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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	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
3	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
4	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
5	Power of One more books like this by Bryce Courtenay "Episodic and bursting with incident, this sprawling memoir of an English boy's lonely childhood in South Africa during WW II pays moderate attention to questions of race but concerns itself primarily with epic melodrama."--"Publishers Weekly." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	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
7	Hiroshima more books like this by John Hersey The most famous work of the Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist and reporter. An account of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, told from the perspective of six survivors, it is written in a stark, objective voice that manages to be precise and all the more vivid for its understatement of events. A profoundly influential work that have long since been ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hit more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose Historian Ambrose tells of the combat experiences of soldiers in the crack U.S. Army Airborne division that led the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. The interviews on which this book is based were conducted by Ambrose as research for his book, D-DAY. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.32! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Number the Stars more books like this by Lois Lowry During the 1943 German occupation of Denmark, 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her family take great risks to give shelter to Annemarie's best friend, a Jewish girl named Ellen Rosen. Ellen assumes the identity of Annemarie's sister, but the Nazis are suspicious of this dark-haired girl in a family of blondes. As the Nazis move closer to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The English Patient more books like this by Michael Ondaatje A novel about four people in an Italian villa at the end of World War II: Hana the nurse, Caravaggio the thief, Kip the Sikh, and the horribly burned English patient whose memories of love take the narrative back to the 1930s, and a different world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Ceremony more books like this by Leslie Silko Silko's book emphasizes the importance of storytelling in Pueblo culture, and discusses the implications of the ways the white man's culture has tried to destroy the tradition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.29! \| 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	Key to Rebecca more books like this by Ken Follett Only a troubled British agent and a pretty, young Jewish girl can stop a Nazi spy from procuring secrets essential to Hitler's expansion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Hiding Place more books like this by Corrie Ten Boom "The Hiding Place" proves that the light of God's love can penetrate even the darkest recesses of despair--places like the Nazi extermination camp at Ravensbruck. After protecting Dutch Jews in a secret room in their home, Corrie ten boom, her sister, and father were imprisoned. Only Corrie survived, but her faith in God remained strong. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.44! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Unlikely Spy more books like this by Daniel Silva An academic who has joined the war effort full force, Alfred Vicary is employed to mislead German intelligence about the true target of the Allies D-Day attack. He must convince a besotted American Naval officer that his girlfriend is really a German spy, in fact a very good one who seems to outwit Vicary at every turn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity. more books like this 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 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
18 view cover	Balkan Trilogy more books like this by Manning see all copies from $4.00! new only from $32.68! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this 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. see all copies from $3.26! new only from $4.08! \| first editions \| SVS
20 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
21 view cover	The Forgotten Soldier more books like this by Guy Sajer The illustrated edition of the classic German WWII autobiography see all copies from $7.98! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom more books like this by Corrie Ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill The true story of two sisters sent to a Nazi concentration camp for helping Jews, and how they survived. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Shell Seekers more books like this by Rosamunde Pilcher At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prize possession is "The Shell Seekers", painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The reader more books like this by Bernhard Schlink A teenage boy named Michael is befriended by Hanna, a mysterious older married woman. Years later as a law student, he attends a criminal trial in which Hanna stands accused. What emerges is not only Hanna's terrible crime, but an even more dire secret that involves Michael himself. A New York Times Notable Book for 1997. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Artist of the Floating World more books like this by Kazuo Ishiguro see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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