
	Where results make sense

Topic: The Longest Day (book)

Related Topics

comic book

Domesday Book

Book of Mormon

Book of Revelations

Books of Kings

Books of Chronicles

Books of Samuel

The Jungle Book

Guinness Book of Records

Book of Genesis

Book of Judges

National Book Award

In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	The Longest Day (book) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Longest Day is a book by Cornelius Ryan published in 1959, telling the story of D-Day, the first day of the World War II invasion of Normandy.
		The book takes its name from a quote by Erwin Rommel: "...the first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive...the fate of Germany depends on the outcome...for the Allies, as well as Germany, it will be the longest day."
		The Longest Day is also the name of a 1962 film based on the book, starring Richard Burton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Longest_Day_(book) (130 words)

	The Longest Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Yet there is more: "The Longest Day" also shows the horror of the invasion from the point of view of the individual soldier, sailor, and airman, with great performances from a select group of world-class actors.
		One of the fine ironies of the day was the fact that Hitler had taken a sleeping pill and left orders not to be awakened; however, his direct order was needed to free up the German reserves that were very necessary to fend off the allied attack.
		Although "The Longest Day" somewhat lacks character development and the typical movie plot that follows the "plight of the hero", it still manages to involve the viewer in the cataclysmic events that surrounded D-Day.
	clioseye.sfasu.edu /longestday.htm (3024 words)

	The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day
		When his book was first published in 1959, it was tremendously successful, establishing many of the legends of D-day that endure in the public's mind.
		Here is a book that is a must for any follower of history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.
		Cornelius Ryan's "The Longest Day" is assembled as a mosaic of scenes occurring at both sides of the Channel and afterwards on France.
	www.literacyconnections.com /0_0671890913.html (840 words)

	The Longest Day (John's Book Pages) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rommel predicted that the day of the Allied landing on the continent would be "the longest day".
		Ryan's book tells the story of D-Day using anecdotes and reconstructed dialogue as well as statistics and description of tactics.
		Although The Longest Day is informative and engaging, its style of reporting has aged poorly and overuse of anecdotes sometimes reduces the impact of the events rather than enhancing it.
	books.regehr.org /reviews/longestday.html (103 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Longest Day at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a book as concise as Ryan's, only a brief glimpse into the planning and support necessary for a successful invasion is possible, but we do get a sense of the sheer size of this invasion, the most complicated ever.
		Re-reading The Longest Day from an adult perspective, as a father of a young son, I wept tears of sadness at the loss, in the prime of their lives, of so many young men, in so violent a fashion.
		P.S. A very interesting feature of Ryan's account is his listing of the many people he spoke to in writing the book, their ranks as of D-Day, and what they were doing when shortly before the book was published.
	www.epinions.com /content_28352876164 (1058 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Longest Day (Dr. Who Series) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The hardest thing about reviewing LONGEST DAY is that by the time I got to the end of the book, I'd already forgotten the events of the first half.
		Pacing, or the lack thereof, is probably the book's worst sin.
		The book did start of pretty strong - but by page six the first sign of trouble appeared - that being found in the second reference to Sam being in a wet T-shirt (OPTION LOCK has the bragging rights as to being the first).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0563405813?v=glance (1120 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Doctor Who: Longest Day (Doctor Who S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is probably the first book that kisses goodbye to the family Doctor and introduces a much darker mood to the series.
		The book is dark and violent with a number of hideous deaths, but is compelling all the same.
		It's a very depressing book, lots of horrible thngs happen and it all looks like it's going to turn out horribly, and indeed all is not well at the end of the book.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563405813 (1136 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Longest Day : The Classic Epic of D Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is the gold standard among military history books, the masterful story of D-Day, the first day of the Allies' climactic invasion of Normandy.
		Like his other books, this is a story told at every level, but concentrating on the faithful recollections of the actual participants in the action.
		The early tragic days of war, like Germany's 'blitzkrieg' (lightning war) assault on France were tempered by the minor miracles such as the dramatic Allied escape at Dunkirk.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0671890913 (1786 words)

	The Longest Day biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Longest Day was made into a 180 minute 1962 war film, based on the 1959 book by Ryan.
		The movie was adapted by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Cornelius Ryan and Jack Seddon from the Ryan book.
		The Longest Day is the name of a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill which simulates the D-Day invasion and subsequent Normandy breakout.
	the-longest-day.biography.ms (270 words)

