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1	A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier more books like this by Ishmael Beah This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £6.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust more books like this by Immaculee Ilibagiza Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee's family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee ... see all copies from £3.82! new only from £3.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Gone with the wind more books like this by Margaret Mitchell -- "Gone With The Wind" sold more than 176,000 copies within the first three weeks of its initial publication in 1936. The Warner mass market edition (1993) sold over 330,000 copies. Over 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries. After 60 years, this will be the very first trade paperback edition ever published. -- In ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Killer Angels more books like this by Michael Shaara This title is a novelized account of the Battle of Gettysburg. Despite carrying a letter from Lincoln offering peace on the South's terms, General Robert E. Lee resolved on one mighty blow to finally destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac. see all copies from £3.13! new only from £3.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	For Whom the Bell Tolls more books like this by Ernest Hemingway High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	March more books like this by Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Brooks takes a very minor character from Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN--Mr. March, the girls' preacher father--and makes him the main character in this Civil War novel. Serving as a chaplain with the Union army, March becomes a teacher on a plantation, where he meets up with Grace, a woman slave he knew years ago. Tormented by the ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Civil War: A Narrative more books like this by Shelby Foote A narrative history of the American Civil War, which covers not only the battles and the troop movements but also the social background that brought on the war and led, in the end, to the South's defeat. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	A Feast for Crows more books like this by George R R Martin Because he ran out of pages and deadlines, author George R. R. Martin picks up only half the threads of the amazingly intricate tapestry left unfinished in A STORM OF SWORDS, the previous volume of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. The remaining storylines continue in the following book, A DANCE OF DRAGONS. As this fourth installment ... see all copies from £2.58! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Lincoln more books like this by David Herbert Donald David Herbert Donald's "Lincoln" is a stunningly original portrait of Lincoln's life and presidency. Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln's gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever- expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, ... see all copies from £5.62! new only from £11.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Cold Mountain more books like this by Charles Frazier Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author's great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman's odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada's ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Red Badge of Courage more books like this by Stephen Crane This Norton Critical Edition of Stephen Crane's classic 1895 Civil War novel is again based on the first published edition, conservatively edited. The Fourth Edition offers a broadened and restructured "Backgrounds and Sources" section that illuminates the social and intellectual climate of the 1890s and includes thought-provoking material by Jay ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era more books like this by James M McPherson This text presents a history of the American Civil War. It starts with an account of the years before the civil war and its causes - placing slavery firmly back in the centre stage - before discussing the war, the two sides, the international dimension, the position and role of the free blacks and slaves, to its outcome, the end of the war and ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.98! \| first editions
13 view cover	A Clash of Kings more books like this by George R R Martin George R. R. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War more books like this by Tony Horwitz A portrait of Civil War societies and the amateur historians who populate them throughout the South. Horwitz, the grandson of Russian immigrants who were obsessed with the conflict, spent a year visiting such societies to piece together his account. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £6.34! new only from £9.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief more books like this by James McPherson A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it. "Tried by War" offers a revelatory portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis America has ever endured. see all copies from £18.83! new only from £18.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Homage to Catalonia more books like this by George Orwell 'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism as I understand it'. Thus wrote Orwell following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, chronicled in "Homage to Catalonia". Here he brings to bear all the force of his ... see all copies from £4.16! new only from £5.20! \| first editions
17 view cover	Half of a Yellow Sun more books like this by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. She weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer more books like this by James L Swanson A New York Times Bestselling Author From April 14th to the 26th, 1865, the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices transfixed a nation reeling from the horrors of the newly ended civil war. Manhunt takes readers on the intensive search that moves side-by-side with the desperate assassin from the streets of Washington, D. C., through the ... see all copies from £2.37! new only from £9.86! \| first editions
19 view cover	What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng more books like this by Dave Eggers Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph. see all copies from £8.55! new only from £9.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War more books like this by Professor Drew Gilpin Faust Eminent historian Faust presents an illuminating study of the American struggle to comprehend the meaning and practicalities of death in the face of the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War. see all copies from £11.21! new only from £14.83! \| first editions
21 view cover	Rebel more books like this by Bernard Cornwell Set during the American Civil War, this book follows the confrontation of North against South. Nathaniel Starbuck is a Northerner, but fleeing his family after the disgrace of his involvement with a French actress, he turns to his best friend, Adam Faulconer. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	A Giraffe and a Half more books like this by Shel Silverstein An illustrated collection of comic poems for children. The author has also written "A Light in the Attic", "Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?", "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree". see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.24! \| first editions
23 view cover	Gods and Generals more books like this by Jeff Shaara This is the interweaving story of four men. On the Union side, Joshua Chamberlain and Winfield Scott Hancock both became heroes at Gettysburg. For the Confederacy, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a failure at the Virginia Miltiary Academy, and Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest leaders of all time. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln more books like this by Stephen B Oates This masterful and moving biography follows Lincoln's bitter struggle with poverty, his self-made success in business and law, his early disappointing political career, and his leadership as President during one of America's most turbulent periods. 48 halftone illustrations. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £10.42! \| first editions
25 view cover	Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America more books like this by Garry Wills Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1993, this is an account of the making of Lincoln's revolutionary masterpiece. Lincoln was asked to prepare a memorial for the battle at Gettysburg. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a birth of freedom" - by tracing its birth to the Declaration of Independence (which called all men equal) rather than the ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £8.72! \| first editions

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