E.B. Sledge
In The Wall Street Journal, Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War. Now E. B. Sledge's acclaimed ... [... more]
Random House |
Helmet for My Pillow
 The Man Can Write: Robert Leckie, machine gunner and then scout in the 1st Marine Division, retells his battle experiences on Guadalcanal, New Britain and the horrific losses suffered on Peleliu. In addition to the battle descriptions, this rebel and [... more]
CDN$7.01
Amazon CA |
South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
From Amazon.com: Soon after the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911, his Anglo-Irish rival, Sir Ernest Shackleton, sought to top the feat by making his way from one end of Antarctica to the other on sledge. He set off with a [... more]
CDN$23.95
Amazon CA |
Kalifax
Kalifax: Kalifax is one of those wonderful books that can be enjoyed by both parents and children. Children will get caught up Tom's adventure, as he and the crew of the Volantix travel into the far North. The whole central section of the novel, where [... more]
CDN$9.95
Amazon CA |
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
cheers to Henson: I've always had a soft spot for Henson ever since Peary was quoted as saying he took Henson, a black man, with him because he didn't want to share the honor of reaching the North Pole with another man. I too tend to doubt that Henson [... more]
CDN$21.95
Amazon CA |
The Essentials
Sister Sledge's Greatest Hit Singles: This compilation features some of Sister Sledge's greatest R & B hits. Unfortunately, Next Time You'll Know from the All American Girls album is missing. The tracks are featured in their original 45 versions. [... more]
CDN$9.99
Amazon CA |
In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War
From Amazon.com: In This Boy's Life Tobias Wolf created an unforgettable memoir of an American childhood. Now he gives us a precisely and sometimes pitilessly remembered account of his young manhood - a young manhood that become entangled in the tragic [... more]
CDN$18.95
Amazon CA |
The Best of Sandy Posey
Yesterday's Best - Today's Sounds: When I saw this collection on CD I had to get it! My mother had the record when I was a kid - I grew up on these classic tunes: "The Boy I Love" is a classic tale or a trusting woman done wrong; "I Take [... more]
CDN$14.99
Amazon CA |
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
ýkaleidoscope of the unrealý: This is a gripping account of combat on Peleliu and Okinawa during World War II, without embellishment, without literary flourish. The narrative is simple, unadorned, raw. Sledge--a "fugitive from the law [... more]
CDN$19.50
Amazon CA |
The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and ...
World War Two out where the sidewalk stops: Greenland, a Danish colony, found itself in an odd spot after the mother country was occupied by the Germans during World War Two. Technically, the colonial government, headed by Eske Brun, should have followed [... more]
CDN$18.95
Amazon CA |
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
ýkaleidoscope of the unrealý: This is a gripping account of combat on Peleliu and Okinawa during World War II, without embellishment, without literary flourish. The narrative is simple, unadorned, raw. Sledge--a "fugitive from the law [... more]
CDN$10.99
Amazon CA |
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
ýkaleidoscope of the unrealý: This is a gripping account of combat on Peleliu and Okinawa during World War II, without embellishment, without literary flourish. The narrative is simple, unadorned, raw. Sledge--a "fugitive from the law [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
