1940 By Jay Neugeboren

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Title	:	1940
Author	:	Jay Neugeboren
ISBN	:	0976389568
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	284

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Jay Neugeboren traverses the Hitlerian tightrope with all the skill and formal daring that have made him one of the most honored writers of literary fiction and masterful nonfiction This new book is, at once, a beautifully realized work of imagined history, a rich and varied character study and a subtly layered novel of ideas, all wrapped in a propulsively readable story Jay Neugeboren traverses the Hitlerian tightrope with all the skill and formal daring that have made him one of the most honored writers...

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The Day After He Left for Iraq By Melissa Seligman

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Title	:	The Day After He Left for Iraq
Author	:	Melissa Seligman
ISBN	:	1602392943
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	288

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A stunning debut memoir sure to touch military families and all Americans.Melissa Seligman is something rare in the world of military families a military wife who is also a beautiful writer Here she describes her feelings as she watches her husband walk away from her and her newborn, knowing full well that he might not return from the war in Iraq She experiences saying g A stunning debut memoir sure to touch military families and all Americans.Melissa Seligman is something rare in the world of military fa...

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Dragon House By John Shors

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Title	:	Dragon House
Author	:	John Shors
ISBN	:	0451227859
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	354

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From the critically acclaimed author of Beneath a Marble Sky and Beside a Burning Sea the new novel from a master storyteller, set in contemporary Asia.From John Shors comes an unforgettable story of redemption set in modern day Vietnam Dragon House tells the tale of Iris and Noah two Americans who, as a way of healing their own painful pasts, open a center to house a From the critically acclaimed author of Beneath a Marble Sky and Beside a Burning Sea the new novel from a master storyteller, set i...

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The Guns of August/The Proud Tower By Barbara W. Tuchman

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Title	:	The Guns of August/The Proud Tower
Author	:	Barbara W. Tuchman
ISBN	:	159853145X
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	1264

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Writing with a clarity, grace, and novelistic sweep rare among historians, Barbara W Tuchman 1912 1989 distilled the complex interplay of personalities and events into gripping narratives that fuse rigorous scholarship with elegant literary art An astute portraitist, she brilliantly laid bare the all too human failures of leaders subject to the pull of historical curre Writing with a clarity, grace, and novelistic sweep rare among historians, Barbara W Tuchman 1912 1989 distilled the complex int...

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The Marine's Doctor (Recon Marines, #3) By Susan Kelley

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Title	:	The Marine's Doctor (Recon Marines, #3)
Author	:	Susan Kelley
ISBN	:
Format	:	Kindle Edition
Number of Pages	:	255

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Recon Marine Mak and Dr Molly Drant hunt down a shadowy cabal behind the horrid human experiments, but will Mak find answers about his own humanity and allow himself to love the genius doctor Recon Marine Mak enjoys leading a scientific mission, but their horrible discoveries raises questions about his origin he s not ready to face He continues on the assignment for two Recon Marine Mak and Dr Molly Drant hunt down a shadowy cabal behind the horrid human experiments, but will Mak find answers about his ow...

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Reporting World War II Vol. 2 By Samuel Hynes

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Title	:	Reporting World War II Vol. 2
Author	:	Samuel Hynes
ISBN	:	1883011051
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	950

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The library of America is dedicated to publishing America s best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts Hailed as the finest looking, longest lasting editions ever made The New Republic , Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to choose from, there is a perfe The library of America is dedicated to publishing America s best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring auth...

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Fort Mose By Kathleen A. Deagan

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Title	:	Fort Mose
Author	:	Kathleen A. Deagan
ISBN	:	0813013526
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	64

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This book tells the story of Fort Mose and the people who lived there It challenges the notion of the American black colonial experience as only that of slavery, offering instead a richer and balanced view of the black experience in the Spanish colonies from the arrival of Columbus to the American Revolution This book tells the story of Fort Mose and the people who lived there It challenges the notion of the American black colonial experience as only that of slavery, offering instead a richer and balanc...

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The Greatest Generation By Tom Brokaw

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Title	:	The Greatest Generation
Author	:	Tom Brokaw
ISBN	:	0812975294
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	464

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In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D Day, the massive and daring Allied invasion of Europe that marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler s Third Reich There, I underwent a life changing experience As I walked the beaches with the American veterans who had returned for In the spring of 1984, I went to the northwest of France, to Normandy, to prepare an NBC documentary on the fortieth anniversary of D Day...

