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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
James Holland · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into... |
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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
MARK DERY · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth.But who was this... |
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Kangaroo Squadron: American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
Bruce Gamble · Da Capo Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl HarborIn early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced... |
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Airborne in 1943: The Daring Allied Air Campaign Over the North Sea
Kevin Wilson · Pegasus Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping account of the heroism of bomber planes in 1943 -- the year the "Dambusters" embarked on a campaign to try to win World War II in one quick stroke. The year 1943 saw the beginning of an unprecedented bombing campaign against Germany. Over the next twelve months, tens... |
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Drawing Fire: A Pawnee, Artist, and Thunderbird in World War II
Brummett Echohawk · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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In 1940 Brummett Echohawk, an eighteen-year-old Pawnee boy, joined the Oklahoma National Guard. Within three years his unit, a tough collection of depression era cowboys, farmers, and more than a thousand Native Americans, would land in Europe - there to distinguish themselves as, in the words... |
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Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
ADRIAN TINNISWOOD · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house. James... |
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The American Revolution: A World War
David Allison · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated collection of essays that explores the international dimensions of the American Revolution and its legacies in both America and around the worldThe American Revolution: A World War argues that contrary to popular opinion, the American Revolution was not just a simple battle... |
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American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution
A. Roger Ekirch · Vintage
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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In 1797 the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal Navy took place on the British frigate HMS Hermione off the coast of Puerto Rico. Jonathan Robbins, a reputed American sailor who had been impressed into service, made his way to American shores. President John Adams bowed to Britain's... |
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Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
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From John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and The Village, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era. New York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs;... |
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Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018
David Kipen · Modern Library
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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A rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from the likes of Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, Cesar Chavez, Joan Rivers, and many more, this is the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some just passing through. The City... |
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