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The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoirby Telford TaylorISBN 0394583558 (0-394-58355-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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An Artist of the Floating Worldby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0399131191 (0-399-13119-1)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Artist of the Floating World'Book summary:In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize. [via]
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A Bag of Marblesby Joseph JoffoISBN 0395193923 (0-395-19392-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War IIby Richard Hough, Denis RichardsISBN 0393307344 (0-393-30734-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Realityby R. J. OveryISBN 0393322971 (0-393-32297-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945by Marie VassiltchikovISBN 0394757777 (0-394-75777-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Blitzkriegby Len DeightonISBN 0394510208 (0-394-51020-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Blood and Honorby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399141901 (0-399-14190-1)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Speeches of Winston Churchillby Winston Churchill, David CannadineISBN 0395517443 (0-395-51744-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought Itby Gerald AstorISBN 0440215749 (0-440-21574-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Borrowed Years : 1938-1941 America on the Way to Warby Richard M. KetchumISBN 0394560116 (0-394-56011-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Carrie's Warby Nina BawdenISBN 0397314507 (0-397-31450-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Castles Burning: A Child's Life in Warby Magda DenesISBN 0393039668 (0-393-03966-8)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Ceremonyby Leslie Marmon SilkoISBN 0451138929 (0-451-13892-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ceremony'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A Navajo family on a New Mexico reservation struggles to survive in a world no longer theirs in the years just before and after World War II. [via]
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Charms for the Easy Lifeby Kaye GibbonsISBN 0399137912 (0-399-13791-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Confessorby Daniel SilvaISBN 0451211480 (0-451-21148-0)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessor'Book summary:Gabriel Allon, Daniel Silva's protagonist in an interesting series about a Mossad spy who doubles as an art restorer, returns in a fascinating tale of Vatican complicity in the Holocaust. Author Silva, a political journalist turned espionage writer, has done his homework on some recently unearthed documents and written a fast-paced novel that will reawaken the discussion regarding whether the Catholic Church turned a blind eye to Nazi atrocities against Jews in occupied countries during World War II, and if so, why. Allon remains an enigmatic figure whose desire for revenge against the Leopard, the assassin who killed his wife and child, compels him to put down his paints and brushes and take arms against Israel's past and present enemies. The Confessor is a solidly plotted, well-crafted story that will appeal to fans of Allen Furst, John le Carré, and other standouts in the international espionage genre. --Jane Adams [via]
Copenhagenby Michael FraynISBN 0413724905 (0-413-72490-5)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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De Gaulle: The Rebel 1890-1944by Jean Lacouture, Patrick O'BrianISBN 0393309991 (0-393-30999-1)
Softcover, Rolf Harris Productions Pty, Limited
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Dear Miss Breedby Joanne OppenheimISBN 0439569923 (0-439-56992-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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A Death in Viennaby Daniel SilvaISBN 0451213181 (0-451-21318-1)
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The Death of Hitler: The Full Story With New Evidence from Secret Russian Archivesby Ada PetrovaISBN 0393039145 (0-393-03914-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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It is one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth century: how, exactly, Adolf Hitler died and what happened to his remains. With access to the Russians' Hitler Archive, this book reveals not only what happened after the Russians captured Hitler's bunker but also why the Soviets felt the details of his death had to be suppressed. 52 photographs [via]More editions of The Death of Hitler: The Full Story With New Evidence from Secret Russian Archives:
The Death of Hitler: The Full Story With New Evidence from Secret Russian Archivesby Peter Watson, Ada PetrovaISBN 0393315436 (0-393-31543-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Dog Yearsby Günter GrassISBN 0449211924 (0-449-21192-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The End of Reform : New Deal Liberalism in Recession and Warby Alan BrinkleyISBN 0394535731 (0-394-53573-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The End of Reform : New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War'Book summary:"Alan Brinkley brings his magnificent skills as a writer, historian, and original thinker to bear on a fascinating story -- the transformation of New Deal liberalism from the late '(3)os to the end of World War II. No one has a finer grasp of the intellectual, social, and political currents of this transforming era than Alan Brinkley. His book is a triumph." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin
When Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Democratic party won a landslide victory in the 1936 elections, the way seemed open for the New Deal to complete the restructuring of American government it had begun in 1933. But, as Alan Brinkley makes clear, no sooner were the votes counted than the New Deal began to encounter a series of crippling political and economic problems that stalled its agenda and forced an agonizing reappraisal of the liberal ideas that had shaped it -- a reappraisal still in progress when the United States entered World War II.
