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1	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust more books like this by Immaculee Ilibagiza add to wishlist Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee ... see all copies from $2.80! new only from $8.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Feast for Crows more books like this by George R R Martin add to wishlist Because he ran out of pages and deadlines, author George R. R. Martin picks up only half the threads of the amazingly intricate tapestry left unfinished in A STORM OF SWORDS, the previous volume of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. The remaining storylines continue in the following book, A DANCE OF DRAGONS. As this fourth installment ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Clash of Kings more books like this by George R. R. Martin add to wishlist The sequel to A GAME OF THRONES, this massive novel follows behind-the-throne machinations in all corners of the Westeros, as men (and women) vie to seize the kingdom by trickery, bloodshed, or magic. Meanwhile, the various disjunct members of House Stark struggle to survive in the war-torn land, while Daenerys Taragaryen and her ever-growing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Emperor: The Gods of War more books like this by Conn Iggulden add to wishlist A clash of armies and leaders such as the world has never seen takes center stage in the third installment of Iggulden's bestselling series that captures the legend of Julius Caesar. see all copies from $2.35! new only from $11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Lincoln more books like this by David Herbert Donald add to wishlist Abraham Lincoln put an end to slavery, won the Civil War and saved the Union from splitting in two. Despite this achievement, however, he never sought fame. This biography presents a portrait of a man both flawed and intensely human. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War more books like this by Tony Horwitz add to wishlist A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War more books like this by Professor Drew Gilpin Faust add to wishlist The president of Harvard University presents this innovative study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and consequences of death in the face of the unprecedented slaughter of the Civil War. 56 illustrations. see all copies from $3.49! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer more books like this by James L Swanson add to wishlist A New York Times Bestselling Author From April 14th to the 26th, 1865, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices transfixed a nation reeling from the horrors of the newly ended civil war. Manhunt takes readers on the intensive search that moves side-by-side with the desperate assassin from the streets of Washington, D. C., through the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years before the civil war and its causes - placing slavery firmly back in the centre stage - before discussing the war, the two sides, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, to its outcome, the end of the war and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	A Giraffe and a Half more books like this by Shel Silverstein add to wishlist Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one. "Infectiously funny . . . a good nonsensical text and illustrations".--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.17! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Last Full Measure more books like this by Jeff Shaara add to wishlist Beginning with the Union ambush at Bristoe Station in October of 1863, this novel depicts Robert E. Lee's attempts to defend northern Virginia from General Grant's more powerful forces. The conclusion to the trilogy begun by the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning father, Michael. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Killer Angels more books like this by Michael Shaara add to wishlist Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prizewinning 1974 novel describes the battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. The trilogy begun with THE KILLER ANGELS has been continued by Shaara's son Jeff with the novels GODS AND GENERALS and THE LAST FULL MEASURE. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Civil War: A Narrative more books like this by Shelby Foote add to wishlist A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop movements but also the social background that brought on the war and led, in the end, to the South's defeat. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Gone with the wind more books like this by Margaret Mitchell add to wishlist Published in 1936, GONE WITH THE WIND sold 50,000 copies on its first day, and two million after a year. Even though it is 1,037 pages long, readers all over the world snatched up the book; by 1937 it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the movie rights had been sold to David O. Selznick. Mitchell prided herself on the historical accuracy of her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Red Badge of Courage more books like this by Stephen Crane add to wishlist THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE, the harrowing tale of a young soldier in battle during the Civil War, is a masterpiece of 19th-century naturalism. Crane attended a military prep school and was obsessed with war all his life, but he wrote the novel without ever having witnessed a battle--a fact he was always slightly defensive about. Before he began to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The March more books like this by Mr. E L Doctorow add to wishlist E. L. Doctorow digs deeply into American history once again in this epic tale of Sherman's march to the sea--a 60-mile trail of death and destruction--toward the end of the Civil War. Mingling real historical figures with imagined ordinary people, Doctorow offers a panoramic view of the South and of the war in a story that encompasses a dedicated ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Civil War more books like this by Bruce Catton add to wishlist Covers the clash that caused the war, the battles, the end of the war, and the aftermath. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.13! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	North & South more books like this by John Jakes add to wishlist In the years before the Civil War, the Mains and Hazards achieve their triumphs and suffer their tragedies against the panorama of American history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	For Cause & Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, 'You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an ... see all copies from $2.64! new only from $11.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief more books like this by James M McPherson add to wishlist A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. "Tried by War" offers a revelatory portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis America has ever endured. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	New Breed more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist From the jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era. But the courage and skill of these young fighting men were an American tradition, and they rose to the challenge of military valor. They were America's new breed. Continuing the bestselling Brotherhood of War saga. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	For Whom the Bell Tolls more books like this by Ernest Hemingway add to wishlist In FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, published in 1940, Hemingway explores his own conflicting emotions about heroism, the futility of war, and the value of human life--a theme that is exemplified by the book's title, which is taken from the 17th-century poet John Donne's famous sermon that begins "No man is an island" and goes on to say one should not ask ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer more books like this by James L Swanson add to wishlist Combining historical research with page-turning narration, this is the first book devoted to the 12 dramatic days between the murder of President Abraham Lincoln and the capture of his killer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Widow of the South more books like this by Robert Hicks add to wishlist Based on a true story, THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH tells the stirring tale of a woman named Carrie McGavock, who is forever scarred by watching her two children die. When the Civil War comes to her Tennessee town, Carrie helps care for the wounded Confederate soldiers who arrive there after a bloody battle. Later, when the bodies of the dead are in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	March more books like this by Geraldine Brooks add to wishlist Geraldine Brooks takes a very minor character from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN--Mr. March, the girls' preacher father--and makes him the main character in this Civil War novel. Serving as a chaplain with the Union army, March becomes a teacher on a plantation, where he meets up with Grace, a woman slave he knew years ago. Tormented by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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