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1	Slaughterhouse-Five: Or the Children's Crusade, a Duty-Dance with Death more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. add to wishlist SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers and virtually obliterated, leaving more than 130,000 people dead. He uses that event as the climax of this ... see all copies from £3.66! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Mans Search for Meaning more books like this by Viktor Emil Frankl add to wishlist Psychiatrist Victor Frankl tells the story of the three years he spent as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, where he discovered that the will to find meaning in life motivates human existence. One of the 10 most influential books in the Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club's 1991 "Survey of Lifetime Readers." see all copies from £4.34! new only from £4.41! \| first editions
3	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hit more books like this by Professor Stephen E Ambrose add to wishlist Historian Ambrose tells of the combat experiences of soldiers in the crack U.S. Army Airborne division that led the invasion of Normandy on D-Day. The interviews on which this book is based were conducted by Ambrose as research for his book, D-DAY. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression more books like this by Amity Shlaes add to wishlist This striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression looks at the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they had helped to establish the steadfast character that has developed a nation. see all copies from £8.49! new only from £9.03! \| first editions
5	Those Who Save Us more books like this by Jenna Blum add to wishlist A professor of German history begins a long journey back into a past she has pushed aside. see all copies from £1.63! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
6	No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Home Front in World War II more books like this by Doris Kearns Goodwin add to wishlist A chronicle of the US and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. It narrates the interrelationships between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the US, painting a portrait that fills in a historical gap in the story of America under Roosevelt. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa more books like this by Eugene B Sledge add to wishlist This World War II memoir by a former U. S. Marine is highly regarded by historians and former soldiers alike for its veracity and style. Sledge recounts his experiences in the Pacific campaigns, especially the (very bloody) landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. see all copies from £2.90! new only from £3.18!
8	Gravity's rainbow more books like this by Thomas Pynchon add to wishlist Tyrone Slothrop is an archetypal innocent abroad, but in the worst possible circumstances: he's an American on a mission to locate V-2 rocket-launching sites in war-torn Europe. On a larger level, the novel illustrates the struggle between those who perceive and rebel against the war, seeing it as an overt movement toward the obliteration of the ... see all copies from £5.79! new only from £6.72! \| first editions
9	Cryptonomicon more books like this by Neal Stephenson add to wishlist Weaving between two separate time lines, this novel depicts the adventures of a codebreaker, a Japanese lieutenant, and a U.S. Marine in World War II with the modern-day tale of their grandchildren, who are jointly investigating a mysterious computer program in Southeast Asia. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA more books like this by Tim Weiner add to wishlist Covering the Central Intelligence Agencys less-than-stellar reputation over its 60-year existence, this work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans. see all copies from £6.20! new only from £9.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Skeletons at the Feast more books like this by Chris A Bohjalian add to wishlist In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich to reach the British and American lines, in this richly crafted novel that puts a face on one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community more books like this by Robert D Putnam add to wishlist Based on a 25-year research project, this book documents a significant downward spike in the ways that Americans gather in social groups--and recommends new ways that people can come together for the common good. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.69! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 more books like this by Rick Atkinson (Read by) add to wishlist In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. see all copies from £5.38! new only from £5.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness more books like this by Simon Wiesenthal, Harry James Cargas (Editor), Bonny V Fetterman (Editor) add to wishlist Can evil be forgiven? The famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal asked this question of people from many walks of life--including authors, political leaders, and scholars--and collected their responses in this book. see all copies from £6.28! new only from £6.69!
15 view cover	All but my life more books like this by Gerda Weissmann Klein add to wishlist Gerda Klein has expanded her story, originally published in 1957, to include a description of her new life in the United States. She recounts in detailed prose the nostalgic story of her home and family--none of whom survived the war--in prewar Bielitz, Poland, and her three-year imprisonment in German work camps and the 1000-mile winter march. It ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Greatest Generation more books like this by Tom Brokaw add to wishlist Accompanying an NBC television special, this title features the American men and women who were born in the 1920s, experienced the unique circumstances of a World War, and went on to become the parents of the "baby boomers." Award-winning anchorman Brokaw has reported on many of the world's major news events since he began his career with NBC News ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Tallgrass more books like this by Sandra Dallas add to wishlist During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small town. Part thriller, part historical novel, Dallas has written a riveting exploration of the darkest--as well as the best--parts of the human heart. see all copies from £4.54! new only from £6.63! \| first editions
18 view cover	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel add to wishlist Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. see all copies from £1.53! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale more books like this by Art Spiegelman, Fred Jordon (Editor) add to wishlist At last! Here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as "the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust" ("Wall Street Journal") and "the first masterpiece in comic book history" ("The New Yorker"). It now appears as it was originally envisioned by the author: "The Complete Maus. "It is the story of Vladek ... see all copies from £5.58! new only from £13.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Commoner more books like this by John Burnham Schwartz add to wishlist It is 1959 when Haruko marries the Crown Prince of Japan. Thirty years later, now Empress herself, she plays a crucial role in persuading another young woman to accept the marriage proposal of her son, with consequences both tragic and dramatic. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Fourth Turning more books like this by William Strauss, Neil Howe add to wishlist Basing their vision on a provocative theory of American history as series of recurring 80- to 100-year cycles, the authors predict that, just after the millennium, America will enter a new era that will culminate with a political and social crisis comparable to the American Revolution, the Civil War, and World War II. "The Fourth Turning" shows ... see all copies from £9.04! new only from £9.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Behold a Pale Horse more books like this by Milton William Cooper (Introduction by) add to wishlist Cooper, a former U.S. Naval intelligence briefing team member, offers this lucid, rational work that reveals secrets kept guarded by the American government since the 1940s, including the presence of UFOs, the facts behind the J.F.K. assassination, and more. see all copies from £13.14! new only from £15.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Survival in Auschwitz, The Nazi assault on humanity. more books like this by Primo Levi add to wishlist Originally entitled, IF THIS IS A MAN, Levi's narrative of his experiences at Auschwitz is unique among Holocaust memoirs for its simplicity, its lack of self-pity, and its objectivity; he often emphasizes not his own sufferings but the many instances of goodness he found among his fellow prisoners. In an appendix, Levi stated: "[I]n writing this ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.13! \| first editions
24 view cover	Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment more books like this by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston add to wishlist Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention. see all copies from £1.96! new only from £2.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear more books like this by Don Wood add to wishlist The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the bear - How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red, ripe strawberry. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.82!

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