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Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific

Larry Smith

From Booklist An experienced interviewer of veterans (Beyond Glory, 2003; The Few and the Proud, 2006) now turns to...

Mayor for Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry, Jr.

Marion Barry

About the Author Marion Barry, Jr., a four-term mayor of Washington, D.C., has dedicated forty years of his life to...

Hunting the Caliphate: America's War on ISIS and the Dawn of the Strike Cell

Wes J. Bryant

In describing a campaign that has been treated so far mostly from the top down and from a broad strategic perspective,...

Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History

Robert O. Dulin

I recall seeing a fantastically illustrated Gutenberg Bible and to me it was elegant. The history of the work was epic,...

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire (The Politically Incorrect Guides)

H. W. Crocker

Praise for The Politically Incorrect Guide(TM) to the British Empire "As someone who grew up in India, I often hear...

Millions Like Us

Virginia Nicholson

About the Author Virginia Nicholson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grew up in Yorkshire and Sussex, and studied at...

The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived The Holocaust

Edith Hahn-Beer

From Publishers Weekly Born to a middle-class, nonobservant Jewish family, Beer was a popular teenager and successful...

Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles

Bernard Cornwell

Review “At the end of ‘Waterloo,’ readers will feel that they could command a battalion themselves. With...

Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Blaine Harden

If you have a soul, you will be changed forever by Blaine Harden's Escape from Camp 14 . . . Harden masterfully allows...

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

From Booklist The story of the ill-fated Donner party, a group of nineteenth-century settlers en route to California...

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

A vivid and gritty piece of forgotten history." ---USA Today Timothy Egan is a national enterprise reporter for the New...

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

Ari Shavit

“This book will sweep you up in its narrative force and not let go of you until it is done. [Shavit’s]...

The Norman Conquest

Marc Morris

About the Author MARC MORRIS is an historian and broadcaster. He studied and taught history at the universities of...

History of Medieval India

Satish Chandra

About the Author Professor Satish Chandra has been the Chairman, University Grants Commission and Professor, Medieval...

Double Cross: The Explosive Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America

Sam Giancana

Review “ Amazing and shocking disclosures. ” ( New York Daily News )“ Now the young Sam Giancana tells all . . ....

Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West (Frontier Lawmen)

Tom Clavin

Absorbing. . . . Fun and revealing all the way through. . . . Mr. Clavin gives Earp his due, but one of the virtues of...

Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Women of the West)

Elinore Pruitt Stewart

From Publishers Weekly George provides biographical insight into the author of the 1914 pioneer classic Letters of a...

What Did You Do In The War, Sister?

Dennis J. Turner

About the Author Dennis Turner graduated from Georgetown University in 1967 with a degree in History. He received his...

A History of the World

Andrew Marr

Andrew Marr is a political journalist who has worked for the Daily Express , the Independent , the Scotsman , and the...

We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance

David Armine Howarth

About the Author David Howarth ran a spy ring during World War II. He was also the author of two dozen major books of...

War For the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam

Ed Cobleigh

From Booklist Retired air force lieutenant colonel Cobleigh devotes his solid memoir to recounting his two tours of...

A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania

Paul Feeney

The author captures the atmosphere and furniture of the Sixties to perfection, even recreating a typical family...

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

Sam Wasson

A New York Times bestseller "The wondrous thing about Sam Wasson’s new book is that it feels both necessary and...

Black Dahlia Avenger: The True Story

Steve Hodel

...Steve Hodel has come to put the Black Dahlia painfully to rest. Hodel's investigation is thoroughly and completely...