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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Jonathan B. Parshall

“To really know about the Battle of Midway, you must read this book.”—John B. Lundstrom, author of The First...

Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games

Lopez Lomong

About the Author Lopez Lomong was born in Kimotong, a small village in southern Sudan, in 1985. Taken by rebel soldiers...

D Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II

Stephen E. Ambrose

Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Stephen E. Ambrose's D-Day: June 6, 1944 relies on...

Topgun: An American Story

Dan Pedersen

If you loved the movie, you will love the real story in the book."― Pete Hegseth, Fox & Friends "If an institution is...

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

Shelby Foote

I cannot begin to tell you how pleased I am with the whole production -- the format, of course, and the quality of...

Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

Jim Frederick

From Booklist This painstaking and balanced book studies the experience of one airborne platoon in Iraq’s deadly...

True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump

Jeffrey Toobin

New York Times Bestseller “Authoritative...xa0A smart recap of the past four years, punctuated by insider details...

Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

Tom Cotton

“A moving, reverent history--a tribute, really--to ‘The Old Guard’ … An ode to excellence and caring in service...

Toksvig's Almanac 2021: An Eclectic Meander Through the Historical Year by Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig

Toksvig's Almanac is a diary of fascinating, obscure and extraordinary facts, ideal for browsing throughout the year―...

Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam

John L. Plaster

Praise for SOG “Exciting [and] hair-raising...a detailed history of this little-known aspect of the Vietnam...

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

Buddy Levy

In Buddy Levy's finely wrought and definitive Conquistador, the worlds of Cortes and Montezuma collide and come to...

By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz

Max Eisen

About the Author MAX EISEN is a Hungarian Jew who was deported to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944. He is a passionate...

Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition

Buddy Levy

An Amazon Best Book of December 2019: In 1881, American Army officer Lieutenant Adolphus W. Greely and his crew of...

Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?

Philip Yancey

Journalist and popular writer, Philip Yancey asks why the church tends to so often stir up negative vibes in our...

Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes

Tameichi Hara

About the Author Fred Saito translated and expanded the original manuscript, after spending more than eight hundred...

The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 2: My Bondage and My Freedom

John Stauffer

The late John W. Blassingame was professor of history and African and African-American studies at Yale University. John...

Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell "Shifty" Powers, the Legendary Shar pshooter from the Band of Brothers

Marcus Brotherton

Review “A beautifully-crafted insight into the life of a national treasure and backbone of 3rd Platoon, E Company,...

Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

Raymond Ibrahim

An accessible and well-researched examination of extremely important but often neglected cultural phenomena and...

The Ranger Way: Living the Code On and Off the Battlefield

Kris Paronto

Kris 'Tanto' Paronto took his life of hard-earned experience, which ranges from long days as an aspiring Ranger to the...

Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps

Burgess Owens

About the Author A former Super Bowl champion, Burgess spent his childhood growing up in the Deep South during a time...

Essential Asatru: A Modern Guide to Norse Paganism

Diana L. Paxson

Diana L. Paxson, a founder of the Alliance for Inclusive Heathenry, is a noted author, teacher and leader in the...

Raquela: A Woman of Israel

Ruth Gruber

“Ruth Gruber is an adventure in herself.” — New York Herald Tribune “You couldn't invent Ruth Gruber . . . not...

Annals of the Former World

John McPhee

“Tripling as a geology primer, an autobiography and a panorama of the nation, bejeweled with splendid vignettes and...

Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation

M. S. Laird

This is a beautifully written book. The language is profound, poetic, and free of worn cliches. It has obviously grown...