Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler

Hitler outlines a program of blood and terror in this self-revealing classic.

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The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II

by Judith M Heimann

In November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves unexpectedly facing a Japanese fleet - and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth ...

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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Robert Kurson

The perilous, obsessive world of the deep-sea diver is revealed in this true account of a six-year quest begun in 1991 to recover items from and discover the identity of a World War II U-boat sunk off the coast of New Jersey, a place where the history books said no such ship should be. As a team of divers explores the twisted wreck underwater and ...

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With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa

by Eugene B Sledge

This World War II memoir by a former U. S. Marine is highly regarded by historians and former soldiers alike for its veracity and style. Sledge recounts his experiences in the Pacific campaigns, especially the (very bloody) landings on Peleliu and Okinawa.

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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

by Niall Ferguson

Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress.

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Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future

by Joel C Rosenberg

With over one million novels in print, the "New York Times"-bestselling author has been called "eerily prophetic" for his uncanny ability to write political thrillers that come true. In his first "nonfiction" book, this evangelical Christian from an Orthodox Jewish heritage embarks on an unforgettable journey through prophecy and current events.

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Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

by Dick Winters, Cole C Kingseed

Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered unimaginable casualties while liberating Europe.

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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944

by Rick Atkinson (Read by)

In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.

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A Little History of the World

by Professor E H Gombrich, Ralph Cosham (Read by)

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and "Eine kurze Weltgeschichte fur junge Leser" was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in twenty ...

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A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage

Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quenchthirst. According to the author of "The Victorian Internet," six of them havehad a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming thedefining drink during a pivotal historical period.

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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

by Samuel P Huntington

An examination of the political and military conflicts that have erupted around the globe since the collapse of Communism in 1989, written by the well-known scholar and director of the Institute for Strategic Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Huntington envisions a future in which world politics is driven not by ideologies or economics, but by ...

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Greatest Generation

by Tom Brokaw

Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ...

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Night

by Elie Wiesel

Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre.

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The Third Reich at War

by Richard J Evans

The final volume in Evans's masterly trilogy on the history of Nazi Germany traces the rise and fall of German military might, the mobilization of a people's community to serve a war of conquest, and Hitler's campaign of racial subjugation and genocide.

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Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor

by Susan Wise Bauer

Covering the major events of the ancient world, this guide includes maps, a timeline, illustrations and parental aids.

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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

by Margaret MacMillan, Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

This history of the Paris peace talks after World War I was a New York Times "Editor's Choice" for 2002.

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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

by Graham Hancock

The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was destroyed and obliterated from human memory. Four 8-page photo inserts.

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World History: Patterns of Interaction

by Roger B Beck, Linda Black, Larry S Krieger

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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

by James Hornfischer

Desperately fought on the morning of October 25, 1944, the Battle of Samar was an upset victory won by American warships fighting a battle they were never supposed to fight. Filled with riveting details, this is war at sea as it has seldom been presented before.

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To Hell and Back

by Audie Murphy

Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to see action but rejected by both marines and paratroopers because he was too ...

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The Fall of Berlin 1945

by Antony Beevor

This history of the final days of World War II tells of the carnage as Allied troops advanced on Berlin, and Hitler issued orders from his bunker. Beevor depicts the plight of the people in the street and the soldiers, as well as the competition between Russia and the other Allies to reach Berlin first.

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Flags of Our Fathers

by J Bradley

The story of the Battle of Iwo Jima is told through the lives of six young men pictured in the famous news photo of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi. Hailing from different parts of the United States, these young men can be seen as representative of the generation that grew up in the '30s and went off to fight in the '40s.

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Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity.

by Primo Levi

Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ...

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How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

by Francis A Schaeffer

Drawing upon forty years of study in theology, philosophy, history, sociology and the arts, Dr. Schaeffer contemplates the reasons for modern society's sorry state of affairs and argues for total affirmation of the Bible's morals, values, and meaning

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Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment

by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention.

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