• Battles that Changed History

    This illustrated guide to history's most famous battles explores military history from ancient battles to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and beyond.Featuring stunning illustrations and in-depth analysis, this military history book uses maps, paintings, and photographs to reveal the stories behind more than 90 of the most important battles ever to take place. From medieval battles and great naval battles to the era of high-tech air battles, key wars and campaigns are analyzed in detail--the weapons, the soldiers, the military strategy, and the fateful decisions... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 146547384X
    • ASIN: 146547384X
    • ISBN: 146547384X
    • Manufacturer: DK

  • On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle

    "Superb...A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail...This war story — the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir — has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep."—Washington PostFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean WarOn October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Com... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0385541155
    • ASIN: 0385541155
    • ISBN: 0385541155
    • Manufacturer: Doubleday

  • Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

    Tom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO® miniseries Band of Brothers.William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron were among the first paratroopers of the U.S. Army—members of an elite unit of the 101st Airborne Division called Easy Company. The crack unit was called upon for every high-risk operation of the war, including D-Day, Operation Market Garden in Holland, the Battle of the Bulge, and the capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in Berchtesgaden.In his own words, Guarnere giv... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0425224368
    • ASIN: 0425224368
    • ISBN: 0425224368
    • Brand: Guarnere, William/ Heffron, Edward/ Post, Robyn/ Hanks, Tom (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

  • Great Battles for Boys: WW2 Europe

    "This book should be in school libraries everywhere." —Top 500 Amazon ReviewerDoes your son play video games for hours but dreads reading? Does he think history is just a bunch of boring old facts? What if you could give him the excitement of screen time and at the same time spark his love of reading and history?Now you can, with these exciting tales of World War II written especially for reluctant readers. In his highly acclaimed middle-school class “Great Battles for Boys," author Joe Giorello has ignited a love of military history in hundreds of boys. Now with this engaging non-fictio... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0997749326
    • ASIN: 0997749326
    • ISBN: 0997749326
    • Manufacturer: Wheelhouse Publishing

  • The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian Science Monitor • Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ul... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0399589813
    • ASIN: 0399589813
    • ISBN: 0399589813
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win (New Edition)

    An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life. Now with an excerpt from the authors' new book, THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP. Combat, the most intense and dynamic environment imaginable, teaches the toughest leadership lessons, with absolutely everything at stake. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin learned this reality first-hand on the most vi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1250183863
    • ASIN: 1250183863
    • ISBN: 9781250183866
    • Brand: St. Martin's Press
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

    All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, have been collected in a boxed set fit for demigods. Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy's thrilling adventures with Greek gods and monsters for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by young and old.

    • ASIN: 1484707230
    • ASIN: 1484707230
    • ISBN: 1484707230
    • Brand: Disney-Hyperion
    • Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

  • A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.”—CNN • “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”—USA Today • “Oh, it’s a good one!”—Fox News A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this New York Times bestseller by the author of Spearhead. December, 1943: A badly damaged American bomber struggles to fly over wartime Germany. At the controls is twenty-one-year-old Second Lieutenant Charlie Brown. Half his crew lay wounded or dead on this, their first mission. Suddenly, a Messerschmitt figh... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0425255735
    • UPC: 884836574146
    • ASIN: 0425255735
    • ISBN: 0425255735
    • Brand: Berkley Publishing Group
    • Manufacturer: Dutton Caliber

  • The Secret History of World War II: Spies, Code Breakers, and Covert Operations

    From top secret spy missions to recently declassified WWII documents, this richly illustrated account of the covert espionage operations of World War II takes readers behind the battle lines and into the undercover war effort. National Geographic’s landmark book includes recently released never-before-seen photographs, coded messages, classified maps, and more than 700 rare artifacts that shed light on the war's darkest secrets.    This is the shocking story behind the covert activity that shaped the outcome of one of the world’s greatest conflicts—and the destiny of millions of peopl... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1426217013
    • ASIN: 1426217013
    • ISBN: 1426217013
    • Brand: National Geographic Society
    • Manufacturer: National Geographic

  • In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown (The American Revolution Series)

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Nathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and British to a central place in the history of the American Revolution. He succeeds, marvelously."--The New York Times Book ReviewThe thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition. In the fall of 1780, after five frustrating years of war, George Washington had come to realize that the only way to defeat the British Empire was with the help of the French na... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0525426760
    • ASIN: 0525426760
    • ISBN: 0525426760
    • Manufacturer: Viking

  • World War II: The Definitive Visual History from Blitzkrieg to the Atom Bomb

    World War II: The Definitive Visual History is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet accessible guide to the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of World War II. Perhaps the most complex, frightening, and destructive event in global history, the Second World War saw the heights of human courage and the depth of human degradation. World War II presents a complete overview of the war, including the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party, fascism, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, and the D-Day landings. This book also looks at the enduring effects of World War II during succeeding decades. Expanded wi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1465436022
    • UPC: 790778036027
    • ASIN: 1465436022
    • ISBN: 1465436022
    • Brand: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
    • Manufacturer: DK

