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1	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist 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 $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War more books like this by Max Brooks add to wishlist Brooks, author of the straight-faced parody "The Zombie Survival Guide," tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts by various characters around the world. see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Catch-22 more books like this by Joseph L Heller (Preface by) add to wishlist 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 $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	All Quiet on the Western Front more books like this by Erich Maria Remarque add to wishlist Remarque's famous novel about a soldier's experiences in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	War and Remembrance more books like this by Herman Wouk add to wishlist 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
6	The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II more books like this by Jeff Shaara add to wishlist The second volume in "New York Times"-bestselling author Shaara's acclaimed World War II trilogy takes readers to the most famous chapter in the war--D-Day and the battle for Normandy. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $3.58! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Cellist of Sarajevo more books like this by Steven Galloway add to wishlist I cannot imagine a lovelier, more beautifully wrought book about the depravity of war as "The Cellist of Sarajevo." Each chapter is a brief glimpse at yet another aspect of the mind, the heart, [and] the soul--ZZ Packer, author of "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Farewell to Arms more books like this by Ernest Hemingway add to wishlist 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 $2.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	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
10	Under Fire more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist When war breaks out in Korea, a diverse group of Marine Corps combat veterans are called up with only 72 hours notice, and before they know it they're on the other side of the world engaged in life-or-death adventures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Rise to Rebellion more books like this by Jeff Shaara add to wishlist More than a powerful portrait of the people and purpose of the American Revolution, "Rise to Rebellion" is a fictionalized account of history's most pivotal events: The Boston Tea Party, the battle of Concord, and of Bunker Hill. The author of the bestselling "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure" reveals with new immediacy how ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Death and Honor more books like this by W E B Griffin, William E Butterworth, IV add to wishlist In 1943, Argentina Marine pilot-turned-agent Cletus Frade is setting up an OSS-operated airline. But before Frade can get airborne, two German operations must be grounded. And for Frade--whose father had been killed by the Nazis--the mission is about to get personal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Word of honor more books like this by Nelson DeMille add to wishlist In 1968, Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam. There, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity. Now Tyson is being held responsible. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past--and set him free. DeMille is the author of By the Rivers of Babylon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Far Pavilions more books like this by M M Kaye add to wishlist The bestselling epic tale of love and war among the colonists and natives of 19th-century India. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Double Agents more books like this by W E B Griffin, William E Butterworth, IV add to wishlist In this "New York Times" bestseller, the O.S.S. has dispatched Dick Canidy--the leader of a team of operatives with questionable loyalties--on a mission to convince the Axis powers that the D-Day invasion will not take place on the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Berets more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist The fifth volume in the "Brotherhood of War" series, continuing the interwoven stories of four United States soldiers. This volume follows the fortunes of the Special Forces in Vietnam. Other books in this series include "The Colonels", "The Majors", "The Captains" and "The Colonels". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Secret Warriors more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist International political conspiracies abound in the second volume of Griffen's Men at War series, which chronicles the covert operations of the Office of Strategic Services in World War II. The clandestine maneuvers of the O.S.S. took place in major cities such as Washington, DC and London, as well as in more exotic locations like Morocco and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Commodore Hornblower more books like this by C S Forester add to wishlist The fourth installment in Forester's series of books about the sea adventures of Horatio Hornblower. In this episode, Commodore Hornblower is entrusted with the mission of bringing Sweden and Russia into the Napoleonic wars on Britain's side. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Last Heroes more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist The first volume in "Men at War", Griffin's saga of battle and espionage, was originally published under the pen name Alex Baldwin. It tells the tale of the young elite members of the Office of Strategic Services and their delicate activities during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 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 $7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 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 $2.00! new only from $3.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Semper Fi: Corps 01 more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist The first Corps novel--the first Corps "New York Times" bestseller. Semper Fi sets the stage for World War II and brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steel themselves for battle, and prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Ghost Brigades more books like this by John Scalzi add to wishlist They are the special wing of the Colonial Defence Forces, elite troops created from DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. The universe is a dangerous place for humanity, as three hostile races combine to halt our further expansion into space. Their linchpin is a turncoat scientist, Charles Boutin, ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Danzig Passage more books like this by Bodie Thoene, Ph.D. add to wishlist The net of Hitler's Third Reich begins to close around Jews in prewar Europe and millions are trapped in his sinister web. "Kristal Nacht", the Night of Broken Glass, shatters the last illusions for thousands who hoped to escape the Nazi terror. As the synagogues of Berlin burn and Jewish homes are plundered, "Danzig Passage" follows two families ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 more books like this by Bernard Cornwell add to wishlist Sharpe, having just received his commission, faces his toughest battle yet in this return to India, the terrain of the bestselling Sharpe's Tiger. Repackaged in the fantastic new Sharpe look. It is 1803 and Sir Arthur Wellesley's army is closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India. Marching with the British is Ensign Richard Sharpe, ... see all copies from $3.53! new only from $5.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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