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Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Priscilla Mary, PUBLISHER: Greenwood, World War II was the most destructive ong>andong> disruptive war ever, a global conflict that in one way or another affected the lives of people across the planet. "Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life" coalesces a wide variety of primary-source documents drawn from across the United States, Europe, ong>andong> Asia. Supplemented by interpretive material that enables readers to analyze them, assess their impact ong>andong> significance, ong>andong> place them in context to comparable situations today, the documents provide rare insights into World War II. Expert commentaries ong>andong> additional information on these texts enable a greater understong>andong>ing of the background to these documents, providing valuable training in learning to interpret, assess, ong>andong> evaluate historical sources. Intended primarily for upper-level high school ong>andong> undergraduate-level history students, general readers will also appreciate the variegated array of primary material from World War II, which depicts numerous aspects of the conflict, often in extremely personal terms.

Windswept

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chase, Mary Ellen, PUBLISHER: Islong>andong>port Press, The third of Mary Ellen Chase's Maine novels (following Mary Peters ong>andong> Silas Crockett), Windswept is the romantic ong>andong> tumultuous saga of a Maine family who makes its home Down East. Spanning six decades, starting in the late nineteenth century, the novel depicts their lives as they ong>meetong> head on the joys ong>andong> challenges of the changing ong>andong> encroaching world ong>andong> eventually, World War II. Through it all, their home provides the family with a safe haven in which to sink their roots as they strive to nurture their humanity ong>andong> spirituality, all the while surrounded by the natural beauty of the Maine coast. Windswept was a national bestseller ong>andong> the biggest seller of Chase's career. Acquista Ora

Jang

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stevens, Joseph B., PUBLISHER: Kiwe Publishing, Captain Terry Meyers' story of Vietnam survival ong>andong> war time mysteries involves the small network of women in his life--all marking time throughout the particularly perilous shroud of 's wartime they all share in--ong>andong> all too often, watching some of those whom they love, die in that shroud. Not just a story of bombings ong>andong> war time intrigue, JANG is more a heartfelt story of how relationships within a circle are built, find reason to continue or founder-become altered, changed into some other form-ong>andong> then continue on, headed out to ong>meetong> the world, in some determinedly new way. More than any of the foregoing, however, this is a profound story of life renewing itself within seemingly insurmountable odds ong>andong> Captain Terry Meyers' infinite wonder in coming to experience a young woman child named JANG. Only thirteen when first we ong>meetong> her, Jang overcomes not only the rites of war, but also the rites of her own life's journeying. At length capturing a world in foment through the lens of her camera, creating pertinent meaning for those who love her (ong>andong> also, those who will never ong>meetong> her--) Jang's life ultimately transcends all of that tragic human wreckage threatening to engulf everyone she has come to love, even unto seemingly hopeless ends. An unforgettable read.

Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Healy, Maureen, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Maureen Healy tong>raceong>s the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first "total war" was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues ong>andong> apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, ong>andong> "left at home" men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another. The book will appeal to those interested in modern Europe ong>andong> the history of the Great War.

'FATEFUL CHOICES: TEN DECISIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: IAN KERSHAW, PUBLISHER: ALLEN LANE, The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, "Fateful Choices" puts Ian Kershawas analytical ong>andong> storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May to December , the leaders of the worldas six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II ong>andong> shaped the course of human destiny. As the author examines the connected stories of these profound choices, he restores a sense of drama ong>andong> contingency to this pivotal moment, producing one of the freshest, most important books on World War II in yearsaone with powerful contemporary relevance.

Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stein, Garth, PUBLISHER: Harper, Have you ever wondered what your dog is thinking? ong>Meetong> one funny dog--Enzo, the lovable mutt who tells this story. Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: most dogs love to chase cars, but Enzo longs to ong>raceong> them. He learns about racing ong>andong> the world around him by watching TV ong>andong> by listening to the words of his best friend, Denny, an up-ong>andong>-coming ong>raceong> car driver, ong>andong> his daughter, ZoE, his constant companion. Enzo finds that life is just like being on the ong>raceong>track--it isn't simply about going fast. ong>Andong>, applying the rules of racing to his world, Enzo takes on his family's challenges ong>andong> emerges a hero. In the end, Enzo holds in his heart the dream that Denny will go on to be a racing champion with his daughter by his side. For theirs is an extraordinary friendship--one that reminds us all to celebrate the triumph of the human (ong>andong> canine) spirit. This is a special adaptation for young people of the acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling adult novel "The Art of Racing in the Rain."

Memphis: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dipietro, ong>Joeong> / Bryan, David, PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers, Set in the turbulent South in the s, Memphis is the story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ whose love of good music transcends ong>raceong> lines ong>andong> airwaves. Thanks in part to his passionate persistence, "ong>raceong>" music reaches the center of the radio dial, quickly exploding throughout mainstream America. But when Huey falls for a beautiful black singer he has set on the path to stardom, whether the world is really ready for this music, ong>andong> their love, is put to the test.

Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanes Naval War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van Der Vat, Dan, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Dan van der Vat's naval histories have been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as "definitive," "extraordinary," ong>andong> "vivid ong>andong> harrowing." Now he turns to the greatest naval conflict in history: the Pacific campaign of World War II. Drawing on neglected archives of firsthong>andong> accounts from both sides, van der Vat interweaves eyewitness testimony with sharp, analytical narration to provide a penetrating reappraisal of the strategic ong>andong> political background of both the Japanese ong>andong> American forces, as well as a major reassessment of the role of intelligence on both sides. A comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the war in the Pacific, "The Pacific Campaign" promises to be the stong>andong>ard work on the U.S.-Japanese war for years to come.

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conquest, Robert, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, The publication of "The Dragons of Expectation" in reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual ong>andong> one of the world's great humanists. In the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "The Crooked Timber of Humanity" ong>andong> George Orwell's "Essays," this book brilliantly tong>raceong>s how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds; to often disastrous effects. In what "Publishers Weekly" called "a frontal assault on the pieties of the left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, ong>andong> the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" ong>andong> the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, ong>andong> Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence ong>andong> war. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, ong>andong> the Cold War, "The Dragons of Expectation" is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

Europe in Flames: Understanding World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goldberg, Harold J., PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books, Highlights the key decisions ong>andong> events of World War II in Europe from Allied ong>andong> Axis perspectives Begins with the invasion of Polong>andong> ong>andong> ends with Germany's surrender in , with a concluding look at the Nuremberg Trials Covers old controversies ong>andong> relatively unexplored events Presents information objectively

Panzerjager: Tank Hunter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Averbeck, Bernhard / Folkestad, William B., PUBLISHER: Burd Street Press, Panzerjager: Tank Hunter follows young Bernhard Averbeck as he leaves home to fight on the Eastern ong>andong> Western Fronts in World War II. The public ong>andong> specialist alike will recognize that Averbeck's story of frustration ong>andong> fear, along with the tenacity to survive three years of nonstop combat, are without parallel. Few books have recorded the experiences of the common German soldier on the Eastern Front. No book in English concerns German World War II antitank warfare, ong>andong> none would compare with this true account of a German soldier fighting with various Panzerjager units between ong>andong> on the Eastern Front ong>andong> from to on the Western Front. German antitank units were the bane of Allied tankers. Averbeck supplies the reader with details of Panzerjager training, equipment, Panzerjager battle tactics, ong>andong> personal observations of humor ong>andong> sorrow that reveal in great detail one young man's life on the Third Reich's two fronts.

Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ford, Ken, PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing, On the night of 9/10 July , an Allied armada of vessels launched one of the largest combined operations of the Second World War - the invasion of Sicily, Operation 'Husky'. Over the next 38 days, half a million British, Canadian, American ong>andong> French soldiers, sailors, ong>andong> airmen grappled with their German ong>andong> Italian counterparts for control of this rocky outcrop of Hitler's 'Fortress Europe'. The Allied assault on Sicily featured airborne ong>andong> amphibious long>andong>ings; mountain warfare; international rivalry; poorly performing troops; tenacious German resistance; ong>andong>, improvements in tactical air support ong>andong> the ultimate Allied victory on the islong>andong>. Almost the whole of the progress of the Second World War is illustrated by this one campaign. It was the only action where the whole Allied war effort was brought to bear on a single objective, with one army commong>andong>ed by Patton ong>andong> one army commong>andong>ed by Montgomery. Both men were insufferable egoists ong>andong> insubordinate commong>andong>ers; they always chose to do their own thing, regardless of others' sensibilities ong>andong> always with one eye on how history would see them. The seeds of rivalry between these two key Allied commong>andong>ers that were sown in the Sicily campaign eventually grew to fruition in the battles for Normong>andong>y ong>andong> the Ardennes.

Adversary Politics and Land: The Conflict Over Land and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cox, ong>Andong>rew W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The focus of the book is a discussion of the adversary basis of party politics in Britain ong>andong> its inimical impact on viable long>andong> policies since the Second World War. Particular emphasis is placed on the scope for, ong>andong> basis of policy initiation by Conservative ong>andong> Labour governments in the face of the cumulative social, economic, bureaucratic ong>andong> political constraints which impinge on the policy-making process. Dr Cox argues that these constraints leave only a relatively limited room for manoeuvres by governments ong>andong> that most of the post-war policies of Conservative ong>andong> Labour governments have been initiated in ignorance of these constraints. As a consequence, post-war policies have failed in implementation either by generating property speculation or by hindering urban development.

The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed: And Other Bizarre Tales

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Breuer, William B. / Breuer / Lane, H., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A rare treat for World War II history buffs ong>andong> fans of the strange, absurd, ong>andong> unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II. Featuring a cast of characters including double- ong>andong> triple-agents, femme fatales, fearless leaders, ong>andong> men at arms, The Spy who Spent the War In Bed is a collection of seventy concise, vividly rendered tales of war, ranging from laugh-out-loud funny, to inspiring, to just-plain-bizarre. For instance, there's the one about how reputed Irish Republican Army members in New York conned Nazi intelligence out of a small fortune. There's also a thrilling account of how four American newsmen bagged an entire German platoon. ong>Andong> there's the haunting tale of the "Mystery Plane," an experimental aircraft that took off on a short test flight over Englong>andong> one sunny afternoon in ong>andong> simply vanished into a cloudless summer sky. This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, ong>andong> declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on World War II. William B. Breuer (Clevelong>andong>, TN) is the author of more than twenty-five books.

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Weapons of the Waffen SS

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleming, David, PUBLISHER: Zenith Press, The Waffen (or armed) SS was initially raised solely for the protection of Adolf Hitler, but during the course of World War II it developed into one of the most effective armored spearheads available to the Wehrmacht, gaining a spectacular series of victories in France, the Balkans, ong>andong> the Soviet Union. This book examines the weapons, uniforms, ong>andong> equipment of the Waffen SS ong>andong> describes how they contributed to success on the battlefield. Complementing an authoritative narrative text will be full details ong>andong> specifications of the weapons ong>andong> equipment used by this elite organization, ranging from the 98k rifle to the awesome power of the 70-ton Tiger II tank. About the Author: David Fleming is a military author who has written extensively on World War II. He has previously published works on the Waffen SS, Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg operations, ong>andong> the desert campaign in North Africa. Features:, Full-color photography of guns ong>andong> artifacts actually used by Waffen SS soldiers during World War II, with full technical descriptions ong>andong> specifications., Rare black-ong>andong>-white wartime photography illustrating the SS in action on all fronts., Authoritative text exploring key aspects of the military hard wear used by the infamous force.

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Jackie & Me

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gutman, Dan, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins, Like every other kid in his class, ong>Joeong> Stoscack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, ong>Joeong> has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, ong>Joeong> decides to go back to ong>meetong> one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. ong>Joeong> plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin -- ong>andong> forever change his view of history ong>andong> his definition of Golden Sower Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) ong>andong> 00 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award (Intermed. Cat.)Like every other kid in his class, ong>Joeong> Stoshack has to write a report on an African American who's made an important contribution to society. Unlike every other kid in his class, ong>Joeong> has a special talent: with the help of old baseball cards, he can travel through time. So for his report, ong>Joeong> decides to go back to ong>meetong> one of the greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson, to find out what it was like to be the man who broke baseball's color barrier. ong>Joeong> plans on writing a prize-winning report. But he doesn't plan on a trip that will for a short time change the color of his skin--ong>andong> forever change his view of history ong>andong> his definition of courage.

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Forging a Nation: Perspectives on the Canadian Military

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Horn (Lieutenant-Colonel), Bernd, PUBLISHER: Vanwell Publishing, Forging A Nation offers a collection of essays on the development of the Canadian military experience. For more than two centuries, Canadians have taken up arms to defend the nation ong>andong> our national ideals, to support our allies ong>andong> to bring peace in other parts of the world. This book offers an important commentary on these actions, ong>andong> the way our military experience has shaped our country's national ong>andong> international identity.The essays are organized into four distinct eras: Part I covers the colonial period, from early contact with the First Nations to Canada's participation in the American Civil War ong>andong> the Boer War. Part II studies the impact of the two world wars on Canada in terms of mobilization, industrial development ong>andong> operational strategies. The third section examines the notion of national security from a Canadian context, identifies the distinctly Canadian style of warfare ong>andong> national defence issues. Part IV explores Canada's role in international spheres-alliance relationships, Cold War participation, involvement in other areas of the globe, ong>andong> includes a penetrating appraisal of our peacekeeping heritage.

Canadian Warships Since

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steed, Roger, PUBLISHER: Howell Press, Pictorial record of RCN ships in service after World War II, including technical detail on armaments ong>andong> capabilities.

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The Genie in the Bottle: 68 All New Commentaries on the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schwarcz, ong>Joeong>, PUBLISHER: ECW Press, "The Genie in the Bottle" makes science downright fun. Dr. ong>Joeong> Schwarcz blends quirky anecdotes about everyday chemistry with engaging tales from the history of science. Get a different twist on licorice ong>andong> travel to the dark side of the sun. Control stinky feet ong>andong> bend spoons ong>andong> minds. Learn about the latest on chocolate research, flax, ginkgo biloba, magnesium, ong>andong> blueberries. Read about the ups of helium ong>andong> the downs of drain cleaners. Find out why bug juice is used to color ice cream, how spies used secret inks, ong>andong> how acetone changed the course of history. It's all there "Dr. ong>Joeong>" also solves the mystery of the exploding shrimp ong>andong>, finally, he lets us in on the secret of the genie in the bottle.

The Homer Book

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Morrison, Bill, PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial, Homer Simpson is a man's man, an Average ong>Joeong>, a loving father ong>andong> husbong>andong>, ong>andong> a devoted beer drinker. But do you know the "real" Homer? Find out what's on Homer's mind, discover the mysteries of Homer's fridge, hang out in Homer's haunts; ong>meetong> his friends ong>andong> enemies; ong>andong> spend a typical day with the lovable lout who will lift you out of your D'oh-ldrums.

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