Chronological Period/1940's
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By: Herman Wouk
The Winds of War
$24.99PaperbackRead moreLike no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk’s sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America’s Greatest Generation.
Wouk’s spellbinding narrative captures the tide of glob… [more below]- Author: Wouk, Herman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: February 05 2002
- ISBN10: 0316952664
- Language: English
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El Prisionero del Cielo / The Prisoner of Heaven
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartCarlos Ruiz Zaf n, autor de xito de ventas del New York Times, aclamado internacionalmente, crea una historia rica y laber ntica de amor, literatura, pasi n y venganza, ambientada en una Barcelona os
- Series: Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados #3
- Author: Zafón, Carlos Ruiz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 15, 2012
- ISBN10: 0345803302
- Language: Spanish
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Ivan’s War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945
$24.00PaperbackRead moreUnmasking the Untold Story of World War II
Of the thirty million who fought in the eastern front of World War II, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by German shells and- Author: Merridale, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: January 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0312426526
- Language: English
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By: Doherty, Thomas
Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930â “1934
$26.95PaperbackAdd to cartPre-Code Hollywood explores the fascinating period in American motion picture history from 1930 to 1934 when the commandments of the Production Code Administration were violated with impunity in a ser
- Series: Film and Culture
- Author: Doherty, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 27 1999
- ISBN10: 0231110952
- Language: English
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Lost Airmen: The Epic Rescue of WWII U.S. Bomber Crews Stranded Behind Enemy Lines
$19.99PaperbackRead moreLate in 1944, thirteen U.S. B-24 bomber crews bailed from their cabins over the Yugoslavian wilderness. Bloodied and disoriented after a harrowing strike against the Third Reich, the pilots took refug… [more below]
- Series: World War II Collection
- Author: Stanley, Charles E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1684514053
- Language: English
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By: Michaelis, Rolf
Insignia of the Waffen-SS: Cuff Titles, Collar Tabs, Shoulder Boards & Badges
$19.99HardcoverAdd to cartAll of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various versions, collar tabs, sle… [more below]
- Author: Michaelis, Rolf
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: October 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0764351761
- Language: English
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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
$26.99PaperbackAdd to cartFor the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Koschorrek, a fresh young recruit, wrote his notes on whatever scraps of paper he could find and sewed t… [more below]
- Author: Koschorrek, Gunter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 30 2005
- ISBN10: 0760321981
- Language: English
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Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartTom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO(R) miniseries Band of Brothers.
Look for the Band of Brothers miniseri- Author: Guarnere, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2008
- ISBN10: 0425224368
- Language: English
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By: Deighton, Len
Mexico Set: A Bernard Sampson Novel
$17.00PaperbackAdd to cartWhen disaffected KGB major Erich Stinnes is spotted in
Mexico City, British intelligence agent Bernard Samson must entice him to take
the final step and defect. With his domestic life in shambles and hi… [more below]- Series: Hook, Line, and Sinker Trilogy #2
- Author: Deighton, Len
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0802161650
- Language: English
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By: Uris, Leon
Battle Cry
$24.99PaperbackRead moreBattle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus
Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris’s Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war
- Author: Uris, Leon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 712
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 9798200724284
- Language: English
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By: Dennis Lehane
The Given Day
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cart“Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive.”–New York Times
Now available with a contemporary look, a beau
- Series: Joe Coughlin #1
- Author: Lehane, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 0063083744
- Language: English
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By: Clavell, James
King Rat
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartJapanese POW camp Changi, Singapore: hell on earth for the soldiers contained within its barbed wire walls. Officers and enlisted men, all prisoners together, yet the old hierarchies and rivalries sur
- Series: Asian Saga, 4
- Author: Clavell, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1982537590
- Language: English
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By: Maurer, Kevin
Damn Lucky: One Man’s Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom Kevin Maurer–the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day–comes the true story of a World War II bomber pilot who survived twenty-five missions in Damn Lucky, “an ep
- Author: Maurer, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250874270
- Language: English
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The Mob and the City: The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartInformative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in New York City … [more below]
- Author: Hortis, C. Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1633886085
- Language: English
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Sharpe’s Tiger
$18.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the first exciting adventure in the world-renowned Sharpe series, chronicling the rise of Richard Sharpe, a Private in His Majesty’s Army at th
- Series: Sharpe #1
- Author: Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 23, 2012
- ISBN10: 0060932309
- Language: English
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By: Sam Kean
The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb
$22.99PaperbackAdd to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes the gripping, untold story of a renegade group of scientists and spies determined to keep Adolf Hitler from obtaining the ultimate prize: a nuclea
- Author: Kean, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 21, 2020
- ISBN10: 0316381675
- Language: English
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By: Drury, Bob
The Last Hill: The Epic Story of a Ranger Battalion and the Battle That Defined WWII
$22.00PaperbackAdd to cartBob Drury and Tom Clavin’s The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion’s heroism and courage in World War II.
They were known as “Rudder’s Rangers,” the most elite and experien- Author: Drury, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1250247187
- Language: English
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By: Englund, Peter
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice – An intimate history of the most important month of World War II, completely based on the diaries, letters and memoirs of the people who lived through i… [more below]
- Author: Englund, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1524733318
- Language: English
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By: Ilan Pappe
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartThe book that is providing a storm of controversy, from ‘Israel’s bravest historian’ (John Pilger)
Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe’s groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel.- Author: Pappe, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1851685553
- Language: English
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By: Eric Metaxas
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
$26.99PaperbackAdd to cartWho better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1400224640
- Language: English
