The wartime experience helped complete the transformation of New Deal liberalism. It muted Washington's hostility to the corporate world and diminished liberal faith in the capacity of government to reform capitalism. But it also helped legitimize Keynesian fiscal policies, reinforce commitments to social welfare, and create broad support for "full employment" as the centerpiece of postwar liberal hopes. By the end of the war, New Deal liberalism had transformed itself and assumed its modem form -- a form that is faring much less well today than almost anyone would have imagined a generation ago.
The End of Reform is a study of ideas and of the people who shaped them: Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Harold Ickes, Henry Morgenthau, Jesse Jones, Tommy Corcoran, Leon Henderson, Marriner Eccles, Thurman Arnold, Alvin Hansen. It chronicles a critical moment in the history of modem American politics, and it speculates that the New Deal's retreat from issues of wealth, class, and economic power has contributed to present-day liberalism's travails. [via]More editions of The End of Reform : New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War:
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Ernie's War: The Best of Ernie Pyle's World War II Dispatchesby David Nichols, Studs TerkelISBN 0394549236 (0-394-54923-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Eye of the Needleby Ken FollettISBN 0451163486 (0-451-16348-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of the Needle'Book summary:One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin - code name: "The Needle" - who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life. Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and dangerous machinations of the human heart. [via]
Eyes of the Emperorby Graham SalisburyISBN 0440229561 (0-440-22956-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Faithful Elephantsby Yukio TsuchiyaISBN 0395861373 (0-395-86137-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Force 10 from Navaroneby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0449205746 (0-449-20574-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesmanby Ed CrayISBN 0393027759 (0-393-02775-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hitler Victoriousby Martin Harry Greenberg, Gregory BenfordISBN 0425101371 (0-425-10137-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadowby Susan Campbell BartolettiISBN 0439353793 (0-439-35379-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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"I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . . But my magnificent youngsters! Look at these men and boys! What material! With them, I can create a new world." --Adolf Hitler, Nuremberg 1933
By the time Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, 3.5 million children belonged to the Hitler Youth. It would become the largest youth group in history. Susan Campbell Bartoletti explores how Hitler gained the loyalty, trust, and passion of so many of Germany's young people. Her research includes telling interviews with surviving Hitler Youth members.More editions of Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow:
Honor Bound: Library Editionby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399138625 (0-399-13862-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Human Comedyby William SaroyanISBN 0440339332 (0-440-33933-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Comedy'Book summary:The place is Ithaca, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The time is World War II. The family is the Macauley'sa mother, sister, and three brothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those of America's second-generation immigrants&In particular, fourteen-year-old Homer, determined to become one of the fastest telegraph messengers in the West, finds himself caught between reality and illusion as delivering his messages of wartime death, love, and money brings him face-to-face with human emotion at its most naked and raw.
Gentle, poignant and richly autobiographical, this delightful novel shows us the boy becoming the man in a world that even in the midst of war, appears sweeter, safer and more livable than out own. [via]More editions of The Human Comedy:
I Was a Strangerby John HackettISBN 0425120953 (0-425-12095-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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If You Surviveby George WilsonISBN 0449001032 (0-449-00103-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If You Survive'Book summary:"If you survive your first day, I'll promote you."
So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, helping take the small towns of northern France and Belgium building by building.
Of all the men and officers who started out in Company F of the 4th Infantry Division with him, Wilson was the only one who finished. In the end, he felt not like a conqueror or a victor, but an exhausted survivor, left with nothing but his life -- and his emotions.
If You Survive
One of the great first-person accounts of the making of a combat veteran, in the last, most violent months of World War II.
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Impounded: Dorothea Lange And the Censored Images of Japanese American Internmentby Dorothea Lange, Gary Y. OkihiroISBN 039306073X (0-393-06073-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collinsby Walter Dean MyersISBN 0439050138 (0-439-05013-8)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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A Kiss from Maddalenaby Christopher CastellaniISBN 0425196429 (0-425-19642-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Last Lion: Alone, 1932-1940by William ManchesterISBN 0440500478 (0-440-50047-8)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Malkaby Mirjam Pressler, Brian MurdochISBN 0399239847 (0-399-23984-7)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 0394720954 (0-394-72095-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Mengele: The Complete Storyby Gerald L. Posner, John WareISBN 0440155797 (0-440-15579-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Midnight Clearby William WhartonISBN 0394519671 (0-394-51967-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Mind of Adolf Hitler: The Secret Wartime Reportby Walter Charles LangerISBN 0452010578 (0-452-01057-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Naples '44by Norman LewisISBN 0394503546 (0-394-50354-6)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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The Onslaught: The German Drive to Stalingrad Documented in 150 Unpublished Colour Photographs from the German Archive for Art and Historyby Heinrich Von Einsiedel, Arnold J. PomeransISBN 039301939X (0-393-01939-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Operation Avalanche: The Salerno Landings, 1943by Gus Smith, Des HickeyISBN 0434391808 (0-434-39180-8)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Operation Iceberg : The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War IIby Gerald AstorISBN 0440221781 (0-440-22178-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Operation Iceberg : The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II'Book summary:A unique re-creation of one of the century's most decisive battles--the terrible, four-month conflict that preceded by a scant eight weeks the Japanese surrender on V-J Day. Operation Iceberg, as it was known, saw the fiercest attack of kamikazes in the entire Pacific Theater of War. The U. S. fleet suffered severe losses: 34 ships sunk, 368 damaged, 5,000 sailors killed and 5,000 more wounded. Before the Japanese, with a garrison of 100,000, finally surrendered, 7,700 American soldiers were killed and 31,800 were wounded.
In Operation Iceberg Gerald Astor draws on the raw experience of marines, sailors, soldiers and airmen under fire, from generals and admirals to correspondents, line officers and enlisted men on both sides of the battle lines. Their accounts are dramatic and graphic, brutal and awe-inspiring. Based on these first-hand accounts, and presenting a view of the battle that places it in the greater context of the entire Pacific theater, Operation Iceberg is a remarkable account of the last great battle of World War II. [via]More editions of Operation Iceberg : The Invasion and Conquest of Okinawa in World War II:
Ordinary Heroesby Scott TurowISBN 0446617482 (0-446-61748-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Pacific Alamo: The Battle for Wake Islandby John WukovitsISBN 0451212053 (0-451-21205-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luckby Hans Von LuckISBN 0440208025 (0-440-20802-5)
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From the turret of a German tank, Colonel Hans von Luck commanded Rommel's 7th and then 21st Panzer Division. El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Poland, Belgium, Normandy on D-Day, the disastrous Russian front--von Luck fought there with some of the best soldiers in the world. German soldiers.
Awarded the German Cross in Gold and the Knight's Cross, von Luck writes as an officer and a gentleman. Told with the vivid detail of an impassioned eyewitness, his rare and moving memoir has become a classic in the literature of World War II, a first-person chronicle of the glory--and the inevitable tragedy--of a superb soldier fighting Hitler's war. [via]More editions of Panzer Commander: The Memoirs of Colonel Hans Von Luck:
Patton Papers 1885 1940by Martin BlumensonISBN 0395127068 (0-395-12706-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Trumanby Merle MillerISBN 0425094995 (0-425-09499-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Departmentby Dean AchesonISBN 0393304124 (0-393-30412-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department'Book summary:Dean Acheson joined the U.S. Department of State in 1941 as an assistant secretary for economic affairs. Shortly after the end of World War II, he attempted to resign, but was persuaded to come back as under secretary of state; Harry Truman eventually rewarded Acheson's loyalty by picking him to run the State Department during his second term (1949 to 1953).
