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Midnight's Descendants: A History of South Asia since Partition
John Keay · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
Pages: 392
Format: Print book
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Dispersed across India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, Midnight's Descendants - the generations born since the 1947 "midnight hour partition" of British India - are the world's fastest growing population. This vast region and its peoples wield an enormous... |
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The Heart of Hell: The Untold Story of Courage and Sacrifice in the Shadow of Iwo Jima
Mitch Weiss · Berkley Pub Group, 2016.
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II - and one of the bloodiest in United States history - began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among... |
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Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany
Donald L. Miller · Simon & Schuster; Later Printing edition
Format: Deckle Edge]
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Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. With the narrative power of fiction, Donald Miller takes readers on a harrowing ride through the fire-filled skies over Berlin, Hanover, and Dresden... |
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The Tacos of Texas
Mando Rayo · University of Texas Press
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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Rooted in tradición mexicana and infused with Texas food culture, tacos are some of Texans' all-time favorite foods. In The Tacos of Texas, the taco journalists Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece take us on a muy sabroso taco tour around the state as they discover the traditions, recipes, stories,... |
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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
Keith Lowe · St. Martin's Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Second World War might have officially ended in May but in reality it rumbled on for another ten yearsThe end of the Second World War in Europe is one of the twentieth centurys most iconic moments It is fondly remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets danced drank... |
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World War II at Sea: A Naval View of the Global Conflict: 1939 to 1945
Jeremy Harwood · Zenith Press
Format: Hardcover
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Discover how the vital war at sea was fought, from the first battle to the last.As soon as World War II broke out in September 1939, the conflict at sea began and was fought with fury until the unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan nearly six years later. World War II at Sea highlights... |
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
Max Hastings · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 615
Format: Print book
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Hailed in Britain as "Spectacular . . . Searingly powerful" (Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegraph), a riveting, impeccably informed chronicle of the final year of the Pacific war. In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle... |
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