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1	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Farewell to Arms more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Hemingway's second full-length novel, published in 1929, calls on his own experiences during World War I, when he worked for the Red Cross in Italy, was wounded after only six weeks on duty, and recuperated in a hospital in Milan, where he had a romance with a nurse. The blend of fact and imagination in A FAREWELL TO ARMS, however, is artful; ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Catch-22 more books like this by Joseph Heller Joseph Heller's manic, bleak, blackly humorous, and brilliant novel has become a classic of American literature, and "Catch-22" has entered the language as a term describing a no-win situation. Set during the last months of World War II, the novel tells the story of an Air Force bombardier, the hapless Yossarian, who is convinced--quite rightly, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Outlander more books like this by Diana Gabaldon While sightseeing, Claire Randall is whisked back through time to the Scottish Highlands of 1743. She marries a fierce Scottish soldier for survival's sake and finds a love that transcends time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Suite Francaise more books like this by Irene Nemirovsky, Dr. Sandra Smith (Translator) An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, "Suite Fran aise" is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.12! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Shadow of the Wind more books like this by Carlos Ruiz Zafon This best-selling Spanish novel (translated into English by Lucia Graves) begins with a young boy named Daniel, who discovers a strange, forgotten novel in a bookstore: it's called THE SHADOW OF THE WIND, and the rumor is that its author is being plagued by a man who is trying to track down copies of the book so he can destroy them. As the story ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Greatest Generation more books like this 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Yiddish Policemen's Union more books like this by Michael Chabon The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" pens an homage to the stylish menace of 1940s noir, in a novel that imagines if Alaska, not Israel, had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II. see all copies from $4.78! new only from $9.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Flags of Our Fathers more books like this by James 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. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II more books like this 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Cryptonomicon more books like this by Neal Stephenson Weaving between two separate time lines, this novel depicts the adventures of a codebreaker, a Japanese lieutenant, and a U.S. Marine in World War II with the modern-day tale of their grandchildren, who are jointly investigating a mysterious computer program in Southeast Asia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany more books like this by William L Shirer With a new afterword by the author, this unabridged edition tells the complete story of Hitler's empire. Famed foreign correspondent and historian Shirer spent five and a half years sifting through the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world to bring this definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin In a consummate blend of history and biography, Goodwin illuminates the partnership between Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt that raised America from the Depression, forged military victory, and transformed the nation into a superpower. 32 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom more books like this by S Rawicz In this gripping account, the author recounts how, in 1941, he and six fellow prisoners escaped from a Siberian labor camp and trekked across frozen Siberia, China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and finally over the Himalayas to safety in India. Without a map or a compass, carrying nothing but an ax, a knife, and a tiny amount of food, they walked for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Second World War more books like this by Winston S Churchill In six volumes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A Thread of Grace more books like this by Mary Doria Russell During World War II, many Jews managed to find refuge in Italy, particularly in the Piedmont region, where they were sheltered from the occupying Germans by antifascist peasants and others. In this elegiac novel, a woman named Lidia Leoni and her war-veteran son head a group of sympathetic Italians who help hide the refugees--who include a German ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Plot Against America more books like this by Philip Roth Philip Roth creates a startling premise: Charles Lindbergh beats out Franklin Roosevelt and is elected president of the US in 1940, inaugurating an atmosphere of anti-Semitism and bigotry that turns the country into a nightmare for Jews. Among them are the Roths: Herman, Bess, and the two boys, Philip and Sandy. Philip is undergoing a typically ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Night soldiers more books like this by Alan Furst In 1934, Khristo Stoianev, a new recruit in Russia's elite intelligence corps, began a new kind of war in which the killing was secret, calculated, and efficient. But now he is a hunted man, betrayed by Stalin's purges, and before his silent war is over, every rule will be broken . . . and all loyalties discarded. Dark Star. see all copies from $6.58! new only from $8.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Flyboys: A True Story of Courage more books like this by James Bradley (Read by) In this WW II history, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS author Bradley tells the story of nine Americans who were shot down and taken prisoner by the Japanese. He tells of their training and background, and deals with issues of war, racial attitudes, atrocities, and retribution. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission more books like this by Hampton Sides In this national bestseller, Sides renders a tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II: the rescue of American and British POWs behind enemy lines in the Philippines. of photos. 2 maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	War and Remembrance more books like this by Herman Wouk This novel continues the story begun in "The Winds of War", following the dispersed lives of the Henry clan from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Black Dahlia more books like this by James Ellroy This violent, brutal portrait of postwar Los Angeles marked the beginning of James Ellroy's long career of portraying the darker sides of the glamorous west-coast city. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II more books like this by Jeff Shaara A master of the historical novel, Shaara begins an ambitious trilogy about the conflict that defined the 20th century. With painstaking historical detail and all-inclusive points of view, Shaara portrays the momentous and increasingly dramatic events of World War II in brilliant detail. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation Trilogy more books like this by Rick Atkinson In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson shows why no modern reader can understand the ultimate victory of the Allied powers without a grasp of the great drama that unfolded in North Africa in 1942 and 1943. Illustrations. 18 maps. see all copies from $6.20! new only from $19.68! \| first editions \| SVS

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