	The Longest Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was written in ancient times to ancient people, so it uses the figures of speech of that day, and we should not impose modern scientific standards on them.
		For example, skeptics may say that "the sun rises," but we know scientifically that it doesn't, and in fact those skeptics are just using the common everyday language of our modern culture.
		It is also interesting that not only was this event mentioned in the Book of Joshua, but it is also recorded in the legends of Greece, Egypt, and many other ancient nations.
	www.biblegems.org /Gem377.htm (332 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Longest Day: June 6th, 1944 (Wordsworth Military Library) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In interviews with survivors, from the highest-ranking officers of both sides, the airborne troops who opened the Battle of Normandy before dawn, the poor bloody infantry who waded ashore against the devastating fire of the defending Germans to the defenders themselves, "The Longest Day" captures the horror and the glory of D-Day.
		His research is so obviously exhaustive to the point of pedantry, but never once do you detect the quest for accuracy getting in the way of the story.
		It was extremely good the way it showed both sides of the fight and it tells stories from the average soldier all the way upto General D. Eisenhower and Field-Marshal E. Rommel.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1840222123 (1360 words)

	eBay - Book: The Longest Day (ISBN: 0671890913) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This classic bestseller--back in print to coincide with the 50th anniversary of D-Day--offers a brilliant, authentic, gripping account of the hours that preceded and followed the Allied invasion of Normandy.
		Harvest Book Co The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan (1994)
		Longest Day- The Classic Epic of D Day
	product.ebay.com /The-Longest-Day_W0QQfvcsZ1388QQsoprZ293621 (447 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Politics \| Special Reports \| The longest day
		Tony Blair broke the deadlock to end parliament's longest and sometimes rowdiest sitting for 99 years when he offered the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats a deal in which his controversial terror laws will be fully re-examined, and possibly repealed in a year's time.
		With MPs and peers forced to sit right through Thursday night and into Friday afternoon, repeatedly throwing the bill back and forth between two houses, it appeared at one point as if Mr Blair was going to take his fight for his terror laws into the weekend.
		As he left the London court he said he was not happy with the bail conditions and said Britain was breaching his human rights: "In the media they say Syria does not respect human rights...
	politics.guardian.co.uk /attacks/story/0,1320,1436086,00.html (867 words)

	Longest Day, Longest Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We're celebrating the year's longest day with a list of our longest books.
		Turow is a master at using the length of his books (in this case, 564 pages) as a plot device in itself -- he lulls his readers almost to sleep, causing them to miss the significance of his subtly-placed clues.
		Much of this book's 531 pages is accounted for by personal information about Jo Beth's life.
	www.mysteryguide.com /season98-6.html (683 words)

	The Longest Day
		As source material, he turned to Cornelius Ryan's book, The Longest Day, which had become a bestseller and was widely regarded as the best, minute-by-minute account of the battle.
		Zanuck oversaw every aspect of the production and when it was completed, he had spent $10 million on the film, making it the most expensive fl and white movie of the time.
		The Longest Day is a terrific, living history lesson, a moving document of a momentous day…
	www.johndclare.net /wwii9_review.htm (416 words)

	The Longest Day
		The movie does indeed take in many important persectives of the D Day ladings, but in doing so the plot reads more like a documentary than a narrative, and as such it fails to really grab attention.
		"The Longest Day" is a telling of the invasion of Normandy that depicts the horror of war, the viewpoints of the leaders and the grunts, the chaos inherent in battle, the fog of war and, especially, the complexity of an operation of this scale.
		So set aside about three hours to watch it this Memorial Day and realize what the Greatest Generation had to overcome to liberate a continent.
	www.domesticmuscle.com /books/isbnB00005PJ8S.html (627 words)

	Diary of a Delusional Dustmote: the longest day
		Diary of a Delusional Dustmote: the longest day
		Besides the inauspicious beginning, the day is pretty much humdrum til about 2, when it gets really, really humdrum.
		So I bought the book anyway, on the off chance that Clinton might stay a little longer and sign non-ticket holders’ books.
	delusionaldustmote.blogspot.com /2004/06/longest-day.html (655 words)

	The Longest Day: June 6th, 1944 (Wordsworth Military Library) — Compare Product Prices & Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Book / The Longest Day: June 6th, 1944 (Wordsworth Military Library)
		I first read this many years ago (it's an old book (1959)), but prodded by the 60th anniversary celebrations, I bought another copy and re-read it.
		I wrote a review of another Cornelius Ryan book, "A Bridge Too Far" in 2000 and I'm going to unashamedly plunder my own review for the purposes of "The Longest Day"...
	www.onlinereviewers.co.uk /store/asinsearch_1840222123 (348 words)

