$35.00
ISBN: 9780393068139
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - November 14th, 2011
Toll
(author of the superb Six Frigates) starts with a horrific narrative of
Pearl Harbor, goes through the savage learning curve of the Battle of
the Coral Sea (this was all a new kind of warfare) and climaxes with a
spectacular account of Midway. In-depth portraits of the major players
add an exciting dimension to the great naval duel.
Gary
$15.95
ISBN: 9780307473578
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
It seems everybody on
a Mississippi river boat was out to cheat, swindle, outright rob or
even kill you if you were unfortunate enough to be an innocent pilgrim.
It was a wild and raucous bunch who peopled the wild and roiling river,
and Sandlin, in addition to painting a vivid picture of the dangerous
physicality of the greatest of America's merchantile waterways, packs
this flavorful history with river pirates and professional gamblers,
rapscallions and adventurers, wrecks and epic Civil War engagements.
The title is apt.
Gary
$25.00
ISBN: 9780374532932
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - March 29th, 2011
Drawing
upon documents found as recently as 1991, Hay describes in deeply
satisfying detail the emotional and commercial interconnectedness of a
group of talented young people, whose philosophical and political
beliefs brought them together when all were well under 30. Her use of
their extensive correspondence is so successful one feels one is
overhearing their conversations at breakfast. The later fabrications and
exaggerations of some of the principle players are stripped away, and
we learn not only the real story, but the motivations for invention.
Joan
$16.95
ISBN: 9780802145406
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Published: Grove Press - June 14th, 2011
Those
interested in World War I and its aftermath will find Juliet Nicolson’s
study of the years right after the war to be enlightening, engaging and
all too often disheartening. Great Britain suffered from a lack of
collective confidence, as well as having the resources to rebound and
move past the horrors of the war years. Written in concise, but vivid
prose, Nicolson paints a time of haunting history.
Nathan
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