A Half Acre of Hell: A Combat Nurse in WW II
By: Avis D. Schorer
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Lt. Avis Schorer served with an evacuation hospital in North Africa and Italy. Heartache, lonelines…
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1. War Brides
By: Helen Bryan
3.82
Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition
With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settl… read more
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3. The Women in the Castle
By: Jessica Shattuck
3.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of Germ… read more
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4. Crack! and Thump: With a Combat Infantry Officer in World War II
By: Barry Basden , None
4.72
Format: 64 pages,
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5. Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
By: Todd Burpo , Lynn Vincent
4.03
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
“A beautifully written glimpse into heaven that will encourage those who doubt and thrill those who… read more
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"I’d once heard a spiritual “riddle"-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
"Where are there lots of colors, Colton?" "In Heaven, Dad. That's where all the rainbow colors are!"-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
"I smoothed Colton’s blanket across his chest and tucked him in snug the way he liked—and for the first time since he started talking about heaven, I intentionally tried to trip him up. “I remember yo…"-Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
6. Garden of Stones
By: Sophie Littlefield
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
In the dark days of war, a mother makes the ultimate sacrifice. Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years … read more
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7. A Fall of Marigolds
By: Susan Meissner
3.82
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weigh… read more
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8. At Leningrad's Gates: The Combat Memoirs of a Soldier with Army Group North
By: William Lubbeck
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from co… read more
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9. The Paris Agent
By: Kelly Rimmer
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more
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"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent
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10. Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
By: Alex Kershaw
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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11. The Lost Book of Bonn
By: Brianna Labuskes
3.95
Format: 374 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Rose Code and The Librarian Spy comes another literary themed historical novel from… read more
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12. Finding Dorothy
By: Elizabeth Letts
4.18
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Librarian of Burned Books
By: Brianna Labuskes
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
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"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
14. Good Night, Irene
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
4.14
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Nightingale and Transcription, an exhilarating World War II epic that chron… read more
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"The women posed for snapshots. Dozens of snapshots. . . . They imagined that, long after the soldiers had become old, perhaps even after they'd died, someone would come to wonder about these women ho…"-Luis Alberto Urrea, Good Night, Irene
15. Only the Brave
By: Danielle Steel
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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16. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam
By: Morgan Miller
4.56
Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition
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17. Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost
By: Gareth Style
4.19
Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition
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18. HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT
By: Bruce Nesmith
4.40
Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition
HUEY WARA UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I bip… read more
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19. The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
By: Jennifer Ryan
4.09
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
Three plucky women lift the spirits of home-front brides in wartime Britain, where clothes rationin… read more
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"Clothes do that sometimes. They have the power to make you into someone else. They can make anything seem possible."-Jennifer Ryan, The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
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20. A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II
By: Harry H. Crosby
4.58
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
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21. The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II
By: Mike Guardia
4.40
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
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22. Still a PFC: A Combat Marine in World War II: The Pacific Theater (1942-1945): Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, & Iwo Jima
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.42
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
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23. One Hell of a War: General Patton's 317th Infantry Regiment in WWII
By: Dean Dominique
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
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24. Never Say Goodbye: A True Story
By: Robert Anstey
4.45
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. A Thousand Chances: Air Cavalry in Vietnam's Bloodiest Year
By: Dan Hickman
4.60
Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition
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26. StuG III Brigade 191, 1940–1945: The Buffalo Brigade in Action in the Balkans, Greece and from Moscow to Kursk and Sevastopol
By: Bruno Bork
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An illustrated history of one brigade of German World War II armored fighting vehicles and the acti… read more
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27. Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam
By: Robert Tonsetic
4.36
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28. The Sea Nurses
By: Kate Eastham
4.49
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29. 80 Percent Luck, 20 Percent Skill: My Life as a WWII Navy Ferry Pilot
By: Ralph Alshouse
4.78
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
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30. Glamour Girls
By: Marty Wingate
4.07
Format: 298 pages, ebook
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31. A Half Acre of Hell: A Combat Nurse in WW II
By: Avis D. Schorer
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Lt. Avis Schorer served with an evacuation hospital in North Africa and Italy. Heartache, lonelines… read more
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