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Those Angry Days By Lynne Olson

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Title	:	Those Angry Days
Author	:	Lynne Olson
ISBN	:	1400069742
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	576

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From the author of national bestseller Citizens of London comes a new book this time set in America that examines the years 1939 to 1941, as Hitler s troops overwhelmed Europe while the U.S watched from the sidelines In Those Angry Days, Lynne Olson describes the vicious internal struggle that tore the country apart as Americans fought over whether or not to join the war From the author of national bestseller Citizens of London comes a new book this time set in America that examines the years 1939 to 1941...

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Desert Boys By Peter Rees

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Title	:	Desert Boys
Author	:	Peter Rees
ISBN	:
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	736

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Australians fought in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East in both World Wars This is the very human story of those soldiers, sailors and airmen and their involvement in some of the toughest campaigns of modern times, and their life away from the battlefield As gritty as it is real An amazing book about ordinary Australians made extraordinary by the times the Australians fought in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East in both World Wars This is the very human story of those soldiers, ...

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The Red By Linda Nagata

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Title	:	The Red
Author	:	Linda Nagata
ISBN	:	1937197131
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	354

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There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high tech squad of soldiers in a rural district within the African Sahel They hunt insurgents each night on a harrowing patrol, guided by three simple goals protect civilians, kill the enemy, and stay alive because in a for profit war manufactured by the defense industry there can be no cause There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high tech squad of soldiers in a rural district ...

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The Sorrow of War By Bảo Ninh

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Title	:	The Sorrow of War
Author	:	Bảo Ninh
ISBN	:	1573225436
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	233

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Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there Originaly published against government wishes in Vietnam because of its nonheroic, non ideological tone, The Sorrow of War has won worldwide acclaim and become an international bestseller...

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365 Deployment Days By Sara Dawalt

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Title	:	365 Deployment Days
Author	:	Sara Dawalt
ISBN	:	1933538945
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	127

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365 Deployment Days A Wife s Survival Story follows a military wife s experiences during her husband s deployment to Iraq Filled with laughter, tears, and everything in between, 365 Deployment Days explores the wide ranging emotions brought about by a loved one s deployment Through self exploration Sara Dawalt learns the skills necessary to cope and make sense of her li 365 Deployment Days A Wife s Survival Story follows a military wife s experiences during her husband s deployment to Iraq Fille...

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To End All Wars By Adam Hochschild

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Title	:	To End All Wars
Author	:	Adam Hochschild
ISBN	:	0618758283
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	448

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World War I stands as one of history s most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before He focuses on the long ignored moral drama of the war s critics, alongside its generals and heroes Thrown in jail for their opposition to the wa World War I stands as one of history s most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation In a riveting, suspenseful narrativ...

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A Moment in the Sun By John Sayles

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Title	:	A Moment in the Sun
Author	:	John Sayles
ISBN	:	1936365189
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	955

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It s 1897 Gold has been discovered in the Yukon New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S into war Spanning five years and half a dozen countries, this is the unforgettable story of that extraordinary moment the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of the gre It s 1897 Gold has been discovered in the Yukon New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer And in a few months, an American...

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88 Days to Kandahar By Robert L. Grenier

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Title	:	88 Days to Kandahar
Author	:	Robert L. Grenier
ISBN	:	1476712077
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	464

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The first Afghan War, a CIA war in response to 9 11, was directed by the CIA Station Chief in Islamabad It put Hamid Karzai in power in 88 days If you want an insider s account of the first American Afghan War, you can t do better than this Important reading to understand where we are today Library Journal .

From his preparation of the original, post 9 11 war plan,

The first Afghan War, a CIA war in response to 9 11, was directed by the CIA Station Chief in Islamabad It put Hamid K...

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1812 By David Nevin

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Title	:	1812
Author	:	David Nevin
ISBN	:	0812524713
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	576

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The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping all the way to the Pacific or break it into small pieces bound to mighty England It was a second revolution of sorts to prove to the British that America had to be taken seriously The principal actors in this drama were James and Dolley Madison, and Andrew and Rachel Jackson Their courage and determinati The war of 1812 would either make America a global power sweeping all the way to the Pacific or break it into small pieces bound to mighty...

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