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Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home

Gary W. Moore

Gary W. Moore is the author of the critically acclaimed book Playing with the Enemy:xa0A Baseball Prodigy, World War...

A Soldier's Story: Forever Changed: An Infantryman's Saga of Life and Death in Vietnam

Richard F. Hogue

Infantrymen in Vietnam represented the best of "Middle America." This true life story depicts the essence of life in...

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

Wilhelm Johnen

Johnen enlisted in Luftwaffe in 1939 and in 1941 he joined the German night fighter force (Nachtjagd) and participated...

82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle

Robert L. Wise

A gritty, first-person account remembered from the vantage point of 75 years later. One can hear Shaw’s voice as if...

Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq

Kirsten Holmstedt

About the Author Kirsten Holmstedt is a graduate of Drake University’s School of Journalism and the University of...

Mud, Blood and Bullets: Memoirs of a Machine Gunner on the Western Front

Edward Rowbotham

Edward Rowbotham survived a bullet wound to the temple, and won the Military Medal for bravery. Janet Tucker is Edward...

The Magnificent Bastards: The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968

Keith William Nolan

Throughout 1968, U.S. Marine Corps units patrolled to the edge of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and manned combat...

WILLIAM & CATHERINE: Their Story

Andrew Morton

Andrew Morton--authorxa0of the groundbreaking 1992 biography Diana: Her True Story-- presents a photo-laden,...

Delirious: My Journey with the Band, a Growing Family, and an Army of Historymakers

Craig Borlase

About the Author Martin Smith was the lead singer for the worship band Delirious? for seventeen years. Delirious? won...

Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation

Eboo Patel

From Publishers Weekly Patel, a former Rhodes scholar with a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford, is the...

Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image

Joshua Zeitz

From Booklist Many of Abraham Lincoln’s friends and associates claimed to have known and understood him well. Some,...

The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority

Patrick J. Buchanan

“An evenhanded insider take on Nixon's storied political rebirth…Buchanan deals the story with a great deal of...

Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command

Admiral James Stavridis USN

Destroyer Captain is a quick and enjoyable read. The writing flows like a good conversation with an old friend. This...

On Wings of Eagles

Ken Follett

About the Author Ken Follett is the author of numerous international bestsellers, including Jackdaws, Hornet Flight,...

The Hamilton Affair: A Novel

Elizabeth Cobbs

“Why did Alexander Hamilton risk everything? Why did Eliza Hamilton stand by him? This complicated couple who did so...

The Real Diana

Lady Colin Campbell

Lady Colin Campbell's books include the international bestseller DIANA IN PRIVATE and THE ROYAL MARRIAGES. Arcadia's...

Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club

Ralph Barger

“Maybe the baddest man on two wheels.” — Rolling Stone “Hell’s Angel chieftain Ralph ‘Sonny’ Barger has...

The Diana Chronicles

Tina Brown

“Jam-packed, juicy... a walloping good read.” — The Washington Post “Authoritative…. The ultimate update on...

D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II

Sarah Rose

“Inspiring and empowering—there were countless moments that gave me full-body chills. I have never read a book like...

Diana: A Closely Guarded Secret

Ken Wharfe

Inspector Ken Wharfe was protection officer to Diana, Princess of Wales from 1987 until 1993. Robert Jobson is the NBC...

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot

J. Randy Taraborrelli

About the Author J. Randy Taraborrelli is a respected journalist, a recognizable entertainment personality, and...

Of Plymouth Plantation

William Bradford

About the Author “Bradford’s history is a story of a simple people inspired by an ardent faith to a dauntless...

Still a PFC: A Combat Marine in World War II: The Pacific Theater (1942-1945): Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, & Iwo Jima

Eugene H. Peterson

An extraordinary memoir -- one of the best accounts of the war from a 'grunt' perspective that I have seen." - James L....

Mekong Mud Dogs: The Story of: SGT. Ed Eaton

Ed Eaton

Review AUTOBIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR Mekong Mud Dogs: The Story of: SGT. Ed Eaton Ed Eaton Ed W. Eaton 978-0-615-96518-5 Four...