FIRE IN THE SKY: THE GREAT PACIFIC WAR 1941-1945
The Call of the Canyon
2013
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What Moves the Dead
2024
FICTIONWhen Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania. What they ...
The Origin of the Idea of Crusade
2019
NON-FICTIONThough conditioned by the specific circumstances of eleventh-century Europe, the launching of the crusdaes presupposed a long historical evolution of the idea of Christian knighthood and holy war. Car...
A King of the Fields
2003
FICTIONIn an age of darkness Poland lives under the iron fist of Krol Rudy until their leader, returns with the knowledge of an outside civilised world.
Eaters of the Dead
1992
FICTIONA 10th century Arab diplomat is kidnapped by Vikings and forced to confront the ultimate horror ....
Invasion of the Sea
2001
FICTIONThe work raises a host of concerns - environmental, cultural, and political. In the story the proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declar...
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981
MEMOIROne of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
2011
NON-FICTIONDefinitive account of the brutal naval campaign for Guadalcanal, covering six major sea battles fought in Iron Bottom Sound.
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
MEMOIRWar correspondent's firsthand diary of the Marines' desperate first weeks on Guadalcanal — one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of WWII Pacific combat.
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
1980
MEMOIRManchester revisits the Pacific battlefields of his youth, weaving personal memoir with historical narrative across Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa.
The Pacific War
2010
NON-FICTIONOffers an introduction to the Pacific War, including such topics as the opening amphibious operations and Japanese naval strategy after Midway.
The Turning Points in the Pacific
2014
NON-FICTION*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts of the fighting *Includes bibliographies for further reading Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded i...
Enemy at the Gates
1973
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege
1998
NON-FICTIONBeevor's masterful account of the battle that changed the course of WWII on the Eastern Front.
D-Day: June 6, 1944
1994
NON-FICTIONThe climactic battle of World War II told through the accounts of those who were there.
The Longest Day
1959
NON-FICTIONClassic account of the Normandy invasion from all perspectives — Allied, German, and French civilian.
A Time for Trumpets
1985
NON-FICTIONComprehensive history of the Battle of the Bulge by a historian who fought in it.
Shattered Sword
2005
NON-FICTIONRevolutionary account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, debunking many myths.
Miracle at Midway
1982
NON-FICTIONDetailed reconstruction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.