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D-Day: The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos

Nicholas A. Veronico · Stackpole Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Those who witnessed it never forgot it: the great armada of Allied ships that filled the English Channel on D-Day, June 6, 1944. From battleships, cruisers, and destroyers down to the much smaller landing ships and landing craft, these nearly 7,000 vessels bombarded the Normandy coast,...
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Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Cotton · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, an intimate and inspiring portrait of Arlington National Cemetery's Old Guard, the official ceremonial unit of the U.S. Army and Americas oldest infantry unit, dating to 1784: part history of the Old Guard, part memoir of Senator Cotton's time as a platoon...
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The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

Alex Kershaw · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat. Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day's most perilous...
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Casey Cep · Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

In Furious Hours, Casey Cep unravels the mystery surrounding Harper Lee's first and only work of nonfiction, and the shocking true crimes at the center of it"A triumph on every level . . . Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce...
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

Rick Atkinson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American RevolutionRick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply...
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Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

Gordon H. Chang · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek...
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Countdown to D-Day: The German Perspective

Peter Margaritis · Casemate
Pages: 648
Format: Hardcover

In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness.What he finds disgusts him. The famed Atlantikwall...
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Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard the USS Arizona

Walter R. Borneman · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A deeply personal and never-before-told account of one of America's darkest days, from the bestselling author of The Admirals and MacArthur at War.The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history. America's battleship...
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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

David McCullough · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story - the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As...
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Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People

Jerry Borrowman · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Invisible Heroes of World War II, documents ten fascinating true stories of a diverse group of soldiers and noncombatants from all over the world, including African Americans, women, and Native Americans, who fought with the Allies during World War II. These heroes made significant contributions...
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