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Roughneck Nine-One

Frank Antenori

On April 6th, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Antenori's Special Forces A-team (call sign Roughneck Nine-One), confronted a vastly superior force—one that included battle tanks and more tha...

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Published: May 2011

Between East and West: Across the Bor...

Anne Applebaum

In the summer and fall of 1991, Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain, took a three month road trip through the freshly independent borderlands of Eastern Europe. She deftly weaves the harrowing histo...

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Published: Jun 2017

The Apostles and Their Times

Mike Aquilina

Here is an unflinching look at the lives and sacrifices of those first Christians who were given the task of spreading the Gospel to the ends of the earth.Relying on the ancient documents, as well as latest archeological findings and ...

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Published: Aug 2017

On the Art of Poetry & The Categories...

Aristotle

Aristotle uses logic to observe the art of poetry and give it credibility in society as an art form. Using many poetic references from his own day he masterfully defends the use of poetic voice and also gives the thinking behind it an...

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Published: Jun 2016

Fields of Blood: Religion and the His...

Karen Armstrong

With a new postscriptIn these times of rising geopolitical chaos, the need for mutual understanding between cultures has never been more urgent. Religious differences are seen as fuel for violence and warfare. In these pages, one of o...

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Published: Sep 2015

U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbo...

Army

You don't need to be a trained soldier to fully appreciate this edition of the U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook (TM 31-210). Originally created for soldiers in guerilla warfare situations, this handbook demonstrates the techniq...

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Published: Feb 2017

Three Days at the Brink: FDR's Daring...

Bret Baier

The Instant New York Times Bestseller "I could not put this extraordinary book down. Three Days at the Brink is a masterpiece: elegantly written, brilliantly conceived, and impeccably researched. This boo...

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Published: Sep 2020

Holy Blood, Holy Grail

Michael Baigent

Is the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ in some way incomplete?• Is it possible Christ did not die on the cross?• Is it possible Jesus was married, a father, and that his bloodline still exists?• Is it possible t...

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Published: Jan 2004

Faces of Revolution: Personalities & ...

Bernard Bailyn

Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Bernard Bailyn brings us a book that combines portraits of American revolutionaries with a deft exploration of the ideas that moved them and still shape our society today.

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Published: Sep 1992

Glock: The Rise of America's Gun

Paul M. Barrett

Based on fifteen years of research, Glock is the riveting story of the weapon that has become known as American's gun.  Today the Glock pistol has been embraced by two-thirds of all U.S. police departments, glamorized in countless Ho...

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Published: Jan 2013

The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission...

Neal Bascomb

"Riveting and poignant . . . The Winter Fortress metamorphoses from engrossing history into a smashing thriller . . . Mr. Bascomb's research and, especially, his storytelling skills are first-rate."—The Wall Street Journal...

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Published: May 2017

Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Ha...

Will Bashor

Winner of the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished ScholarshipMarie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better ...

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Published: Jun 2015

The Blood Telegram (Vintage)

Gary Jonathan Bass

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionWinner of the Lionel Gelber Prize for Best Foreign Affairs BookOne of the Best Books of the Year at * The Economist * Financial Times * The New Republic * The Washington Post * Kirk...

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Published: Jul 2014

Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Chan...

Edward Behr

"An excellent and honest book."—The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of The Last Emperor comes this rip-roaring history of the government's attempt to end America's love affair with liquor—which fa...

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Published: May 2011

Twelve Turning Points of the Second W...

Philip Bell

The Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbour. Stalingrad. D-Day. These defining events of the Second World War exemplify both the immense heroism and the grievous costs of global conflict. They are the tense, thrilling moments that had the po...

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Published: Oct 2012

The Crusades: The World's Debate

Hilaire Belloc

Belloc shows that the Crusades were a titanic struggle between Christian civilization and 'the Turk,' savage Mongols who had embraced Islam. He explains the practical reasons why the Crusaders initially succeeded and why they ultimate...

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Published: Dec 1992

The American Puritans

Dustin Benge

In The American Puritans, Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz tell the story of the first hundred years of Reformed Protestantism in New England through the lives of nine key figures: William Bradford, John Winthrop, John Cotton, Thomas H...

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Published: Apr 2020

Witness For My Father: A World War II...

Barbara S. Bergren

Martin Weigen was eleven when the Nazis invaded his hometown of Starachowice, Poland. He survived the death march from Auschwitz, imprisonment at Buchenwald, and the deaths of his family before his liberation at Dachau and the decisio...

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Published: Jan 2020

The Making of African America: The Fo...

Ira Berlin

A leading historian offers a sweeping new account of the African American experience over four centuries Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America: the violent removal of Africans to the east coast of Nort...

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Published: Dec 2010

Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the R...

Arnie Bernstein

Imagine a United States where swastikas hang proudly in meeting rooms across the country. Cries of Sieg Heil! resound at rural family retreats. A dictator pontificates at Madison Square Garden to an overflowing crowd for a Nuremberg-s...

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Published: Sep 2014

Nazism and War (Modern Library Chroni...

Richard Bessel

The Second World War was the defining event of the twentieth century, leaving millions dead and redrawing the political map in ways that continue to affect nearly the entire human race. What was unprecedented, however, was not simply ...

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Published: Nov 2006

The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible...

Otto L. Bettman

This book explains why the 'good old days' were only good for a priviledged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most. Sobering, actually. Check it out.

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Published: Oct 1974

Lost Myrtle Beach

Becky Billingsley

Myrtle Beach has long been a favorite vacation spot for families across America, giving parents and children alike a lifetime of memories. The Myrtle Beach Pavilion, considered by many to be the heart of the city since 1908, was demol...

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Published: Jun 2014

Strong in the Rain: Surviving Japan's...

Lucy Birmingham

In March of 2011, a 9.0 earthquake  struck off the northeastern  coast of Japan, unleashing a tsunami onto the densely populated coast. Over 19,000 people would  be left dead, or missing, and the disaster triggered the world's wors...

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Published: Apr 2014

Famous Documents and Speeches of the ...

Bob Blaisdell

Essential reading for students of American history and Civil War buffs, this inexpensive volume includes key documents and memorable speeches such as Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Lee's 'Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia'; Fre...

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Published: Dec 2006

The Only Thing Worth Dying for: How E...

Eric Blehm

"The Only Thing Worth Dying For will become an enduring classic." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and ThunderEric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true...

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Published: Jan 2011

Closing of the American Mind: How Hig...

Allan Bloom

The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that "hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy" (The New York Times)—now featuring a new afterword by Andrew Ferguson in a tw...

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Published: Apr 2012

Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret...

Howard Blum

Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts,Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy tru...

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Published: Feb 2015

The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of t...

Howard Blum

It is the last decade of the 19th century. The Wild West has been tamed and its fierce, independent and often violent larger-than-life figures – gun-toting wanderers, trappers, prospectors, Indian fighters, cowboys, and lawmen –ar...

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Published: Mar 2012

Bloody River: The Real Tragedy of the...

Martin Blumenson

In the shadow of Monte Cassino on January 21-22, 1944, the U.S. Army's 36th 'Texas' Division tried to cross Italy's Rapido River. The rout of this former National Guard unit from Texas was one of the worst defeats Americans suffered o...

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Published: Jun 2008
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