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  • Lady of the Army

    The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton

    by Stefanie Van Steelandt ...
    2023 Silver Winner - Benjamin Franklin Awards (Biography & Autobiography)"A masterpiece of seminal research, Lady of the Army is an extraordinary, detailed, and unique biography of a remarkable woman married to a now legendary American military leader in both World War I and World War II." -Midwest Book ReviewIf anyone considered an army wife to be merely the kite's tail, Beatrice Ayer Patton had ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Code Girls

    The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

    by Liza Mundy ...
    The secret history of the American women who served as codebreakers during World War II is revealed in this New York Times bestseller.**"Prodigiously researched and engrossing." —**New York TimesRecruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, t... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • We Band of Angels

    The Untold Story of the American Women Trapped on Bataan

    by Elizabeth M. Norman ...
    In the fall of 1941, the Philippines was a gardenia-scented paradise for the American Army and Navy nurses stationed there. War was a distant rumor, life a routine of easy shifts and dinners under the stars. On December 8 all that changed, as Japanese bombs began raining down on American bases in Luzon, and this paradise became a fiery hell. Caught in the raging battle, the nurses set up field ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Rescue at Los Baños

    The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II

    by Bruce Henderson ...
    From the New York Times–bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time.In February 1945, as the US victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the ... Read more

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  • The Generals

    Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II

    by Winston Groom ...
    Celebrated historian Winston Groom tells the uniquely American tales of George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and George Marshall, from World War I to World War II. These three remarkable men-of-arms who rose from the gruesome hell of the First World War to become the finest generals of their generation during World War II redefined America's ideas of military leadership and brought forth a new ... Read more

    $15.18 CAD

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  • The Remains of Company D

    A Story of the Great War

    by James Carl Nelson ...
    A combat narrative of suffering and heroism and a rare eye-level account of World War I—"One of the best. Nelson is an excellent stylist . . .he knows how to tell a story with a capital 'S.'" — Star Tribune"[Never before] has an American nonfiction writer reached into history and produced a testament of young men in terrible battle with the stateliness, the mastery of cadence, the truthfulness, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Patton

    Blood, Guts, and Prayer

    by Michael Keane ...
    Known for his rousing speeches and military triumphs, General George S. Patton, Jr. is one of the most famous military figures in U.S. history. Yet, he is better known for his profanity than his prayers. Until now. In his new bookPatton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer, author Michael Keane takes readers on a journey through Patton's career in three parts: his military prowess, his inspirational bravery, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • War Letters

    Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

    by Andrew Carroll ...
    In 1998, Andrew Carroll founded the Legacy Project, with the goal of remembering Americans who have served their nation and preserving their letters for posterity. Since then, over 50,000 letters have poured in from around the country. Nearly two hundred of them comprise this amazing collection -- including never-before-published letters that appear in the new afterword.Here are letters from the ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Maverick Marine

    General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History

    by Hans Schmidt ...
    "Traces Butler's stormy career . . . As pure biography, Maverick Marine is a colorful story about a swashbuckling establishment-shaker."— Publishers WeeklySmedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military ... Read more

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  • The Castaway's War

    One Man's Battle Against Imperial Japan

    by Stephen Harding ...
    "A truly extraordinary story from World War II that has all the elements of a Hollywood thriller or adventure movie, and yet is true in every regard." —Andrew Roberts, New York Times– bestselling authorIn the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • "Dear Darling Loulie"

    Genealogy, #2

    by Rachel Taylor Hall ...
    Series Book 2 - Genealogy
    This compilation of the letters of Cordelia Lewis Scales originally was transcribed and annotated in the 1950's by Dr. Benjamin Gray Lumpkin and Martha Neville Lumpkin. The genealogical interest the pair took in their ancestors centered on family research into the life of Dabney Minor Scales, who served as a second lieutenant on the Shenandoah, the most important and famous ship of the Confederate ... Read more

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  • The Mighty Fallen

    Our Nation's Greatest War Memorials

    by Larry Bond, f-stop Fitzgerald ...
    The Mighty Fallen is a beautiful, evocative presentation of more than 150 never-before-seen photographs of the nation's greatest monuments and war memorials, along with text that describes the memorials and tells their stories. This extraordinary collection calls attention to the power of memory and the ways in which we immortalize people and events. As Larry Bond notes in the Introduction, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus