew to illustrate the ways in which white Americans have misunderstood and distorted the contributions of black Americans to their shared culture--whether science, politics, education, medicine, or daily life. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW called this a "superb book" and their review was spot on.

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UNBIASED, BRILLIANT, UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE
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Too bad this book is out of print

Of Blood and Hope
Samuel Pisar
Manufacturer: MacMillan Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback

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UNBIASED, BRILLIANT, UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE.......2005-05-19

My father, a survivor of the death camps (Auschwitz, Buchenwald), proclaimed this biography as the most accurate he has read. Having read countless stories, my father found Pisar's portrayal of not only what happened in the camps, but their effect on survivors both during and after the war as honest and true reflections of his experience.

Although portions of the subject matter (Soviet Union) are now outdated, the political discussion, and underlying philosophies remain as applicable as ever in the dynamic of 2005.

Some books should never go out of print.

A Must Read.......2003-07-14

"The story that Anne Frank might have written if she had lived", wrote Philadelphia Inquirer when this book was published.

One of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz death camp, world-renowned international lawyer Samuel Pisar talks in this book about the tragedies and historic events that he witnessed himself: Second World War, Holocaust and nuclear arm race between USA and the Soviet Union. This book was written around 1979. However, the tragic events of September 11, 2001 make this book as timely as ever. I highly recommend this book.

Anton Krylov
New York

Too bad this book is out of print.......2000-09-30

I was listening to a radio interview with Samuel Pisar in the very early 1980's. He was a very impressive individual who had quite a story to tell about himself. From growing up as a young boy in Poland in a upper middle class family, to losing all his loved ones and surviving by his wits in the death camps in Nazi Europe and rebuilding his broken life to become an international lawyer whose influence was greatly felt in the 60's and 70's.

The first two thirds of this book is autobiographical and emotional reading. I could tell Pisar had to revisit past demons to cleanse his soul for himself and his family. It is compelling reading.

The final third addresses American/Soviet relations which does not have as much meaning today, but still offers an insight to preglasnost USSR and how one very smart man was looking at our world.

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Poems of Ireland and solstice.......2002-03-20

There are wonderful images in these poems, images of cold and light and winter. But my favorite of all was "Athena at Taffee's Bar". Here's a small quote: "I unfold like an eaglet from a white shell half its size. I let my war cry clatter the bottles on the shelf." Here's another quote from a Christmas poem: "The solstice moon rides within a ring of ice gleaming blue silver, blood silver, silver mist silver. The snow is blue; cobalt silver on the moon-struck mountain."

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Dr Who: Blood and Hope (Doctor Who)
Iain McLaughlin
Manufacturer: Springer
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For Gold and Blood (Hopes and Dreams, the Chinese)

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For Gold and Blood (Hopes and Dreams, the Chinese)
Tana Reiff
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The devotional Bible over 1 million men have turned to
Devotions written by and for today’s Christian man
A full year of inspiration and spiritual growth
In the most read, most trusted NIV translation

A Bible for, by, and about today’s man

Whether you’re a father or grandfather, singled or married, the NIV Men’s Devotional Bible is written for you. Fifty-two weeks of devotions—an entire year of insight and perspectives from over 100 contributors from all ages and walks of life—will challenge you, deepen your understanding of God, and help you serve him more faithfully. The topics are broad, the issues important: Commitment. Friendship. Money. Anger. Disappointment. Fatherhood. Stress. Integrity. Servanthood. Work. Worship. Day by day, the NIV Men’s Devotional Bible challenges you to be a man of courage and vision, giving you the tools to develop a powerful and productive life of faith in Christ.

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A full year of weekday and weekend devotions located near the designated Scripture provides spiritual growth and inspiration

Devotional material written for men by over 100 well-known Christian men, including:
Tom Landry, Billy Graham, Charles Stanley, Phillip Yancey, Chuck Swindoll, Ben Carson, Charles Colson, and James Dobson

Subject index offers easy access to topics addressed in the devotions

Author index with biographical information about each contributor

Book introductions provide background and perspective on the Biblical narrative

Double-column format

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An entire year of devotions that challenge you to deepen your faith

What kind of man would you like to be? Do you ever wish you had a wise mentor to be with you in the trenches, offering fresh perspective on the challenges you face at home, at work, and in the community? The NIV Men’s Devotional Bible is a spiritual resource and daily compassion, offering you a higher perspective on the issues you grapple with in a down-to-earth world.

Fifty-two weeks of devotions take you through one year, increasing your understanding of how God works in your life and what he wants to accomplish through you. Each weekday you’ll read a brief devotional message together with a nearby Scripture passage. When the week is over, the “Weekending” feature combines a short reflective devotion with Scripture readings for Saturday and Sunday. Topics are wide and varied, offering fresh perspective from a variety of Christian men who have dealt with the issues you face every day. You’ll discover the treasure of biblical insight that bring today’s troubles and triumphs into eternal perspective.

NIV Men’s Devotional Bible draws on the rich insights of over 100 contributors of all ages, from all walks of life. You’ll sit down with such classic writers as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis, and A.W. Tozer. And you’ll savor the contemporary insight of Charles Colson, James Dobson, Chuck Swindoll, Ben Carson, Dave Dravecky, Charles Stanley, Bill Hybels, Tom Landry, Philip Yancey, and many others. Day by day, they’ll help you see what it means to be a man of God.

