Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World ...
The Toil and Drudgery: I loved this book. It depicted the toil and drudgery of the WWII combat infantryman. There are no frills in this story, just the day to day experience of being on the spearhead of the Allied push into Germany. It portrayed the [... more]
$16.95
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Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II
Amazon.com Review: The biographer of several prominent English literary figures (including Byron and Keats) turns his attention to a wily politician in this lively portrait of Charles II (1630-85). When he assumed the throne in 1660, Charles had already [... more]
$27.95
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Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II
Amazon.com Review: The biographer of several prominent English literary figures (including Byron and Keats) turns his attention to a wily politician in this lively portrait of Charles II (1630-85). When he assumed the throne in 1660, Charles had already [... more]
$18.95
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Raider
A Raider but not a barbarian!: Galen Kittleson's uncanny ability to see the enemy first and valor under fire behind enemy lines are legend. I just finished his biography and am thankful for his service to his country. Through Charles Sasser's words the [... more]
$6.99
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The Flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie
Perfect appetizer for a Highland visit: One of the things I love about traveling is getting a good sense of the history of a place I'm visiting. I bought "Flight of Bonnie Prince Charlie" in anticipation of a trip to Scotland, and it was [... more]
$32.95
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Other Clay: A Remembrance of the World War II Infantry
Bathos on the Beach: This is an interesting book. Perhaps not as good as I'd initially thought, and hoped, but good nonetheless. From what I can tell the book wasn't written till the late-80's early 90's, although it is based in part on a trio of [... more]
$15.95
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The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in ...
Th Surgeon and the Shepard: The interaction of the local French working with a brave person combined to make this story of individual bravery inspiring. The unoccupied area of France during the first part of the Second World War provided opportunity for [... more]
$27.95
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A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
Excellent memoir of a man from an interesting age: I initially bought this book expecting it to be similar to the other slew of WWII books out there ( The ME-109 dove at me out of the sun with guns blazing...). Instead I got an honest account of a man [... more]
$39.95
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For God, Country, and the Thrill of It: Women Airforce ...
I'd love to meet these women: The previous review covers the book thoroughly and well, but I have to add how entranced I was by the recent photos of the women. You can see in their eyes, their faces, and their posture that they are something special. The [... more]
$29.95
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Not As Briefed: From the Doolittle Raid to a German Stalag
American Spirit of WWII captured in Greening's story: In my opinion, Not As Briefed is one of the greatest World War Two memoirs ever published. While every valiant hero of that war has a story to tell, few have stories as dramatic as C. Ross Greening. [... more]
$42.00
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Charles II: The Last Rally
A Unique Interpretation of the Restoration King: I've read several biographies of Charles II, the best of them Antonia Fraser's, with Stephen Coote's more recent Royal Survivor much less so. Almost all treat their subject as intelligent, but lazy, at [... more]
$24.95
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Patriots Will: Surviving the Great Depression and World ...
A fine contribution to WW II history: This book is a fine contribution to WWII history. Mr. Hubbard shares his personal experiences as a boy during the Great Deppression in America and as a young man flying dangerous B17 missions over Europe. This book [... more]
$17.50
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