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1	A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam more books like this by Lewis Sorley add to wishlist While the bulk of books on the Vietnam War chart its slow escalation, this in-depth analysis illuminates the later years of America's involvement in the war. Sorley, a war veteran and military history writer, focuses on the years after 1968's Tet Offensive, relying heavily on notes taken from over 400 classified tapes recorded in Saigon between ... see all copies from $9.97! new only from $9.97! \| SVS
2	She's Come Undone more books like this by Wally Lamb add to wishlist In his first novel, Wally Lamb creates a heroine--Dolores Price--who survives family insanity, rape, abuse, obesity, and the death of loved ones, emerging at the end as a strong, tough woman whose life is moving toward hope and salvation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood more books like this by Alexandra Fuller add to wishlist Raised in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War (1971-1979), this memoirist expresses the violence of African politics and the African landscape from her perspective as a white citizen born in England. Insects, landmines, leopards, and terrorists imprint this coming-of-age story. A New York Times Notable Book of 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story more books like this by Timothy B Tyson add to wishlist Tyson sheds a new light on the struggle for racial justice as he weaves together childhood memories with the realities of present-day Oxford, NC--his hometown--where a young black man was killed in the town square by a Klansmen in 1970 and acquitted by an all-white jury. see all copies from $2.44! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Fine Balance more books like this by R Mistry add to wishlist In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Paradise of the Blind more books like this by Duong Thu Huong, Thu Hng Dng add to wishlist Written by one of Vietnam's most beloved writers, this is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. "Astonishingly powerful . . . a beautifully told story of a civil war within a family".--The Los Angeles Times Book Review. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.16! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Dispatches more books like this by Michael Herr add to wishlist DISPATCHES is considered by many to be one of the finest nonfiction books on the Vietnam War. Assigned in 1967 to cover the war by Esquire magazine, Michael Herr filed reports on his own schedule and without deadlines. His memoir, DISPATCHES, was published several years later and is based on those reports for Esquire. In a candid and non ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond more books like this by Gene Kranz add to wishlist A key player in the space program for thirty years, Kranz has written a memoir that details the high-stress and high-skill work that occurs in Mission Control. Chronicling events from the Mercury through Apollo missions, Kranz's story is an exciting read. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Virgin Suicides more books like this by Jeffrey Eugenides add to wishlist An obsessive homage that begins as a detective story and ends without a solution. In a prosperous Detroit suburb during the early 1970s, all five daughters of the Lisbon family commit suicide in a succession of acts that stuns their friends as much by its incomprehensibility as its violence. One of the boys who grew up with the sisters attempts, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space more books like this by Eugene Cernan, Donald A Davis add to wishlist In this candid memoir, an astronaut recounts his personal and professional triumphs, including the sacrifices he made to excel in the U.S. space program. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era more books like this by William Knoedelseder add to wishlist David Letterman, Jay Leno, Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman and many other soon-to-be-stars were once young, broke and funny in 1970's LA. They were also friends...until one event changed everything I'm Dying Up Here chronicles the collective coming of age of the stand-up comedians who defined American humour during the past three decades. Born ... see all copies from $12.62! new only from $13.52! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Sog: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam more books like this by John Plaster add to wishlist Major John L. Plaster, a three-tour veteran of Vietnam tells the story of the most highly classified U.S. covert operatives to serve in the war: The Studies and Observations Group, code-named SOG. Comprised of volunteers from America's most elite military units, SOG agents answered directly to the Pentagon's Joint Chiefs, with some missions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| SVS
13 view cover	Raven: The Untold Story of the REV. Jim Jones and His People more books like this by Tim Reiterman, John Jacobs add to wishlist The seminal book on the story of Jonestown ("Associated Press") is restored to print for the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, with a new preface by PEN Award-winning author Reiterman. see all copies from $8.88! new only from $8.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog more books like this by John L Plaster add to wishlist Plaster gives a riveting first-person account of The Studies and Observations Group--or SOG--a top-secret group of elite warriors which was both the most highly-decorated unit and the one with the heaviest casualties during the Vietnam War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.44! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division more books like this by Deborah Curtis add to wishlist Joy Division's singer and lyricist Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980, barely a year after the band's stunning debut album, UNKNOWN PLEASURES. Sensitive, ambitious, and intelligent, Curtis was also a death-obsessed epileptic. In his widow's moving and absorbing recounting of their life together, TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE, Deborah Curtis's ... see all copies from $10.65! new only from $10.65!
16 view cover	On Wings of Eagles more books like this by Ken Follett add to wishlist A thriller, based on fact, in which a group of American volunteers, hand-picked by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to Iran to free the Americans from a heavily guarded prison fortress there, against overwhelming odds of success or survival. From the author of A DANGEROUS FORTUNE and NIGHT OVER WATER. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion more books like this by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, George Adamson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with "Born Free's "George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild. "A Lion Called Christian "tells ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Age of Reagan: The Fall of the Old Liberal Order, 1964-1980 more books like this by Steven F Hayward add to wishlist The Age of Reagan brings to life the tumultuous decade and a half that preceded Ronald Reagan's ascent to the White House. Based on scores of interviews and years of research, Steven F. Hayward takes us on an engrossing journey through the most politically divisive years the United States has had to endure since the decade before the Civil War. ... see all copies from $13.97! new only from $13.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Eight more books like this by Katherine Neville add to wishlist This mix of historical fiction, thriller, and puzzler was written more than 10 years before THE DA VINCI CODE, but should appeal to the same fans. Two novices in 18th-century Revolutionary France get their hands on a chess set once owned by Charlemagne and possessed of great mystic power. To prevent that power from falling into evil hands, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Secrets: 4a Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers more books like this by Daniel Ellsberg add to wishlist In this memoir, the Vietnam vet and one-time Rand Corporation analyst responsible for the release of the the Pentagon papers looks back on what led to his decision and considers it in the light of history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	All the President's Men more books like this by Carl Bernstein add to wishlist The journalistic team of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is credited with reporting the most explosive political story of the 1970s, which began as a seemingly low-level break-in at the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. in June, 1972, and which was to result in the resignation of President Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon. Writing in the style ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan more books like this by Lester W Grau, Lieutenant (Editor) add to wishlist The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a collection of vignettes written by Soviet junior officers describing their experiences fighting the Mujahideen guerrillas. The material was originally collected and published by the Frunze Combined Arms Staff College to serve as a text on combat against a guerrilla force in mountain-desert terrain. It was ... see all copies from $27.00! new only from $35.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Broadway Musicals Show by Show more books like this by Stanley Green add to wishlist This is the long-awaited update of this acclaimed, best-selling title.The most comprehensive and widely used Broadway reference book has been expanded and updated to include more than 300 of the most important and memorable productions of the American musical theatre, including revivals. Chronologically arranged beginning with "The Black Crook" in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Berlin Wall: A World Divided, 1961-1989 more books like this by Frederick Taylor add to wishlist Gripping and authoritative, Taylors definitive work is the first comprehensive account of the most enduring symbol of the Cold War. 16-page b&w photo insert. see all copies from $6.27! new only from $8.60! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Liberation of Gabriel King more books like this by K L Going add to wishlist Set in 1976 Georgia, this is the poignant story of Gabriel, a white boy who is afraid of everything; his best friend Frita, the only black girl in school; and the summer they learn to face down their fears. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS

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