Topics cover the issues every godly man wrestles with, from dealing with anger to managing money to building strong relationships. You’ll learn to see the ways God works in your life through family, career and community, in failure and success, and through all the season of life. You’ll discover insights that will impact your life, deepen your understandings of God and give you the wisdom you need to live with courage and vision, no matter what your circumstances. The NIV Men’s Devotional Bible is designed for you—a Bible for, by, and about today’s man.

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Quite pleased!.......2006-12-22

I ordered this for my husband for Christmas and I am quite pleased. The bible is beautifully presented in hardcover and the cover is of a rowboat on a lake in shades of tan. It's a very contemporary presentation and I think it's welcoming to men, particularly those who may be new to the faith. I think he'll love it.

The NIV text is great as it's very understandable. The daily devotions are outstanding. There is one for every day of the year. They are written not only by ministers/pastors, but also Christian surgeons, athletes, accountants, writers, teachers, etc. They give personal, but Godly, perspectives on all aspects of a man's life. They address issues specific to those striving to be real Christian men in this world. (This is the 1995 publication, but I still think it's wonderful. After reading through his, I'm going to get the Women's Devotional Bible!)

The only thing missing for me is that I wish there was space after the devotions for the reader to make personal notes/reflections. However, that's a minor thing because you can always make notations in the margins if you wish.

Decent bible for a small price.......2006-03-14

I wouldn't consider this a fantastic or a keepsake bible, but it is practical and has some good reflections for men in it. The index is very lacking in functionality and completeness. If you are looking for something basic, this is good.

Excellent devotional Bible.......2005-10-01

The New International Version Bible has been my personal favorite translation for nearly twenty years. And this Men's Devotional Bible is, perhaps, my favorite edition of the NIV Bible. In addition to the Word of God to guide one's daily walk with Christ, this Bible contains many great devotions to help draw a man closer to God. This Bible is loaded with writings from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis and St. Francis of Assisi, as well as contemporary writings by Charles Colson, Billy Graham and Chuck Swindoll, to name a few. There are also some great devotions by professional athletes such as Dave Dravecky, Orel Herschiser, Mike Singletary and Reggie White. Also included are author biographies of the devotional writers and a subject index. Altogether, the NIV Men's Devotinal Bible is a great devotional Bible for men to help them become better husbands and fathers in addition to growing closer to God.

A wonderful resource.......2005-01-06

In the summer of 1994 I received the original hardcover version of the NIV Men's Devotional Bible through a book club. I hadn't intended to use it myself, rather I thought that it might make a nice gift for a friend. After I started going through the daily readings and the accompanying devotions, I decided to keep it for myself. Although I've been a Christian for many years, I've always found it to be beyond my level of self-discipline to continually practice the habit of daily Bible readings; using this Bible, I changed that. Although it still took me nearly two years to read through the one year of devotional readings, for me that was infinitely better than any other daily devotional books or Bibles, none of which I have ever finished. Since that time, I am now going through it for the third time.

I can't say enough about how this edition of the Bible has changed my life. The Bible will change anyone's life, if that person is willing to read it and meditate on what it says. This Bible edition, for the first time, helped me to do that on a daily basis. Since I started reading it, I have given it as a gift to nearly every male friend of mine, always in the hope that they will gain from it some of what I've received.

If you'd like a good taste of some of the better devotionals, and if it's possible either to find them on-line or at your local bookstore (Walmart used to carry it, even), I'd especially recommend looking at the devotions in Song of Songs (aka "Song of Solomon"). The beauty of the devotional writings is their depth and breadth, which is incredibly diverse. While there have been some readings which did little to challenge or encourage me, I'm more impressed by how many actually did.

The best recommendation that I can give for this book is this: Any male Christian who uses this Bible as a devotional tool, reading and meditating on the daily Scripture readings, will grow to know, love, and obey God in a deeper sense. I believe that those who know me would agree that God has used this in my life to make me more loving and sensitive, as well as more assertive and outspoken about my faith.

Great Devotional Tool.......2002-03-28

I have truly enjoyed this devotional bible. It has such "real world" devotional applications in it. This is my working bible as I have underlined and hi-lited many of the verses that applied to my particular need at the time of my reading. This particular bible has fueled my desire to further my personal growth in God's word. What an asset it has become in my life.

Men's Devotional Journal: from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible

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Men's Devotional Journal: from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible
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Includes a full year of daily devotions written by and for godly men and includes specific thought-provoking questions paired with NIV Scriptures.

God's Words of Life from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible

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God's Words of Life from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible
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Part of the popular God's Words of Life series, this gift book features uplifting devotions taken from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible paired with Scripture from the New International Version to inspire and motivate men.

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Holy Bible: Niv Men's Devotional New Testament With Psalms and Proverbs With Daily Devotions from Godly Men/Forest Green Bonded Leather

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Holy Bible: Niv Men's Devotional New Testament With Psalms and Proverbs With Daily Devotions from Godly Men/Forest Green Bonded Leather

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Holy Bible: Niv Men's Devotional New Testmanet With Psalms and Proverbs With Daily Devotions from Godly Men/Burgundy Bonded Leather

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Holy Bible: Niv Men's Devotional New Testmanet With Psalms and Proverbs With Daily Devotions from Godly Men/Burgundy Bonded Leather

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God's Words of Life from the NIV Men's Devotional Bible
Zondervan
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Binding: Paperback
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Inspirio
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Binding: Leather Bound
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