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 | Blitz: The Story of December 29, 1940 Product# 460544663 Selling for $27 "A historical narrative of Germany's 1940 Luftwaffe attack on London vividly reconstructs the events of December 29 during which Hitler's forces attempted to burn the city to the ground, in an account told from the perspectives of everyday survivors as well as such figures as Edward R. Morrow and Franklin D. Roosevelt." |
 | Blood, Tears, And Folly: An Objective Look at World War Ll Product# 460546999 Selling for $17.95 "An illustrated history of the Second World War presents a controversial exploration of its failures, documenting such events as the British government's ill-preparedness for the Blitz, Hitler's failure to support the U-boat program, and the roles of racism and class imbalances in determining key events. Reprint." |
| Blitz: The Story of December 29, 1940 Product# 460552113 Selling for $27 "A historical narrative of Germany's 1940 Luftwaffe attack on London vividly reconstructs the events of December 29 during which Hitler's forces attempted to burn the city to the ground, in an account told from the perspectives of everyday survivors as well as such figures as Edward R. Morrow and Franklin D. Roosevelt." |
 | Intimate Voices from the First World War Product# 460678646 Selling for $25.95 "The companion volume to the documentary television series offers an oral history of the First World War based on a collection of letters and diary excerpts by soldiers, eyewitnesses, and victims on all sides of the conflict, from the testimony of one of Franz Ferdinand's assassins to the reflections of a French soldier revisiting a battlefield in 1920. 30,000 first printing." |
 | The Girl Watchers Club: Lessons from the Battlefields of Life Product# 460678838 Selling for $24.95 "A profound and poingant meditation on the meaning of honor, told through the words of men who lived life according to the forgotten rules of trust and responsibility." |
 | The Art of War Product# 460679851 Selling for $15 "A new translation of the world's most famous military treatise with an elegant package For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, eminent scholar John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. Capturing the literary quality of the work, Minford presents the core text in two formats: first, the unadorned ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu; then, the same text with extensive running commentary from the canon of traditional Chinese commentators. A lively, learned introduction and other valuable apparatus round out this authoritative volume." |
 | War At Sea In The Age Of Sail: 1650-1850 Product# 460682055 Selling for $17.95 "An in-depth series of military history studies, written by leading authorities in the field, combines important insights into each era; detailed analyses of battlefield campaigns, strategies and tactics, technology, weaponry, leadership, and the implications of the era in terms of global history; and numerous photographs, maps, diagrams, and illustrations." |
 | Just Another Soldier: A Year on the Ground in Iraq Product# 460682064 Selling for $13.95 "A personal view of the war in Iraq by an infantryman in the Army National Guard puts a human face on the business of war and the military, offering a day-to-day account of his experiences and capturing the boredom, horrors, fears, and exhilaration of war in the trenches. Reprint. 15,000 first printing." |
 | Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival As a Japanese Pow in World War II Product# 460682263 Selling for $13.95 "A juvenile delinquent, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a World War II bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a life fuller than most when it changed in an instant. On May 27, 1943, his B-24 crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Louis and two other survivors found a raft amid the flaming wreckage and waited for rescue. Instead, they drifted two thousand miles for forty-seven days. Their only food: two shark livers and three raw albatross. Their only water: sporadic rainfall. Their only companions: hope and faith -- and the ever-present sharks. On the forty-seventh day, mere skeletons close to death, Zamperini and pilot Russell Phillips finally spotted land -- and were captured by the Japanese. Thus began more than two years of torture and humiliation as prisoners of war. Zamperini was threatened with beheading, subjected to medical experiments, routinely beaten, hidden in a secret interrogation facility, starved and forced into slave labor, and was the constant victim of a brutal prison guard nicknamed the Bird -- a man so vicious that the other guards feared" |
 | The Lost Art of War Product# 460682631 Selling for $13.95 "Thomas Cleary's masterful translation of the long-lost sequel to Sun Tzu's legendary 'The Art of War' gives readers an advanced course in applying the ancient strategies of exercising power to the contemporary challenges of business, politics, and other situational conflicts." |
 | Nautical Knots Illustrated Product# 460683320 Selling for $12.95 "''Its illustrations on how the knots are tied are among the best I have seen.' --'Mariner's Log With nearly 300 superb photographs illustrating the 'ins and outs' of the 20 most useful nautical knots and splices, this reissue of the critically acclaimed 'Nautical Knots Illustrated will transform any beginner into a boater who knows the ropes. Each knot or splice is presented on two facing pages, and an illustrated glossary and quick-glance overview of common linehandling commands are also included." |
 | Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot Product# 460683357 Selling for $14.95 "During Operation Desert Storm, Captain Keith Rosenkranz piloted his F-16 'Viper' in 30 combat missions. Here he recounts these experiences in searing, 'you-are-there' detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war." |
| The Art of War Product# 460686650 Selling for $15 "A new translation of the world's most famous military treatise with an elegant package For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, eminent scholar John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. Capturing the literary quality of the work, Minford presents the core text in two formats: first, the unadorned ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu; then, the same text with extensive running commentary from the canon of traditional Chinese commentators. A lively, learned introduction and other valuable apparatus round out this authoritative volume." |
 | Unrestricted Warfare: How a New Breed of Officers Led the Submarine Force to Victory in World War II Product# 460687955 Selling for $27.95 "Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.S. submarine commanders in World War II. The first skippers went to battle hamstrung by conservative peacetime training and plagued by defective torpedoes. Drawing extensively from now declassified files, Japanese archives, and the testimony of surviving veterans, James DeRose has written a fascinating account of the men and vessels responsible for the only successful submarine campaign of the war. They clearly charted a new course to victory in the Pacific. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR UNRESTRICTED WARFARE 'James DeRose has done an excellent job?Çô?Çô surprisingly so, in view of his lack of true WWII submarine experience. He obviously contacted everyone he could find who served on one of the three boats he concentrated on, and he read, as well, everything he could find that was written about them. . . . DeRose shines by his interpretation of events as the Japanese must have seen them. . . . His reconstruction of how Wahoo came to her end may well be pretty close to correct. . . . He does the same with Tang.'?ÇôCAPTAIN EDWARD L. BEACH, USN author of Submarine! and Run Silent, Run Deep 'An outstanding addition to the literature of the Silent Service. . . . The depth of research is wonderful. . . . This is fine history . . . that rivals Blair?ÇÖs Silent Victory.'?ÇôPAUL CROZIER, sitemaster, 'Legends of the Deep' (www.warfish.com) Web site on the USS Wahoo 'I knew all of the book?ÇÖs main characters quite well. . . . I am also completely familiar with submarine operations in the Pacific. With that background I couldn?ÇÖt fail to thoroughly enjoy DeRose?ÇÖs book. It is well written and has the right feel.'?ÇôCHESTER W. NIMITZ JR., rear admiral, USN (Ret.) 'Sail with American submariners into tightly guarded Japanese home waters; undergo the horror of a depth charge attack; experience the thrill of victory with some of the U.S. Navy?ÇÖs ace submarine skippers. All this?Çô?Çôand much more?Çô?Çôis contained in James F. DeRose?ÇÖs compelling Unrestricted Warfare. No one interested in the naval side of World War II should be without it.'?ÇôNATHAN MILLER author of War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II" |
 | October Fury Product# 460688076 Selling for $24.95 "This is a suspenseful account of the encounter between the American naval vessels and Soviet submarines in the waters off Cuba during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. The author, Peter Huchthausen, was actually at the scene and has direct access to the Russian side of the story." |
 | Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It Product# 460765472 Selling for $25.95 "The story of one of the most devastating accidents in U.S. naval history documents the events leading to the explosion and fire on the U.S.S. Forrestal, identifying the factors that contributed to the disaster and its aftermath." |
 | Wartime; Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War Product# 460765903 Selling for $18.95 "Paul Fussell examines the immediate impact of World War II on soldiers and civilians. He depicts the psychological and emotional atmosphere of World War II by, most importantly, emphasizing the damage the war did to intellect, discrimination, honesty, individuality, complexity, ambiguity, and wit." |
 | The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During World War II Product# 460766205 Selling for $14.95 "Considers the contributions of World War II female secret agents from Britain's Special Operations Executive, noting their experiences as undercover anti-Nazi operatives, weapons specialists, and prisoners of war, profiling ten courageous women from all walks of life. Reprint. 10,000 first printing." |
 | American Soldier Product# 460766304 Selling for $29.95 "A memoir by the former head of the U.S. Central Command who led forces in Afghanistan and Iraq traces his childhood in the Midwest, his four-decade military service, and his experiences during and after the September 11 attacks." |
