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Iron, Fire, and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
Ed West - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father's death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety.... |
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Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII
Mary Louise Roberts - University of Chicago Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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Marching across occupied France in 1944, American GI Leroy Stewart had neither death nor glory on his mind: he was worried about his underwear, which was engaged in a relentless crawl of its own. Similar complaints of physical discomfort pervade infantrymen's memories of the European... |
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Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away
Ann Hagedorn
Format: Hardcover
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George Koval was born in Iowa. In 1932, his parents, Russian Jews who had emigrated because of anti-Semitism, decided to return home to live out their socialist ideals. George, who was as committed to socialism as they were, went with them. It was there that he was recruited by the Soviet... |
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Brummett Echohawk: Pawnee Thunderbird and Artist
Kristin M Youngbull - University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Print book
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A true American hero who earned a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and a Congressional Gold Medal, Brummett Echohawk was also a Pawnee on the European battlefields of World War II. He used the Pawnee language and counted coup as his grandfather had done during the Indian wars of the previous... |
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The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
Stephanie Coontz - Basic Civitas Books
Format: Print book
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Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the 'male breadwinner marriage' is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian... |
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The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
Judy Batalion - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters -- a group of unknown heroes whose... |
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Green & Gold Memories: Growing up in Vince Lombardi's Green Bay
Roger Dier - Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Print book
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From Roger Dier Productions, LLC Relive the glory years of Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers with the nostalgic new memoir, Green & Gold Memories.Author Roger Dier seamlessly blends poignant childhood memories growing up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the breathless excitement... |
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A Time To Fight: Living and Remembering WWII
Robert Anderson - Uniform Press
Format: Hardcover
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"As World War II recedes into history, and the generation that fought it slowly leaves us, photographer Robert D. Anderson has embarked on an incredible project of commemoration. The portraits featured in A Time to Fight present contemporary images of World War II veterans alongside... |
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