  • The Things They Carried

    A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling.   The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley, Mitchell Sanders, Norman Bowker, Kiowa, and the character Tim O’Brien, who has survived his tour in Vietnam to become a father and writer at the age of forty-three.  Taught everywhere—from high school classrooms to graduate seminars in creative... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0618706410
    • UPC: 046442706414
    • ASIN: 0618706410
    • ISBN: 0544309766
    • Brand: Tim O Brien
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • Grant

    The #1 New York Times bestseller.New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general ... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B06W2J89PV
    • ASIN: B06W2J89PV
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

    A finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionA New York Times Notable Book Bloomberg Best Book of 2018The New York Times bestseller!Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0735224897
    • ASIN: 0735224897
    • ISBN: 0735224897
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

  • If You Survive: From Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge to the End of World War II, One American Officer's Riveting True Story

    "If you survive your first day, I'll promote you."So promised George Wilson's World War II commanding officer in the hedgerows of Normandy -- and it was to be a promise dramatically fulfilled. From July, 1944, to the closing days of the war, from the first penetration of the Siegfried Line to the Nazis' last desperate charge in the Battle of the Bulge, Wilson fought in the thickest of the action, helping take the small towns of northern France and Belgium building by building.Of all the men and officers who started out in Company F of the 4th Infantry Division with him, Wilson was the only one... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0804100039
    • ASIN: 0804100039
    • ISBN: 0804100039
    • Brand: Wilson, George
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

  • Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends : Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story

    Tom Hanks introduces the rousing story of two inseparable friends and World War II soldiers portrayed in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers," in this work that is a tribute to the lasting bond forged

    • UPC: 10178445
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Did the Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets in Battles? History Book Best Sellers Children's History

    Today's images of Vikings show them wearing horned helmets. However, history has a different account. To learn if the Vikings really wore horned helmets in battle, read the contents of this children's history books. Educating

    • UPC: 750664787

  • Did the Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets in Battles? History Book Best Sellers | Children's History - eBook

    Today’s images of Vikings show them wearing horned helmets. However, history has a different account. To learn if the Vikings really wore horned helmets in battle, read the contents of this children’s history books. Educating

    • UPC: 340714768

  • Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends - eBook

    Tom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO® miniseries Band of Brothers.William “Wild Bill” Guarnere and Edward “Babe” Heffron were among the first paratroopers

    • UPC: 505668216
    • Rating: 4.0

  • Hearts Touched by Fire : The Best of Battles and Leaders of the Civil War

    The most enduring entries from the classic four-volume series Battles and Leaders of the Civil War have now been edited and merged into one volume. Here are the best of the first-person accounts originally published

    • UPC: 14902516
    • Rating: 5.0

  • The Life of Frederick III. King of Prussia. Containing the Most Authentic and Best Account of That Great Monarch Ever Yet Published; ... Contains His Manners, Policy, Sieges, Battles, Government, ... by Mr. Marchant.

    The Life of Frederick III. King of Prussia. Containing the Most Authentic and Best Account of That Great Monarch Ever Yet Published; ... Contains

    • UPC: 53502536

  • UFC HITS The Best Battles in UFC History DVD

    • UPC: 142544944863
    • Category: CDs
    • Price: 14 AUD

  • UFC Hits - Best Battles in UFC History! Volume 2 DVD MMA SEG Sports

    • UPC: 283430590605
    • Category: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs
    • Price: 2 USD

  • UFC Hits - Best Battles in UFC History! Volume 2 DVD MMA SEG Sports

    • UPC: 113833742083
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  • UFC HITS: THE BEST BATTLES IN UFC HISTORY VOL. 1 DVD (MMA Rizin Bellator NJPW)

    • UPC: 293523303772
    • Category: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs
    • Price: 19 USD

  • BN HBK TRAFALGAR - THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE GREATEST SEA BATTLE IN HISTORY N BEST

    • UPC: 174122661692
    • Category: Non-Fiction
    • Price: 9 GBP

  • Trafalgar : The Untold Story of the Greatest Sea Battle in History, Best, Nichol

    • UPC: 303331503812
    • Category: Non-Fiction
    • Price: 14 GBP

  • UFC Hits The Best Battles in UFC History.Volume 1 VHS

    • UPC: 163604117165
    • Category: VHS Tapes
    • Price: 7 USD

  • UFC HITS - VOL 2 (BEST BATTLES IN UFC HISTORY!) (MAPLE) (DVD)

    • UPC: 392280804378
    • Category: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs
    • Price: 19 CAD

  • UFC Hits - Vol 2 (Best Battles in UFC History! New DVD

    • UPC: 303103626425
    • Category: DVDs & Blu-ray Discs
    • Price: 13 USD

  • Did the Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets in Battles? History Book Best Sellers

    • UPC: 382376810925
    • Category: Children & YA Fiction
    • Price: 14 USD

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