Chronological Period/1940's
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Send for Me: A Novel (a Read with Jenna Pick)
$16.95 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK – NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling… [more below]
- Author: Fox, Lauren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1101972041
- Language: English
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1942: Winston Churchill and Britain’s Darkest Hour
$29.95 Read moreA revelatory new work of popular history focused on the year 1942, as the fate of Britain–and Winston Churchill’s leadership–hangs in the balance.
Eighty years ago, Britain stood at the brink of def- Author: Downing, Taylor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362320
- Language: English
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Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World
$18.99 Read moreA compelling look at two leaders who held the world’s fate in their hands — and the holiday visit that sealed a friendship and steered the course of World War II.
At the height of World War II, Presi- Series: Junior Library Guild Selection
- Author: Wood, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 0763633836
- Language: English
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No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II
$39.95 Read moreThe U.S. 1st Infantry Division (1st ID), familiarly known as the Big Red One, adapted to dynamic battlefield conditions throughout the course of its deployment during World War II by innovat… [more below]
- Series: American Military Experience
- Author: Fontenot, Gregory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0826222846
- Language: English
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When Heroes Flew: The Roof of the World
$17.99 Read moreA legendary WWII airlift mission cuts through the snaggletoothed Himalaya Mountains, where both the terrain and weather prove uncommonly savage. And American airmen leave a trail of blood and mangled
- Series: When Heroes Flew #3
- Author: Bernard, H. W. Buzz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 1648754244
- Language: English
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Corregidor 1945: Repossessing the Rock
$25.00 Read moreA detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenche
- Series: Campaign #325
- Author: Lardas, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1472854691
- Language: English
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Prague Counterpoint
$18.99 Read moreOpening in 1936, the Zion Covenant series tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is sweeping through central … [more below]
- Series: Zion Covenant #2
- Author: Thoene, Bodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1414301081
- Language: English
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140 Days to Hiroshima: The Story of Japan’s Last Chance to Avert Armageddon
$17.99 Read moreOn the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes this heart-pounding account of the war-room drama inside the cabinets of the United States and Japan that led to Armagedd… [more below]
- Author: Dean Barrett, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 1635767520
- Language: English
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The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
$26.99 Read moreThe fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl.
What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the t
- Author: Brock, Kimberly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1400234204
- Language: English
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The Soviet Sisters: A Novel of the Cold War
$16.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling author of The German Heiress, a gripping new historical novel filled with secrets, lies, and betrayals, following two spy sisters during the Cold War.
“Anika Scott pens a fascinating t
- Author: Scott, Anika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0063141027
- Language: English
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Silent Honor
$9.99 Read moreFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history.
A man ahe- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 03 1997
- ISBN10: 0440224055
- Language: English
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A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
$7.99 Read moreDecember 7, 1941: A morning like any other, but the events of this day would leave no one untouched.
For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to — fishi- Author: Mazer, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0689841604
- Language: English
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British Pacific Fleet 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the Downfall of Japan
$23.00 Read moreAn illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War.
The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy’s primar- Series: Fleet
- Author: Herder, Brian Lane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856775
- Language: English
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Japanese War Fantasy 1933: An Edited and Annotated Translation of Account of the Future Us-Japan War
$19.99 Read moreA bombshell dropped onto Honolulu docks in 1933–by ominous coincidence, on December 7. It was merely a crate of Japanese pulp fiction titled Account of the Future US-Japan War. Unlike other popular w… [more below]
- Author: Fukunaga, Kyosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366467
- Language: English
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Mary Churchill’s War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter
$21.00 Read moreA unique and evocative portrait of World War II–and a charming coming-of-age story–from the private diaries of Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter, Mary.
“I am not a great or important personage,- Author: Soames, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364609
- Language: English
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Across the Winding River
$14.95 Read moreA woman unlocks the mystery of her father’s wartime past in a moving novel about secrets, sacrifice, and the power of love by the bestselling author of Daughters of the Night Sky.
Beth Cohen wants to m
- Author: Runyan, Aimie K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1542004756
- Language: English
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To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
$18.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling master of military historical fiction tells the story of Pearl Harbor as only he can in the first novel of a gripping new series set in World War II’s Pacific theater.
- Author: Shaara, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0593129644
- Language: English
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Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis’ Fortress Prison
$31.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “entertaining [and] often-moving account” (The Wall Street Journal) of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodi… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593632079
- Language: English
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A Courage Undimmed: A Ww2 Historical Mystery Perfect for Book Clubs
$26.00 Read moreWeaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright, … [more below]
- Series: An Olive Bright Mystery
- Author: Graves, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1496731530
- Language: English
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On the Natural History of Destruction
$21.00 Add to cartDuring World War Two, 131 German cities and towns were targeted by Allied bombs, a good number almost entirely flattened. Six hundred thousand German civilians died–a figure twice that of all America… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Sebald, W. G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0375756574
- Language: English
