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Blood and Fears: How America's Bomber Boys of the 8th Air Force Saved World War II
Kevin Wilson · Pegasus Books Pages: 560 Format: Print book
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The heroic, dramatic, and sometimes tragic history of how the US 8th Air Force changed the course of World War II. The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February -- targeting German aircraft... |
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ANONYMOUS. · Scribner Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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United States Submarines
David Randall Hinkle · Universe Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The submarine, first introduced to America's fleet in 1900, is today a 300-foot-long, 30-foot-wide vessel filled with some of the world's most sophisticated technology and courageous, skilled, all-volunteer personnel. In each submarine, over 100 crew members work together for months... |
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Civil War in Apacheland: Sergeant George Hand's Diary, 1861-1864
George Hand · High-Lonesome Books Format: Hardcover
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The publication of Whiskey, Six-Guns and Red-Light Ladies in 1994 introduced readers to the ribald 1870s diary of frontier saloon keeper, George Hand. More than a decade earlier, George Hand kept another spirited journal, this one recording his service with the Union Army. Marching from... |
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang · Anchor Books Pages: 524 Format: Paperback
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"This is a powerful, moving, at times shocking account of three generations of Chinese women, as compelling as Amy Tan." --Mary Morris."An evocative, often astonishing view of life in a changing China." -- The New York Times |
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A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
Stephen Kershaw · Running Press Book Publishers ; London Pages: 402 Format: Print book
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From Gladiator to 300, the true history of the classical world is revealed here and will include everything you need to know including: Why was Julius Caesar assassinated? Who were the Spartans? Where does democracy come from? Despite centuries of history, the ancient world still has a powerful... |
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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
Molly Guptill Manning · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. Pages: 267 Format: Print book
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When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations.... |
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George Washington: The Crossing
Jack E. Levin · Threshold Editions; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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The 1 New York Times bestselling book for many weeks, Jack Levin presents a beautifully designed account of George Washingtons historic crossing of the Delaware River and the decisive Battle of Trenton, with a foreword by his son, 1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly · William Morrow Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space - a powerful, revelatory contribution that... |
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The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
Adam Tooze · Viking; 2nd Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York.... |
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Home on the Range
James R Dickenson · Scribner Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Examining the last hundred years on the High Plains through the prism of his own hometown, the author records the epic drama of settling and developing the old West and looks at the uncertain future of rural communities. 15,000 first printing. |
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