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The Search for Gram
The Search for Gram

Chris Kennedy

2015

NON-FICTION

Lieutenant Commander Shawn "Calvin" Hobbs has saved Seattle, traveled to the stars and forged new alliances with alien races. With the latest war concluded, he turned his attention to deciphering the ...

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Quest for Decisive Victory
Quest for Decisive Victory

Robert Michael Citino

2002

NON-FICTION

Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a v...

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Struggle for a Vast Future
Struggle for a Vast Future

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

2006

NON-FICTION

"Tearing apart a nation founded on ideals of liberty and union, the American Civil War saw some of the most bitter and bloody fighting that humankind has ever witnessed. The war changed America foreve...

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An Instinct for War
An Instinct for War

Roger Spiller

2005

FICTION

Utilizing a myriad of tales of war to offer a remarkable look at the essence of war and its evolution through the words and thoughts of those who led--and were led--into battle, from the perspective o...

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The Battle for WondLa
The Battle for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi

2023

FICTION

"When all hope for a peaceful coexistence between humankind and aliens seems lost, Eva Nine--with help from an unlikely ally--tries to thwart the evil Loroc's ultimate plan for life on Orbona."--

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Indian Wars
Indian Wars

Robert M. Utley; Wilcomb E. Washburn

2002

FICTION

An absorbing and comprehensive work, INDIAN WARS recounts the violent conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted more than three hundred years, the effects of which still resona...

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For All the World
For All the World

Jean Grainger

2023

FICTION

Dublin, Ireland and Valencia, Spain 1917. Peter Cullen has no money and no prospects, but he has talent and the will to succeed. All he needs now is luck. May Gallagher is determined to make her own w...

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Tomorrow is for Ever
Tomorrow is for Ever

E. V. Thompson

2004

NON-FICTION

Alan Carter was only married to Dora for a week before being called up to serve in The Great War on HMS Viper. Eighteen months later, convalescing from a shoulder wound, he discovers his wife has almo...

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Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead

John le Carre

2002

FICTION

Featuring an introduction by the author, this is a paperback reissue of the debut novel that introduces one of the most popular characters in espionage fiction: George Smiley.

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For the Soul of Mankind
For the Soul of Mankind

Melvyn P. Leffler

2007

NON-FICTION

What caused the Cold War in the first place and why did it last as long as it did? Melvyn P. Leffler homes in on four crucial episodes when American and Soviet leaders considered modulating, avoiding,...

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The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October

Tom Clancy

1993

FICTION

The runaway international No.1 bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's spectacular career - became a blockbuster film - and introduced Jack Ryan. Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ul...

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No Room for Mistakes
No Room for Mistakes

Geirr H Haarr

2015

NON-FICTION

"A new book from this bestselling author covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, in which he has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed ...

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For that One Day
For that One Day

Mitsuo Fuchida; Douglas T. Shinsato; Tadanori Urabe

2011

MEMOIR

Daniel Martinez, Chief Historian at the Pearl Harbor National Monument, states that, "Mitsuo Fuchida is a remarkable man." Commander Fuchida plunged Japan into war with the United States when he led t...

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The Hunt for Bin Laden
The Hunt for Bin Laden

Robin Moore

2003

MEMOIR

Describes the campaigns of American Green Berets in Afghanistan in the period following the September 11 terrorist attacks as they overcame Taliban and Al-Quaeda forces and sent them fleeing.

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For a Sack of Bones
For a Sack of Bones

Lluís-Anton Baulenas

2008

FICTION

Set in Franco Spain in 1949, this revenge tale of Legionnaire Sgt. Genís Aleu bears themes of desolation, fear, and cruelty.

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Two for Texas
Two for Texas

James Lee Burke

2021

FICTION

In the early 1800s, nineteen-year-old Son Holland is falsely accused of stealing a purse and condemned to ten years in a brutal Louisiana prison camp. Determined not to spend the next decade behind ba...

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MATCH 02
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Same era
MATCH 02
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

2003

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.

Same era
MATCH 02
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

1904

MILITARY HISTORY

A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism...

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