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Zookeeper's Wife: a War Story (08 Edition) by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments 'When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw'"and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel Publisher Comments At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945 by Max Hastings Staff Pick A meticulous, unprecedented account of the final year of WWII. History buffs beware: your time is not your own once Armageddon is in your hands.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments “A triumph of narrative history, elegantly written, thick with unforgettable description and rooted in the sight and sounds of battle.”The New York Times In An Army at Dawnwinner of the Pulitzer PrizeRick Atkinson provided a dramatic and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson Staff Pick An Army at Dawn is a superbly written book on the Northern African campaign of World War II. This is a wonderful history of some of the first campaigns of the war; Atkinson maintains a balanced focus on everyone involved, from the generals down to the... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose Publisher Comments As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Latter Days At Colditz by P R Reid Publisher Comments The thrilling sequel to the international bestseller "The Colditz Story".... (read more) Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Voices from Stalingrad: Nemesis on the Volga (Voices from) by Jonathan Bastable Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of "Voices from D-Day" comes a fascinating perspective on World War II's largest and most bitterly fought battle with never-before-published material from rare German and Russian KGB sources.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose Publisher Comments As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments -- responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Liberation Trilogy #01: An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Atkinson focuses on 1942 and 1943, showing how central the great drama that unfolded in North Africa was to the ultimate victory of the Allied powers and to America's understanding of itself.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Surviving the Odds by Jack Capell Publisher Comments Surviving the Odds is a compelling first-hand account of the Jack Capell's experiences in WWII as a front line Combat Infantry Rifleman. While a number of veterans have told their stories, this newly published book is unique because it tells one... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson Publisher Comments In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. In An Army at Dawn — winner of the Pulitzer Prize —... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 by David Kynaston Publisher Comments A majestic people’s history of England in the years immediately following the end of World War II, and a surprise bestseller in the UK. As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany’s aggression in World War II , and was ravaged... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $16.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Battle of the Bulge, Volume One: The Losheim Gap/Holding the Line (Stackpole Military History) by Hans Wijers Synopsis Most accounts of the Battle of the Bulge focus on Bastogne, but the Germans main thrust actually occurred to the north, where Sepp Dietrichs Sixth SS Panzer Army stormed through the Losheim Gap. In this region of thick forests and tiny villages, U.S... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Decision at Strasbourg: Ike's Strategic Mistake to Halt the Sixth Army Group at the Rhine in 1944 (Ausa) by David Colley Book News Annotation Just a day before it was to cross the Rhine into Germany, the Sixth Army Group, led by General Jacob Devers, was halted in its tracks by General Dwight Eisenhower. Standing with General George Patton were many who believed General Eisenhower's... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $22.95 Used - Hardcover
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Enigma U-Boats: Breaking the Code by Jak P. Mallmann Showell Publisher Comments A leading U-boat authority describes the famous German code machine, its role in U-boat operations, and how the British obtained Enigma machines and broke the code.... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Staff Pick Ackerman's bestselling books, including A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, are illuminating windows into the human condition, and are distinguished not only by Ackerman's graceful and exuberant prose but by her inclusion of her own... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945 by Stephen E Ambrose Publisher Comments Drawing on hundreds of interviews and oral histories, Ambrose recreates life on the front lines during one of the bloodiest periods of World War II: from D-Day to the surrender of Germany. "The most gripping account of the second World War that I have... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Omaha Beach and Beyond: The Long March of Sergeant Bob Slaughter by John Robert Slaughter Publisher Comments "Slaughter vividly conveys the reality of combat during World War II in his book with sweeping passages that literally place his reader on the battlefield beside him." Belvoir Eagle Before D-Day, regular army soldiers called the National... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Journal Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France 1944 (My Name Is America) by Walter Dean Myers Publisher Comments Each harrowing day of battle in France convinces 17-year-old Scott Pendleton Collins that he may not survive. In desperation, he records his thoughts, fears, and hopes in a journal he has carried since his first days as a soldier in Basic Training at... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $4.00 Used - Hardcover
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