"The period covered in this book was one of great obscurity to those who lived through it," Acheson wrote at the beginning of his memoirs, first published in 1969. "The period was marked by the disappearance of world powers and empires ... and from this wreckage emerged a multiplicity of states, most of them new, all of them largely underdeveloped politically and economically. Overshadowing all loomed two dangers to all--the Soviet Union's new-found power and expansive imperialism, and the development of nuclear weapons." Present at the Creation is a densely detailed account of Acheson's diplomatic career, delineated in intricately eloquent prose. Going over the origins of the cold war--the drawing of lines among the superpowers in Europe, the conflict in Korea--Acheson discusses how he and his colleagues came to realize "that the whole world structure and order that we had inherited from the nineteenth century was gone," and that the old methods of foreign policy would no longer apply. Among the accolades Acheson garnered for his candid self-assessment was the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for history. [via]
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Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945by Christopher DuffyISBN 0415035899 (0-415-03589-9)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis Group
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By quoting extensively from the memoirs of Soviet and German commanders and the diaries of infantrymen, Red Storm on the Reich brings to life not only the Russian military assault on the lands of Germany, but also the human drama behind what can only be called epic seiges of the fortress cities of Danzig, Kolberg and Breslau.
Christopher Duffy's gripping narrative of this unexplored offensive and the psyches behind it makes for essential reading for all those interested in the Second World War and European history. [via]More editions of Red Storm on the Reich: The Soviet March on Germany 1945:
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler.by William Lawrence ShirerISBN 0394862708 (0-394-86270-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Road to Victory: The Untold Story of World War II's Red Ball Expressby David P. ColleyISBN 0446667684 (0-446-66768-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Runnerby Christopher ReichISBN 0440234689 (0-440-23468-9)
Softcover, Dell Island Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Runner'Book summary:Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Germany, The Runner is the story of Devlin Judge, an ex-New York City detective turned lawyer on the hunt for Nazi SS soldier Erich Seyss, recently escaped from an American POW camp. Seyss, a former Olympic track star known as "The White Lion," is responsible for myriad heinous war crimes, including the murder of a platoon of unarmed American prisoners--one of whom was Judge's own brother. Initially a member of the International Legal Tribunal, set to try former Nazis for crimes against humanity, Judge begs for the opportunity to track Seyss down. With only a week in which to do so, his hunt for the cold-blooded killer leads Judge to a race not only for his own life but for the future of Europe itself. Judge is pursuing a killer, but he is also chasing the ghosts of guilt, having decided not to enlist in the hopes of advancing his legal career: "Erich Seyss was his confession and his penance, his expiation and absolution, all tucked into a black-and-silver uniform with a death's-head embroidered on its collar and his brother's blood on its cuff."
The Runner lacks the crackling tension of Numbered Account, Christopher Reich's first novel. Even the moments of crucial conflict, or of bloody disaster, seem wan and pallid. The novel is, paradoxically, handicapped by Reich's respect for historical detail: his interest in presenting the grim realities of postwar existence leads him into extensive descriptions of place and time that fail to merge with the story he spins. These "set pieces" stand awkwardly apart, like dour history professors coaxed into supervising the machinations of rambunctious students. Reich's general fidelity to detail also means that the moments in which he temporarily throws accuracy to the wind are painfully apparent: how on earth would Judge, a well-fed and well-dressed American, manage to look as if he belonged in a German work-group detail? And when would any three-star general ever tolerate the gum-cracking insouciance of Judge's driver Darren Honey, a sergeant with no regard for military hierarchy? Oddly enough, the authorial liberties Reich takes with General George Patton, saddling him with a megalomaniac's hatred of the Russians and a schemer's plot to redraw the boundaries of postwar Europe, are largely successful and add a welcome note of barely contained evil.
The Runner works best as a moving meditation on personal and social disjunction: Judge, Seyss, Patton, and the rest are desperately engaged in deciphering the proper place for prewar rules in the postwar chaos--and in confronting the uneasy suspicion that perhaps, after all, there is no place for them or for their beliefs. Judge must move past his easy assumption that the Allied victory was not "just a symbol of superior might but of superior morality": "Overnight, he'd become the hunted, not the hunter.... At some point during the last twenty-four hours, he'd crossed over an interior median into unknown waters. He'd abandoned the rigid structure of his previous life, renounced his worship of authority, and forsworn his devotion to rules and regulation. He'd tossed Hoyle to the wind, and he didn't care." --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Secret Honorby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399145680 (0-399-14568-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Honor'Book summary:Don't be deceived by the blockbuster size of W.E.B. Griffin's third installment in the Honor Bound series. Secret Honor is an intricate book that reveals a remarkable attentiveness to historical detail and characterization. It is also a top-notch thriller set in Griffin's quasi-fictional version of WWII.
