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Beyond the Shadow of War

Diane Moody

The long awaited sequel to Diane Moody's bestselling Of Windmills and War.When the war finally ended in May of 1945, Lieutenant Danny McClain made good on his promise to come back for Anya in Holland. He expected her to put up a fight...

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Published: Jan 2016

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis...

Caroline Moorehead

From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Train in Winter comes the absorbing story of a French village that helped save thousands hunted by the Gestapo during World War II—told in full for the first time.Le Chambon-sur-Lig...

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Published: Oct 2015

American Heroes: Profiles of Men and ...

Edmund S. Morgan

"A wise, humane and beautifully written book."—Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal From the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Americ...

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Published: May 2010

The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Ha...

Marc Morris

A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: the Norman Conquest.An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on ...

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Published: Dec 2014

17 Carnations: The Royals, the Nazis,...

Andrew Morton

Now in paperback, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II.Andrew Morton tell...

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Published: Feb 2016

To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Surv...

Robert J. Mrazek

On September 6, 1943, three hundred and thirtyeight B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb Nazi weapons factories. Dense clouds obscured the ta...

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Published: Mar 2012

Legends and Lore of the North Shore (...

Peter Muise

For over three hundred years, stories of witches, sea serpents and pirates have amazed and terrified residents of Massachusetts's North Shore. In the summer of 1692, phantom men were spotted in the fields of Gloucester. Farther north,...

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Published: Jul 2014

Jewish History: A Very Short Introduc...

David N. Myers

How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singular success as a result of divine ...

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Published: May 2017

Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to ...

Andrew Nagorski

Hitler's rise to power, as seen through the eyes of Americans—diplomats, military, expats, visiting authors, Olympic athletes—who watched horrified and up close. Hitlerland offers a gripping narrative full of surprising twists—a...

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Published: Mar 2013

Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Sur...

Tom Nagorski

Ghost Soldiers meets The Perfect Storm in the remarkable true story of the sinking of the S.S. City of Benares In September 1940, ninety lucky English children were placed aboard the S.S. City of Benares by their parents, bound from ...

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Published: Mar 2007

Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lord...

Fariba Nawa

Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond. KhaledHosseini, autho...

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Published: Nov 2011

Relentless Strike: The Secret History...

Sean Naylor

The New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2015 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit HistorySince the attacks of September 11, one organization has been at the forefront of America's military response. ...

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Published: Oct 2016

Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and D...

Sonke Neitzel

On a visit to the British National Archive in 2001, Sönke Neitzel made a remarkable discovery: reams of covertly recorded, meticulously transcribed conversations among German POWs during World War II that recently had been declassif...

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Published: Sep 2013

The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes...

James Carl Nelson

In the brutally cold winter of 1919, 5,000 Americans battled the Red Army 600 miles north of Moscow. We have forgotten. Russia has not. "AN EXCELLENT BOOK." --Wall Street Journal - "INCREDIBLE." -- John U. Bacon -...

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Published: Feb 2020

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 5: The N...

Patrick Newman

Murray Rothbard was not just a remarkable economist and political thinker, but one of the best revisionist historians of the 20th Century.One of his greatest career accomplishments was Conceived in Liberty, a masterful analysis of the...

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Published: Oct 2019

Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey f...

Janice P. Nimura

"Nimura paints history in cinematic strokes and brings a forgotten story to vivid, unforgettable life."―Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a GeishaIn 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the Unit...

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Published: May 2016

Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies

Hayley Nolan

A bold new analysis of one of history’s most misrepresented women.History has lied.Anne Boleyn has been sold to us as a dark figure, a scheming seductress who bewitched Henry VIII into divorcing his queen and his church in an unprec...

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Published: Nov 2019

Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroy...

Ryan K. Noppen

At the outbreak of World War I Austria-Hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. It was these fast light ve...

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Published: Dec 2016

Travel Adventures: Yellowstone: Volum...

Ben Nussbaum

Yellowstone National Park is filled with many beautiful sights. But, it is also a bizarre and dangerous place! Underground heat melts roads. The ground shakes with earthquakes. Small, bubbling pools are ringed with strange yellow and ...

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Published: Jan 2018

Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Gr...

Patrick K. O'Donnell

"What would you want if you could have any wish?" asked the photojournalist of the haggard, bloodied Marine before him. The Marine gaped at his interviewer. The photographer snapped his picture, which became the iconic Korea...

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Published: Oct 2011

Killing Patton: The Strange Death of ...

Bill O'Reilly

Readers around the world have been enthralled by Killing England, Killing the Rising Sun, and Killing Reagan--riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. In Killing Patton, Bill O'Re...

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Published: Sep 2018

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Or...

Bill O'Reilly

The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller, now in paperback! In the tenth book in the multimillion-sellingKillingseries, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard take on their most controvers...

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Published: Sep 2022

Killing the Rising Sun: How America V...

Bill O'Reilly

The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O'Reilly and Martin DugardAutumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an oppon...

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Published: Sep 2019

Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Fre...

Nick Offerman

The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights twenty-one figures from our nation's history, from her inception to present ...

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Published: May 2016

Refuge Denied: The St. Louis Passenge...

Sarah A. Ogilvie

The ordeal of the refugee ship St. Louis has become a symbol of the world's indifference to the plight of European Jewry on the eve of the Holocaust. In the spring of 1939, more than nine hundred Jewish refugees boarded the St. Louis ...

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Published: Mar 2010

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

Norman Ohler

New York Times Bestseller"[A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich." — Washington Post  The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler...

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Published: Mar 2018

The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Sav...

John Oller

Like the Robin Hood of legend, Francis Marion--the "Swamp Fox"--and his men attacked from secret hideaways before melting back into the forest or swamp, confounding the British. Although Marion bore little resemblance to the fictional...

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Published: Mar 2018

Citizens of London: The Americans Who...

Lynne Olson

The acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, ...

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Published: May 2011

Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindberg...

Lynne Olson

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the acclaimed author of Citizens of London comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II—a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided...

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Published: Jan 2014

History and Hauntings of the Hallowee...

Roxy Orcutt

History and Hauntings of the Halloween Capital takes a look into why the small village of Anoka, MN, has been declared (by Congress and everything!) to be The Halloween Capital of the World. This fun look at the elements that make up ...

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Published: Sep 2014
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