 | Warfare in the Eighteenth Century Product# 460766373 Selling for $17.95 "An in-depth series of military history studies, written by leading authorities in the field, combines important insights into each era; detailed analyses of battlefield campaigns, strategies and tactics, technology, weaponry, leadership, and the implications of the era in terms of global history; and numerous photographs, maps, diagrams, and illustrations." |
 | The Last Escape: The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe, 1944-45 Product# 460767681 Selling for $15 "Draws on the testimony of surviving veterans to relate the experiences of hundreds of thousands of American and British prisoners of war in camps across Nazi-controlled Europe, who were forced at gunpoint to march hundreds of miles along the Death March in the wake of the D-Day landings. Reprint." |
 | Battlefield; Decisive Conflicts in History Product# 460767917 Selling for $35 "The stories of nearly three hundred of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history are told in this in-depth narrative that begins with the battle of Megiddo in ancient Egypt and takes the reader through to the Second Gulf War." |
 | The Second World War; A Short History Product# 460767945 Selling for $15.95 "From the rise of the Nazi party through the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the ultimate defeat of the Axis nations and the first chills of the Cold War, this book offers a completely comprehensive overview of the Second World War in one readable, compact volume. Historian Alastair Parker deftly explores the causes of the war, how it was won, and its consequences for humanity. Photos and maps." |
 | The Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War Product# 460767949 Selling for $28.95 "The affects and influences of World War One on the history of the 20th century are studied in this extensively illustrated book, from its causes to its consequences, and from the strategy of the politicians to the tactics of the generals. Features 140 illustrations, 16 pages of color plates, and seven maps." |
 | The Art of War Product# 460768030 Selling for $29.95 The writings of the ancient warrior Sun Tzu have provided tremendous wisdom to generations through the ages. Now these philosophies are available with anecdotal extracts by the author of Shogun and Noble House. |
 | The Culture of Sentiment; Race, Gender, and Sentimentality in 19th-Century America Product# 460768133 Selling for $111 "In this important new collection, leading scholars in nineteenth-century American culture re-examine the vexed subject of sentimentality. These essays draw upon a range of interdisciplinary approaches to situate sentimentality in terms of 'women's culture' and issues of race, before and after the Civil War. Moving beyond the canonical debates about sentimentality, the collection makes visible the particular racial and gendered forms that define the aesthetics and politics of the American culture of sentiment. The contributors use evidence from American cultural history, American studies, and literary criticism, to examine the process by which nineteenth-century American culture was both produced and contested. They present incisive readings of scenes like an antebellum murder trial, the erotic attention audiences paid to the statues of Hiram Powers, and the engravings of Godey's Ladies Book. In addition, they use the writings of Harriet Jacobs, Mark Twain, James Fenimore Cooper, Pauline Hopkins, W.E.B. DuBois, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, to question the political fables immanent in this literature. More generally, they portray nineteenth-century American sentimentality as a national project - a project about imagining the nation's bodies and the national body. With essays by Lauren Berlant, Ann Fabian, Susan Gillman, Karen Halttunen, Carolyn L. Karcher, Joy Kasson, Amy Schrager Lang, Isabelle Lehuu, Harryette Mullen, Dana Nelson, Lora Romero, Shirley Samuels, Karen Sanchez-Eppler, Lynn Wardley, and Laura Wexler, The Culture of Sentiment significantly reorients the field of nineteenth-century American literature, art, culture, and history. It will be of keen interest to those concernedwith women's studies, American studies, cultural studies, African-American studies, and American history and literature." |
| Wartime; Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War Product# 460768146 Selling for $18.95 "Paul Fussell examines the immediate impact of World War II on soldiers and civilians. He depicts the psychological and emotional atmosphere of World War II by, most importantly, emphasizing the damage the war did to intellect, discrimination, honesty, individuality, complexity, ambiguity, and wit." |
 | The Garden of Priapus; Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor Product# 460768158 Selling for $53 "Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humor reinforces aggressive behavior on both the individual and societal levels, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture. Including a substantial and provocative new introduction, this revised edition is important not only as an in-depth study of Roman sexual satire, but also as a commentary on the effects of all humor on society and its victims." |
 | For Cause and Comrades; Why Men Fought in the Civil War Product# 460768269 Selling for $60 "Why did the conventional wisdom - that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses - not hold true in the Civil War?. It is to this question - why did they fight - that James M. McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war." |