World War
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
$32.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
“Both terrifying and enthralling.”–Entertainm- Author: Larson, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0307408868
- Language: English
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Voices of the Pacific, Expanded Edition: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II
$30.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Devotion, now a Major Motion Picture, comes an unflinching firsthand chronicle of the heroic US Marines who fought on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and in other pivota… [more below]
- Author: Makos, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 593185315
- Language: English
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Panzer Leader
$21.99 Add to cartGermany’s opening run of victory in World War II was only made possible by the panzer forces that Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), the father of modern tank warfare, had created and trained, and by his au
- Author: Guderian, Heinz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 552
- Publish Date: December 27, 2001
- ISBN10: 0306811014
- Language: English
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The Dog Who Could Fly: The Incredible True Story of a WWII Airman and the Four-Legged Hero Who Flew at His Side
$18.99 Add to cart“A thoroughly enjoyable story of heroism and true friendship” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War
- Author: Lewis, Damien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 21, 2015
- ISBN10: 1476739153
- Language: English
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After the Blessing: Mexican American Veterans of WWII Tell Their Own Stories
$26.95 Add to cart“This lieutenant gets up there and says, ‘American soldiers don’t huddle and put their hands in their pockets on a cold day. They stand at attention.’ . . . [there was a] buzz . . . in Spanish . . . ‘… [more below]
- Author: Read, Esther Bonilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: February 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0875658040
- Language: English
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Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away
$19.00 Add to cartThis “historical page-turner of the highest order” (The Wall Street Journal) tells the chilling, little-known story of an American-born Soviet spy in the atom bomb project during World War II, perfect… [more below]
- Author: Hagedorn, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1501173952
- Language: English
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Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers
$25.43 Add to cartFilip M?ler’s firsthand account of three years in the gas chambers. One of the few prisoners who saw the Jewish people die and lived to tell about it, M?ler has written one of the key documents of the… [more below]
- Series: Published in Association with the United States Holocaust Me
- Author: M?ller, Filip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 24 1999
- ISBN10: 1566632714
- Language: English
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Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America
$21.99 Add to cartAward-winning journalist Ruth Gruber’s powerful account of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of World War II
In 1943, nearly one thousand European Jewish refu- Author: Gruber, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: October 19 2010
- ISBN10: 1453206337
- Language: English
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Stranded in the Sky: The Untold Story of Pan Am Luxury Airliners Trapped on the Day of Infamy
$37.99 Add to cartFrom the author of Taking Mr. Exxon and The Death of an Heir comes the untold story of four luxury airliners trapped in the Pacific Ocean on and after the Day of Infamy.
In the first week of December 1
- Author: Jett, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1684429374
- Language: English
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El Maestro de la Fuga: El Hombre Que Escapó de Auschwitz Para Alertar Al Mundo / The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the Wor
$22.95 Add to cartLa verdadera historia de Rudi Vrba, el primer judÃo que escapó de Auschwitz y trató de advertir al mundo de las atrocidades nazis.
En abril de 1944, Rudolf Vrba se convirtió en el primer judÃo en
- Author: Freedland, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 6073900139
- Language: Spanish
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
$19.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, the extraordinary World War II mission to rescue survivors of a U.S. military plane crash in an isolated corner of the South Pacific, and the ancient indigenous tribe memb
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0061988359
- Language: English
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Battleship Commander: The Life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr.
$39.95 Read moreThis is the first-ever biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr., who served a key role during World War II in the Pacific. Recognizing the achievements and legacy of one of the war’s top combat adm… [more below]
- Author: Stillwell, Paul L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 168247593X
- Language: English
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Doctors at War: The Clandestine Battle Against the Nazi Occupation of France
$34.95 Add to cartDoctors at War tells the stories of physicians in France working to impede the German war effort and undermine French collaborators during the Occupation from 1940 to 1945. Determined to defeat the Th
- Author: Hampton, Ellen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 080717873X
- Language: English
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Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
$21.99 Add to cartThis emotional and honest novel recounts a young man’s experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through during those dark times.
The nightmares began fo… [more below]- Author: Manchester, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0316501115
- Language: English
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Black Cat Raiders of WWII
$25.95 Add to cartThanks to the PBY’s daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black… [more below]
- Series: Bluejacket Books
- Author: Knott, Richard C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2012
- ISBN10: 1557504717
- Language: English
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The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II
$29.95 Add to cartWhen World War I ended, hundreds of British veterans stayed in France to work for the newly chartered Imperial War Graves Commission. Through the 1920s and 1930s, these veteran-gardeners married local
- Author: Deangelis, Caitlin Galante
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1633888991
- Language: English
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Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
$18.99 Add to cartThroughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native… [more below]
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0803729219
- Language: English
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Devil Dogs: King Company, Third Battalion, 5th Marines: From Guadalcanal to the Shores of Japan
$35.00 Read moreAward-winning historian Saul David reveals the searing experience of the Devil Dogs of World War II and does for the U.S. Marines what Band of Brothers did for the 101st Airborne.
The “Devil Dogs” of- Author: David, Saul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 628
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361995
- Language: English
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Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage
$20.99 Add to cart“Entertaining history…Donovan was a combination of bold innovator and imprudent rule bender, which made him not only a remarkable wartime leader but also an extraordinary figure in American history”… [more below]
- Author: Waller, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1416576207
- Language: English
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A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps
$38.00 Add to cartThe First World War was marked by an exceptional expansion in the use and production of military cartography. But World War II took things even further, employing maps, charts, reconnaissance, and th… [more below]
- Author: Black, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 18 2020
- ISBN10: 022675524X
- Language: English
