* A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah, Douglas & McIntrye, 229 p., $26.95. Blurb: "A long way gone is a wrenching, beautiful, and mesmerizing tale. Beah's amazing saga provides a haunting lesson about how gentle folks can be capable of great brutalities as well as goodness and courage. It will leave you breathless."–Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin
* A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah, Douglas & McIntrye, 229 p., $26.95. Blurb: "A long way gone is a wrenching, beautiful, and mesmerizing tale. Beah's amazing saga provides a haunting lesson about how gentle folks can be capable of great brutalities as well as goodness and courage. It will leave you breathless."–Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin