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Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II

by Bruce Henderson

Published: 2015-03-31

Hardcover: 384 pages

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From the bestselling author of Hero Found comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time, the 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines—a tale of daring, courage, and heroism that joins the ranks of Ghost Soldiers, Unbroken, ...

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Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer

by Michael Smith

Published: 2014-11-11

Hardcover: 464 pages

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"Mr. Smith, in illuminating this unforgettable figure, brings his own considerable scholarship in the field to the story, in addition to access to new archives." - The Wall Street Journal"Shackleton has finally received the literary treatment his legendary life deserves." - BooklistAn extr...

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The Spy's Son: The True Story of the Highest-Ranking CIA Officer Ever Convicted of Espionage and the Son He Trained to Spy for Russia

by Bryan Denson

Published: 2015-05-05

Hardcover: 368 pages

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"A haunting book as fast paced and as exciting as the best spy novel . . . and it’s all true." ?Robert Lindsey, author of The Falcon and the SnowmanInvestigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist Bryan Denson tells the riveting story of the Nicholsons?father and son co-conspirators wh...

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Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

by James M. Scott

Published: 2015-04-13

Hardcover: 648 pages

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The dramatic account of one of America’s most celebrated? and controversial?military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid.In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counter...

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Whirlwind: The American Revolution and the War That Won It

by John Ferling

Published: 2015-05-05

Hardcover: 432 pages

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Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole; one that John Ferling's latest book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have largely ranged from multivolume tomes t...

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Peace Child

by Don Richardson

Published: 2005-08-08

Paperback: 256 pages

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In this missionary classic, Don Richardson shares the story of how he and his wife risked their lives to share Christ with the cannibalistic Sawi people of New Guinea. Discover how they reached the hearts of these people, and be inspired to communicate Ch

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Dinner with the Smileys

by Sarah Smiley

Published: 2014-09-16

Paperback: 384 pages

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They say you are what you eat--but apparently, with whom you eat is pretty important too. Current medical research bears this out. But wellness was not what motivated mil-blogger/Navy wife and mom Sarah Smiley to invite one guest every week for 52 weeks to have dinner with herself and her ...

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The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents

by Ronald Kessler

Published: 2014-08-05

Hardcover: 272 pages

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As in a play, presidents, vice presidents, and presidential candidates perform on stage for the public and the media. What the nation’s leaders are really like and what goes on behind the scenes remains hidden. Secret Service agents have a front row seat on their private lives and those ...

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The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection

by Michael Harris

Published: 2014-08-07

Hardcover: 256 pages

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Soon enough, nobody will remember life before the Internet. What does this unavoidable fact mean? For future generations, it won't mean anything very obvious. They will be so immersed in online life that questions about the Internet's basic purpose or meaning will vanish. But those of us who have lived...

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Sisters of the Sari Sisters of the Sari

by Brenda L. Baker

Published: 2011-06-07

Mass Market Paperback: 330 pages

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A debut novel about an American woman and an Indian woman who are about to dramatically change each other's lives-along with the lives of those around them. While vacationing in India, Kiria Langdon, the opinionated and driven CEO of a major company, meets Santoshi, a former slave who no...