The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.43
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles Americ…
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1. Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
By: Clint Hill , Lisa McCubbin Hill
4.27
Format: 451 pages, Hardcover
A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling a… read more
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"If there was one thing I had learned. . . it was that politics was a damn dirty business."-Clint Hill, Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford
2. Mother Night
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.23
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a darin… read more
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"When you're dead you're dead."-Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Mother Night
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3. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.69
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
The explosive story of America's secret post-WWII science programs, from the author of the New York… read more
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4. Photography: The Definitive Visual History
By: Tom Ang , Tom Ang Partnership
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Written by world-renowned photographer, writer, and broadcaster Tom Ang, Photographylavishly celebr… read more
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5. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
By: Christopher R. Browning
4.10
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the … read more
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"The behavior of any human being is, of course, a very complex phenomenon, and the historian who attempts to "explain" it is indulging in a certain arrogance."-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve policemen faced choices, and most of them committed terrible deeds. But those who killed cannot be absolved by the notion that anyo…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"What, then, is one to conclude? Most of all, one comes away from the story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 with great unease. This story of ordinary men is not the story of all men. The reserve polic…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
"At the same time, however, the collective behavior of Reserve Police Battalion 101 has deeply disturbing implications. There are many societies afflicted by traditions of racism and caught in the sie…"-Christopher R. Browning, Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland
6. World War II: The Definitive Visual History: From Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb
By: Robin Cross , Sally Regan , Michael Kerrigan , R.G. Grant , Richard Holmes , Jonathan Bastable , Charles Messenger , Ann Kramer
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
World War II" is divided into nine chronological chapters, each introduced by a general overview of… read more
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7. World War I: The Definitive Visual History from Sarajevo to Versailles
By: R.G. Grant
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I -- DK will mark the occasion with the publica… read more
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8. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Area 51 is the most famous military installation in the world--& it doesn't exist. Located 75 miles… read more
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9. Vietnam: The Real War
By: Pete Hamill , Associated Press
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
To cover the Vietnam War, the Associated Press gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojourn… read more
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10. Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.90
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
1888 W Africa. Newlyweds Lord and Lady Greystoke are marooned by mutineers. He builds a snug cabin … read more
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"P43- that the huge, fierce brute loved this child of another race is beyond question."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
11. We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
By: Russell Freedman
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story o… read more
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12. The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
By: Geoffrey C. Ward , Ken Burns
4.45
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts… read more
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13. War For the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam
By: Ed Cobleigh
4.43
Format: 250 pages,
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14. A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3)
By: John Grisham
4.29
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
Clanton, Mississippi. 1990. Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when t… read more
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"I can’t believe you would represent a killer like that Jake. I thought you were one of us. xxx ‘Gotta have a lawyer, Helen. You can’t put the boy in the gas chamber if he doesn’t have a lawyer. Surel…"-John Grisham, A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3)
15. The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
In this revelatory new book, Marshall explores ten regions that are set to shape global politics in… read more
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"Vietnam is an irritation for China. For centuries the two have squabbled over territory, and unfortunately for both this is the one area to the south which has a border an army can get across without…"-Tim Marshall, The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
16. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)
By: Elly Griffiths
4.41
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more
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17. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
18. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
By: Andrea Elliott
4.72
Format: 602 pages, Hardcover
The riveting, unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, pov… read more
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".. they assume that intelligence is a pre-ordained trait, [...], their perceived destiny, which flows from another belief, that the poor are to blame for their condition. Poverty is the proof of defi…"-Andrea Elliott, Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
19. Verses for the Dead (Pendergast, #18)
By: Douglas Preston
4.22
Format: 434 pages, Hardcover
Preston & Child return with their #1 bestselling series, confronting FBI Special Agent Pendergast w… read more
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"you shall learn, if you haven’t already, that in life insubordination is not only necessary but even, at times, exhilarating."-Douglas Preston, Verses for the Dead (Pendergast, #18)
20. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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21. The Vietnam War: The Definitive Illustrated History (DK Definitive Visual Histories)
By: D.K. Publishing
4.43
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles Americ… read more
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