The plot is woven with so many threads, all of them worthwhile, that it actually feels more like a chronicle than a novel, but the central story takes up the continuing adventures of OSS agent Cletus Frade. Frade, a U.S. Marine whose father was almost the president of Argentina, was raised in Texas and now uses his father's special status in Argentine society to penetrate Nazi plans for South America. This time, however, Frade is not so much fighting the Nazis as supporting them. While one group, Himmler among them, is secretly stashing funds in Argentina to prepare for an escape when the Reich finally crumbles, a second group, including a German general and his son, are actually plotting to assassinate Hitler. Meanwhile, the OSS is on the verge of ex-communicating Frade, given his unwillingness to reveal the identity of the son, code-named "Galahad."
The details are what make this book: Cletus Frade is imprinted on the mind, clad in grease-stained khaki trousers, spouting Spanish-Texan four-letter epithets, and sporting cowboy boots as he repairs his father's ravaged old Horch touring sedan at Estancia San Pedro y San Pablo. Particularly engaging is Griffin's account of Argentine upper-strata social "politics," as Father Welner steers Cletus into his inevitable marriage. Reading Secret Honor, one enters many vividly drawn places--from Nazi secret meetings to Argentine estates--that bring this pivotal era to life. Finishing the book leaves one feeling a rare combination of sadness in leaving close colleagues behind and exhilaration at having witnessed history being made. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Familyby Mary S. LovellISBN 0393324141 (0-393-32414-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family'Book summary:This is the Story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars. Jessica was a Communist; Debo became the Duchess of Devonshire; Nancy, the eldest, was one of the best-selling novelists of her day; the ethereally beautiful Diana, married to the Fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley and imprisoned without trial through most of World War II, was the most hated woman in England; Unity Valkyrie Mitford, born in the mining town of Swastika, Alaska, would become obsessed with Adolf Hitler, whom she met on at least 140 occasions. When war was declared between England and Germany, she shot herself in the head.
The Mitfords had style, presence, and were extremely gifted: four would go on to write best-selling books. Above all, they were funny -- hilariously and often mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhanded, and generous book, Mary Lovell captures the vitality and extraordinary drama of a family that took the twentieth century by the throat and became, in some respects, its victims. [via]
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Snow Gooseby Paul GallicoISBN 0394445937 (0-394-44593-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Goose'Book summary:A curious story involving not only the Snow Goose, the Canada-bred wanderer of the airways, but also a couple and their travels. In print in this small hardcover gift format since 1941. [via]
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The Soldier Spiesby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399144943 (0-399-14494-3)
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South by Java Headby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0449205770 (0-449-20577-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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SS/GBby Len DeightonISBN 0394504097 (0-394-50409-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Stallion Gateby Martin Cruz SmithISBN 0394530063 (0-394-53006-3)
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Steel Inferno: 1st Ss Panzer Corps in Normandyby Michael ReynoldsISBN 0440225965 (0-440-22596-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Stepping on the Cracksby Mary Downing HahnISBN 0395585074 (0-395-58507-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stepping on the Cracks'Book summary:In 1944, when her brother is overseas fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Margaret changes her mind about the school bully, Gordy, after she discovers he is hiding his own brother, a deserter.[via]More editions of Stepping on the Cracks:
The Story of D-Day: June 6, 1944by Bliven, Bruce, Jr.ISBN 0394848861 (0-394-84886-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Treblinkaby George SteinerISBN 0451625668 (0-451-62566-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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UN Sac De Billesby P.A. BrookeISBN 0415017157 (0-415-01715-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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Under Fireby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399147888 (0-399-14788-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under Fire'Book summary:Having wrapped up World War II with 1999's In Danger's Path, bestselling military author W.E.B. Griffin now deploys his Marines in Korea with Under Fire, the ninth volume in his Corps series. Back are familiar characters from Griffin's previous Corps books--daredevil pilot Pick Pickering, his Scotch-sipping father, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering, Capt. Ken "Killer" McCoy, and Master Gunner Ernie Zimmerman--with historical figures including President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur making appearances as well. It's now 1950, and with Communist forces making their presence felt below the 38th Parallel, Griffin's plot centers on Gen. Pickering, now high up in the newly created CIA, and Ken McCoy as they work behind MacArthur's back to covertly pave the way for an invasion of North Korea.
