Chronological Period/1940's
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Riding the Tempest
$19.99 Read moreAs the chaos of World War II spreads from Europe to Northern Africa and the Pacific, one family fights for their freedom against impossible odds…
Led by the US and supported by Britain, the Allies in
- Series: The After Dunkirk #5
- Author: Jackson, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 422
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1648754813
- Language: English
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Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline.
Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis’ side. It- Series: Campaign #394
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1472855671
- Language: English
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What We Leave Behind
$17.95 Read moreIn 1947, war bride Ursula arrives in Minneapolis torn between guilt over leaving loved ones behind and her desire to start a new life–and a family–in this promised land. But the American dream prove… [more below]
- Author: Gallagher Kearney, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1647424933
- Language: English
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Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze
$32.00 Read moreA revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan’s kamikaze–the suicide pilots of World War II–as told through the eyes of the survivors
In the final year of World War II, a horrific new we- Author: Sheftall, M. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0593472314
- Language: English
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In Harm’s Way (Young Readers Edition): The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Story of Its Survivors
$19.99 Read moreA young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias’ New York Times bestseller In Harm’s Way–a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history.
“A maste- Series: True Rescue
- Author: Tougias, Michael J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1250771323
- Language: English
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Where Waters Meet
$16.99 Read moreA daughter discovers the dramatic history that shaped her mother’s secret life in an emotional and immersive novel by Zhang Ling, the bestselling author of A Single Swallow.
There was rarely a time whe
- Author: Ling, Zhang
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1662509006
- Language: English
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Blackout: A Gripping Ww2 Thriller
$8.99 Add to cart#1 Sunday Times bestselling author
“Atmosphere, sharp intrigue, and a host of fascinating characters all combine to make this one the next addition to your keeper shelf.” –Steve Berry, New York Times- Series: A Berlin Wartime Thriller
- Author: Scarrow, Simon
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0786049316
- Language: English
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The Hunt for the Peggy C: A World War II Maritime Thriller
$25.95 Read moreJohn Winn Miller’s THE HUNT FOR THE PEGGY C, a semifinalist in the Clive Cussler Adventure Writers Competition, captures the breathless suspense of early World War II in the North Atlantic. Captain Ja… [more below]
- Author: Miller, John Winn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1610885708
- Language: English
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Soldier Dogs: Secret Mission: Guam
$9.99 Read moreStep into the action as the U.S. Marines and the Dobermans of World War II fight to recapture the island of Guam from Japanese troops.
Includes a pull-out map with a collectible poster
It’s 1944, and
- Series: Soldier Dogs #3
- Author: Sutter, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0062844075
- Language: English
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Bessie
$28.00 Read moreDrawing on biographical and historical sources, Bessie reimagines the early life of Bess Myerson-the talented daughter of poor Russian Jewish immigrants-who, in the bigoted milieu of 1945, remarkably … [more below]
- Author: Kass, Linda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425956
- Language: English
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The Dressmaker’s Gift
$14.95 Read moreA Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller.
From the bestselling author of The Beekeeper’s Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices. H
- Author: Valpy, Fiona
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 287
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1542005132
- Language: English
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Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s Chocolate Pilot
$9.95 Add to cartOne WWII pilot’s mission to lift the spirits of children living in war-torn Berlin in 1945 comes to life in this moving middle-grade historical account. After World War II the United States and Britai… [more below]
- Author: Tunnell, Michael O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1580893376
- Language: English
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Nanea: The Spirit of Aloha
$7.99 Read moreNanea Mitchell may be the youngest in her family, but she knows she’s old enough to do grown-up things. Before she can prove she’s ready for responsibility, the unthinkable happens. Japan attacks Pear… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Larson, Kirby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1683371380
- Language: English
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts
$21.00 Read moreIn 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese Constitution. The Only Woman in the Room chronicles how a daughter of Russian Jews became the youngest woman to… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Beate Sirota
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 11 2014
- ISBN10: 022613251X
- Language: English
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Most Secret: Mi9 Escape and Evasion Devices
$28.00 Read morePublished for the first time since its creation in 1942, this ‘most secret’ facsimile reveals the many marvellous and ingenius escape aids created by MI9 to help Allied personnel both evade capture an… [more below]
- Author: Paterson, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 76
- Publish Date: December 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1912423677
- Language: English
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Duel in the Deep: The Hunters, the Hunted, and a High Seas Fight to the Finish
$34.95 Read moreIn Autumn 1943 the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II’s longest seagoing campaign, reached a new crescendo. Anti-submarine aircraft and ships using new tactics, technologies, and weaponry dominated … [more below]
- Author: Sears, David L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1682475603
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival
$17.99 Add to cart“Brilliantly written, vivid, a powerful and often uncomfortable true story that deserves to be read and remembered. It beautifully captures the strength of the bond between a father and son.”–Heather
- Author: Dronfield, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0063019299
- Language: English
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Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler’s Bunker
$32.95 Read more“By the will of fate I came to play a part in not letting Hitler achieve his final goal of disappearing and turning into a myth… I managed to prevent Stalin’s dark and murky ambition from taking roo… [more below]
- Author: Rzhevskaya, Elena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1784382817
- Language: English
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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp
$30.00 Read moreThe “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected fore… [more below]
- Author: Parkin, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1982178523
- Language: English
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11th Waffen-SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division “Nordland”: An Illustrated History
$45.00 Add to cartThe 11th SS Freiwilligen (Volunteer) Panzergrenadier Division “Nordland” was formed in 1943. Despite what the name indicated, this was not an all-volunteer or fully Nordic unit. The ranks were filled … [more below]
- Series: Divisions of the Waffen-SS #11
- Author: Afiero, Massimiliano
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0764367803
- Language: English
