The Journey
By: Francesca Sanna
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the u…
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1. Eric
By: Shaun Tan
4.40
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
"Years ago we had a foreign exchange student come to live with us. We found it very difficult to pr… read more
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- picture books
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2. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
By: Neil Sheehan
4.24
Format: 896 pages, Paperback
This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centres on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illu… read more
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- war
"Malcolm Browne managed to take a photograph of Arnett [AP's Peter Arnett] standing behind Halberstam for protection a moment later, just before another plainclothesman sneaked up behind Browne and sm…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"Lieutenant Calley, who herded many of his victims into an irrigation ditch and filled it with their corpses, was the only officer or soldier to be convicted of a crime. He was charged with personally…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"The monks fought back in a Vietnamese way. On the morning of June 11, 1963, a seventy-three-year-old monk named Quang Duc sat down in the middle of a Saigon intersection a few blocks from Ambassador …"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"He had scribbled a note in pencil giving Patton authority to assume command of the four American divisions in Tunisia the moment he landed there, and Patton had taken off again directly for the front…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
3. Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
By: Anthony Swofford
3.69
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Anthony Swofford's Jarhead is the first Gulf War memoir by a frontline infantry marine, and it is a… read more
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- war
"Every war is different. Every war is the same."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"It occured to me that we will never be young again."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
"When you fail, you disgrace yourself and others. When you succeed, be proud and others will be proud for you."-Anthony Swofford, Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
4. Vietnam: A History
By: Stanley Karnow
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."--Boston Globe. "Superb, balance… read more
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- war
5. Rules of Summer
By: Shaun Tan
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Combining humour and surreal fantasy, Shaun Tan pictures a summer in the lives of two boys. Each sp… read more
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- childrens
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6. The Journey
By: Francesca Sanna
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the u… read more
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- cultural
- childrens
- realistic fiction
- war
- picture books
- fiction
- family
7. The Face Of Battle: A Study Of Agincourt, Waterloo And The Somme
By: John Keegan
3.73
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
The Face of Battleis military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of indi… read more
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8. The Heart and the Bottle
By: Oliver Jeffers
3.68
Format: 189 pages,
Once there was a girl whose life was filled with all the wonder of the world around her. Then one d… read more
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9. The Yellow Birds
By: Kevin Powers
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and familie… read more
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10. Frédéric
By: Leo Lionni
3.28
Format: 5 pages,
While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. Wh… read more
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11. The Good Soldiers
By: David Finkel
3.15
Format: 252 pages,
It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new… read more
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12. From Manchester to the Arctic
By: Sheena Billett
4.31
Format: 261 pages, ebook
In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more
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- fiction
"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
13. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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- realistic fiction
- fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
14. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
By: K.G.E. Konkel
4.32
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more
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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two
15. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
16. Magenta
By: John Payton Foden
4.27
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more
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- war
- fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
17. Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
By: Oliver Jeffers
4.51
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
Oliver Jeffers offers a personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--a missive abou… read more
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"There are only three words you need to live by, son: respect, consideration and tolerance."-Oliver Jeffers, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
18. What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future
By: Oliver Jeffers
4.16
Format: 42 pages, Hardcover
What shall we build, you and I? We'll build a watch to keep our time. I'll build your future and… read more
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- picture books
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19. Julián Is a Mermaid
By: Jessica Love
4.51
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and… read more
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20. When Sadness is at Your Door
By: Eva Eland
4.39
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In the style of Harold and the Purple Crayon comes a picture-book primer in emotional literacy and … read more
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21. Waiting for Wolf
By: Sandra Dieckmann
4.58
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful and heartfelt picture book bringing comfort to children when a loved one dies. Fox and… read more
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