Readers who crave nonstop battle action and excitement may find it hard to stick with Under Fire, as Griffin takes the time to detail the background leading up to one of America's least-remembered modern wars. Griffin writes for the true armed forces aficionado, filling his prose with realistic descriptions of procedure, gear, and materials, an alphabet's worth of acronyms, and an ex- soldier's ear for military dialogue. Look for more sharp, authentic writing in this series' next installment. --Benjamin Reese [via]
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Upon the Head of the Goatby Aranka SiegalISBN 0451120841 (0-451-12084-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Vichy France:Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944by Robert O. PaxtonISBN 0394473604 (0-394-47360-4)
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The Weedkiller's Daughterby Harriette Louisa ArnowISBN 0394451333 (0-394-45133-3)
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbitby Judith KerrISBN 0440490170 (0-440-49017-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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When My Name Was Keokoby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0440419441 (0-440-41944-1)
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Whistleby James JonesISBN 0440095484 (0-440-09548-4)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whistle'Book summary:[via]The third novel in Joness classic World War II trilogy: a moving story of four World War II infantrymen coping with the difficulties of recovering at an army hospital and learning to readjust to the home frontAt the end of a long journey across the Pacific, a ship catches sight of California. On board are hundreds of injured soldiers, survivors of the American infantrys battle to wrest the South Seas from the Japanese Empire. As the men on deck cheer their imminent return to their families, wives, and favorite girls, four stay below, unable to join in the celebration. These men are broken by war and haunted by what they learned there of the savagery of mankind. As they convalesce in a hospital in Memphis, the pain of that knowledge will torment them far worse than any wound.The third of James Joness epics based on his life in the army, this posthumously published novel draws on his own experiences to depict the horrors of war and their persistence even after the jungle is left behind.More editions of Whistle:
World War II Almanac, 1931-1945: A Political and Military Recordby Robert GoralskiISBN 0399125485 (0-399-12548-5)
Hardcover, Putnam
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Writers on World War II: An Anthologyby Mordecai RichlerISBN 0394572580 (0-394-57258-0)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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XPDby Len DeightonISBN 0394512588 (0-394-51258-8)
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The Years of Lyndon Johnsonby Robert A. CaroISBN 039471654X (0-394-71654-X)
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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Powerby Robert CaroISBN 0394499735 (0-394-49973-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power'Book summary:The profound understanding of the uses and abuses of power Robert Caro displayed in his 1974 biography of Robert Moses, The Power Broker, is a scathing achievement the author surpassed with panache in this, his second book. Caro's dogged research and refusal to accept received wisdom results in an eye-opening portrait that unforgettably captures the titanic personality of Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973). Though stronger on Johnson's duplicity and naked self-promotion than his intelligence and charm, Caro nails it all. He chronicles the evolution of an attention-demanding youth from the Texas hill country into a seasoned congressman who would abandon his ardent espousal of the New Deal as soon as it ceased to be expedient. The dirty details begin with college elections that earn young Lyndon a reputation as a crook and a liar; Caro goes on to unravel financial shenanigans of impressive ingenuity. Johnson's consuming desire to get ahead and his political genius "unencumbered by philosophy or ideology" are staggering. The White House, Great Society, and Vietnam lie ahead when the main narrative closes in 1941, but the roots of Johnson's future achievements and tragic failures are laid bare. This biography may well stand as the best book written in the second half of the 20th century about personal ambition inextricably linked with historic change. --Wendy Smith [via]
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