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Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

David Petraeus - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Two leading authorities - an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time - collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin's invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating...
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Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo

Dayton Duncan - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today - a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo - our nation's official mammal - is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic...
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To the Ends of the Earth: How the greatest maps were made

Philip Parker - Ivy Press
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age. . Britain's leading cartographic author takes us on a historical journey through how the greatest maps were created. Exploring key cartographers...
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Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts

Bill O'Reilly - ?St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

With over 19 million copies in print and a remarkable record of #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestsellers, Bill O'Reilly's Killing series is the most popular series of narrative histories in the world.Killing the Witches revisits one of the most...
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Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War

Martin Pengelly - David R. Godine, Publisher
Format: Hardcover

Before 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. . Filled with drama, tragedy, and personal transformations, this is the story of a unique brotherhood. It is a story of American rugby and a story...
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The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence After Sixty Years

Paul Landis - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover

Dallas, Texas. November 22, 1963. Shots ring out at Dealey Plaza. The president is struck in the head by a rifle bullet. Confusion reigns. Special Agent Paul Landis is in the follow-up car directly behind JFK's and is at the president's limo as soon as it stops at Parkland Memorial...
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