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The Gun
C. J. Chivers · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare. C. J. Chivers' extraordinary new book tells an alternative... |
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The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
Captain Witold Pilecki · Aquila Polonica; Book Club EDITION edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1940, the Polish Underground wanted to know what was happening inside the recently opened Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish army officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and reported from inside the camp. His intelligence reports, smuggled out in 1941, were... |
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Cleveland in World War I
Dale Thomas · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Print book
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Cleveland's contribution to the war front began on May 25, 1917, with the Lakeside Hospital Unit becoming the first American detachment to land in Europe. On the home front, the war accelerated the growth of Cleveland, which became the fifth-largest city in the nation by the end of the decade.... |
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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
James D. Hornfischer · Bantam; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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With The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts James D Hornfischer created essential and enduring narratives about Americarsquos World War II Navy works of unique immediacy distinguished by rich portraits of ordinary men in extremis and exclusive new information Now he does... |
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Who Was Who in World Exploration
Carl Waldman · Facts on File; illustrated edition edition
Pages: 712
Format: Hardcover
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YA-- An alphabetically arranged catalog of over 800 well-known explorers, as well as many who are more obscure. Each entry includes the person's life span, nationality, and occupation; a capsule chronology of voyages; and a description of expeditions. The time frame ranges from the earliest... |
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City of Devils: The Two Men Who Ruled the Underworld of Old Shanghai
Paul French · Picador
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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From Paul French, the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking -- winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction -- comes City of Devils, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling... |
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Hunting the Truth: Memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld
BEATE KLARSFELD · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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In this dual autobiography, the Klarsfelds tell the dramatic story of fifty years devoted to bringing Nazis to justice. They were born on opposite sides of the Second World War: Beate grew up in the ruins of a defeated Weimar Germany, while Serge, a Jewish boy in France, was hiding in a cupboard... |
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