MORE THAN HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD!The classic adventure story that inspired the new major motion picture The Way Back; directed by Peter Weir***In 1941; the author and six fellow prisoners of war escaped a Soviet labor camp in Yakutsk—a camp where enduring hunger; cold; untended wounds; and untreated illnesses; and avoiding daily executions were everyday feats. Their march—over thousands of miles by foot—out of Siberia; through China; the Gobi Desert; Tibet; and over the Himalayas to British India is a remarkable statement about man’s desire to be free. Guaranteed to forever stay in the reader's mind; The Long Walk will remain a testament to the strength of the human spirit; and the universal desire for freedom and dignity. “I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom; and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves.â€â€”Slavomir Rawicz***Six-time Academy Award–nominee Peter Weir (Master and Commander; The Truman Show; and The Dead Poets Society) recently directed The Way Back; a much-anticipated film based on The Long Walk. Starring Colin Farrell; Jim Sturgess; and Ed Harris.
#680703 in Books 2016-11-07Original language:English 8.90 x .80 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 1597143707368 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. is the perfect person to write this combination history and tell-all book ...By A. LuederThe author; given his history as a BART employee with key access to the major players and behind the scenes activity of BART; is the perfect person to write this combination history and tell-all book about the San Francisco Bay Area's highly dysfunctional; yet desperately needed; public transport system. Michael Healy provides abundant detail around key decisions and events during BART's history; but also has an engaging writing style that makes this book a real page turner; rather than a dry book of statistics and dates. His telling of the internal mole hunt around a group of whistle-blowing engineers is really like a well-crafted mystery tale that had me on the edge of my seat. But he also highlights some lighter moments; such as his unorthodox decision to hire Henny Youngman (Take my BART - please!) as a spokesman. And his retelling of the many (literally) backroom deals that created BART is riveting; especially where he shows how close BART was to never existing due to political machinations. But most of all; the author shows how many of the problems plaguing BART today (technical problems; poor management; union issues; arrogance leading to poor planning (no redundancies built into the system because the initial engineers boasted of an ongoing 0% failure level!) have their origins in the heady mishmash of personalities; technologies; and ego that came together 50 years ago.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Enjoyable train bookBy Ira GrossmanMichael C. Healey has written a very enjoyable; entertaining; and engaging book that I consider a pioneering work discussing the history of the Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART’s commuter train system. Healey; BART’s former media affairs manager and official spokesman; is a great story teller and showed that even a passenger train that will turn forty-five this September has a story to tell. I have grown up riding BART; so this book brings back many childhood memories as well as introduces me to brand new facts I have never known before. A partly autobiographical book in which he mentions himself in the first person and details his career as a BART employee makes this book especially entertaining to read.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. 2017By Reed H. StuveThis book gives a good description of the trials and difficulties that a transit system has in order to survive. The author does show a engaging writing style and familiarity with his subject (being head of media relations) does help. It is a fine addition to a library of mass transit systems. It is primarily about the operations and politics that happened behind the scenes. He does touch on most of the problems and people that influenced this emerging system.
