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Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force

Dan Schilling · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 23 comrades-in-arms.In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,000-foot...
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Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age

Robert L. Stone · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America win the space race with the first...
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Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at War

Ray Lambert
Format: Hardcover

AN EXTRAORDINARY AND UNFORGETTABLE NEW FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF D-DAYSeventy-five years ago, he hit Omaha Beach with the first wave. Now Ray Lambert, ninety-eight years old, delivers one of the most remarkable memoirs of our time, a tour-de-force of remembrance evoking his role as a decorated...
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Afterglow: Reflecting with the Apollo Astronauts on their Missions and Lives

Derek Webber · Curtis Press
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Twenty-four guys went to the Moon in the late sixties/early seventies. Of them, 12 walked on its surface. Three of them made the journey twice. The author met 20 of the 24 who made the journey, and 11 of the 12 who walked on its surface, and has an archive of transcribed tapes from talks...
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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto

Suketu Mehta · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A timely argument for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrantsThere are few subjects in American life that prompt more discussion and controversy than immigration. But do we really understand it? In This Land Is Our Land, the renowned author Suketu...
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The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth

Josh Levin · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

"THE QUEEN is an invaluable work of nonfiction." -- David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Slate editor Josh Levin's masterful account of the life and crimes of America's original "welfare queen" On the South...
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Dragon's Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam

Stephen Coonts · Da Capo Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York Times bestselling author and a prominent aviation historianEvery war has its "bridge"--Old North Bridge at Concord, Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, the railway bridge over Burma's...
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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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Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations

William H. McRaven · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one million copies, Admiral William H. McRaven is back with amazing stories of adventure during his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William...
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Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Cotton · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The perfect Father's Day gift"An ode to excellence. An inspiring read for every American." - Robert M. GatesAn extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton's Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring...
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