	The Longest Day
		With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and fl.
		His book was a minor revelation, 20 or so years on Joseph Pearce has written a follow up book.
		and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are, one equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate, but strong in will.
	thelongestday.blogspot.com (9206 words)

	'The Longest Day' - Jun. 06, 2004
		IN HIS book "The Longest Day," Cornelius Ryan writes about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel inspecting German defenses on the beaches of northern France in 1943.
		The first, "The Longest Day," in fl and white, featured a multitude of big name stars like Robert Mitchum, John Wayne and Henry Fonda, while the second, in color, "Saving Private Ryan" starring Tom Hanks, won an Academy Award for its director.
		Today, leaders from most of the nations which participated in Operation Overlord (code name for the invasion of Europe) are gathering on the beaches of Normandy in France to commemorate one of the most crucial engagements of the 20th century.
	www.inq7.net /opi/2004/jun/06/opi_rjfarolan-1.htm (891 words)

	The Longest Day - VHS Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Each day is another page, each week another chapter and an expert narrator can make all the difference.
		From the German high command and front-line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate as possible.
		Cornelius Ryan, who wrote a book by the same title, was brought in to write the...
	www.markcarey.com /shopping/p/630305725X (1276 words)

	Longest Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Soon, Sam becomes stranded on the surface and the Doctor discovers what is the source of the temporal disturbances - just as its creators are returning to reclaim it...
		This is his first Doctor Who book and the first of the "Sam is Missing" arc.
		Longest Day is essentially a typical Doctor Who story driven by a neat idea: that of multiple time zones on one planet.
	www.msu.edu /~gobeski1/Longest.htm (611 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The focus of this book is purely on D-Day, together with the few days leading up to it.
		There is enough background to provide context; however, anyone looking for information about the broader war should not use this book as their primary source.
		One small criticism I have of the book is the lack of maps.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671890913?v=glance (2639 words)

	BIBLE STUDY MANUALS: JOSHUA CHAPTER 10: THE LONGEST DAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Many liberal scholars consider it a composite of the documents which supposedly underline the Pentateuch, but a strong case can be made for unity of composition by a single author (e.g., Gleason L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction.
		(4) Other parts of the book were clearly written after Joshua's death (cf.
		In light of these factors many evangelical scholars ascribe the book to Joshua himself as the main author with minor additions made by Eleazar the high priest and his son Phinehas."
	www.biblestudymanuals.net /joshua.htm (203 words)

	How Japan surrendered: Japan's Longest Day
		It was translated into English and published by Kondansha with the title Japan's Longest Day [JLD].
		This is still the authoritative book on the subject.
		The book cited in the article is available in English as Japan's Longest Day.
	www.warbirdforum.com /end.htm (989 words)

	longest day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Stephen Ambrose compared Longest Day with Saving Private Ryan in Dallas Morning News story:.
		In Private Ryan, you have to lean forward to hear what they're saying - and you lose a lot of it." Also, he says, when a soldier got shot in The Longest Day, he was dead.
		You don't ever see that in Zanuck." Another sight never seen in Longest Day is GIs shooting Germans coming out of dugouts with their hands up.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/filmnotes/longestday.html (787 words)

	BookkooB: Longest Day - Cornelius Ryan
		Above you will see a list of UK book stores, along with their stock and price details for Longest Day: June 6th, 1944 by Cornelius Ryan.
		To allow you to quickly compare prices, the stores are arranged in order of delivered price, cheapest first.
		Click on a store name to buy this book or to view further details.
	www.bookkoob.co.uk /book/0552085936.htm (179 words)

	The Longest Day - pictures and posters from the movie
		The Longest Day book by Cornelius Ryan, basis of the film
		The Longest Day VHS Tape, also available in widescreen
		The Longest Day: Music From the Classic War Films : compilation CD of themes from many classic WWII films.
	www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/posters/longest_day.html (187 words)

	Longest Day, The (2 Disc Special Edition) DVD. Discounted Cheap DVDs and DVD Discounts.
		Longest Day, The (2 Disc Special Edition) DVD.
		This site is not connected to any DVD retailers shops or publishers of Longest Day, The (2 Disc Special Edition) in any way.
		Links to other web sites are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute endorsement of material at the linked sites, their content or the services provided.
	www.dvds-uncovered.co.uk /offers/0/373.htm (253 words)

	Articles - The Longest Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Longest Day (book) published in 1959 by Cornelius Ryan
		The Longest Day (movie) is a 1962 war film based on Ryan's book
		The Longest Day (game) is a 1980 wargame by Avalon Hill
	www.mainearth.com /articles/The_Longest_Day (58 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)