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Reflections of a Warrior, Six Years as a Green Beret in Vietnam [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Elwood J.C. Kureth
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 PFC Franklin Miller arrived in Vietnam in March 1966, was sent straight to a Reconnaissance Platoon, and saw his first combat. So began an odyssey that would make him into one of the most feared and respected men in the Special Forces elite, who made their own rules on the most hazardous frontiers of war. In the exclusive world of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group (MAC-V- SOG), Miller ran missions deep into enemy territory under the most adverse conditions--... more info>>
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Michael Dobbs
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  In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union appeared to be sliding inexorably toward a nuclear conflict over the placement of missiles in Cuba. Veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs has pored over previously untapped American, Soviet, and Cuban sources to produce the most authoritative book yet on the Cuban missile crisis. In his hour-by-hour chronicle of those near-fatal days, Dobbs reveals some startling new incidents that illustrate how clos... more info>>
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1776 [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by David McCullough
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 In this stirring book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence--when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper. Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough's 1776 is another land... more info>>
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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Max Hastings
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Hailed in Britain as "Spectacular ... Searingly powerful" (Andrew Roberts, The Sunday Telegraph), a riveting, impeccably informed chronicle of the final year of the Pacific war. In his critically acclaimed Armageddon, Hastings detailed the last twelve months of the struggle for Germany. Here, in what can be considered a companion volume, he covers the horrific story of the war against Japan. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would... more info>>
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A History of Western Philosophy [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Bertrand Russell
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 Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject--unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the A... more info>>
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Royal Affairs: A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Leslie Carroll
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A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain's royals. Insatiable kings, lecherous queens, kissing cousins, and wanton consorts--history has never been so much fun. Royal unions have always been the stuff of scintillating gossip, from the passionate Plantagenets to Henry VIII's alarming head count of wives and mistresses, to the Sapphic crushes of Mary and Anne Stuart right on up through the scandal-blighted coupling of Prince... more info>>
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Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11 [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Lynn Spencer
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On the azure blue morning of 9/11 the skies were pronounced "severe clear," in the parlance of airline pilots; a gorgeous day for flying. Nearly 5,000 flights were cruising the skies over America when FAA Operations Manager Ben Sliney arrived at the Command Center for his first day on that job. He could never have anticipated the historic drama that was about to unfold as Americans who found themselves on the front lines of a totally unprecedented attack on our homeland sprang into action to def... more info>>
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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Buddy Levy
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In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. "I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold."--Hernan Cortes. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. Only one would survive the encounter. In 1519, Hernan Cortes arrived on the ... more info>>
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A Short History of World War I [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by James L. Stokesbury
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World War I was a bloodletting so vast and unprecedented that for a generation it was known simply as the Great War. Casualty lists reached unimagined proportions as the same ground--places like Ypres and the Somme--was fought over again and again. Other major bloody battles remain vivid in memory to this day: Gallipoli and the Battle of Jutland are but two examples. Europe was at war with itself, and the effect on Western civilization was profound, its repercussions felt even today. World War I... more info>>
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1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ingnited the Renaissance [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Gavin Menzies
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The New York Times bestselling author of 1421 offers another stunning reappraisal of history, presenting compelling new evidence that traces the roots of the European Renaissance to Chinese exploration in the fifteenth century. The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that... more info>>
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Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Peter Watson
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In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. The narrative begins nearly two million years ago with the invention of hand-axes and explores how some of our most cherished notions might have originated before humans had language. Then, in a broad sweep, the book moves forward to consider not the battles and treaties of kings and prime ministers, em... more info>>
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The Second World War: Volume 1: The Gathering Storm [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Winston Churchill
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One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Told through the eyes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, The Second World War is also the story of one nation's singular, heroic role in the fight against tyranny. Pride and patriotism are evident everywhere in Churchill's dramatic account and for good reason. Having learned ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Thomas Cahill
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From the fall of Rome to the rise of Charlemagne--the "dark ages"--learning, scholarship, and culture disappeared from the European continent. The great heritage of western civilization--from the Greek and Roman classics to Jewish and Christian works--would have been utterly lost were it not for the holy men and women of unconquered Ireland. In this delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little-known "hinge" of history, Thomas Cahill takes us to the "island of saints and scholars," ... more info>>
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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Robert Kurson
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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm comes a true tale of riveting adventure in which two weekend scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery--and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. Testing themselves against treacherous currents, braving depths that induced hallucinatory effects, navigating through wreckage as perilous as a minefield, they pushed themse... more info>>
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The Virgin's Lover [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Philippa Gregory
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In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows that Elizabeth's ambitious leap to the throne will pull her husband back to the very center of the glamorous Tudor court, where he was born to be. Amy had hoped that the merciless ambitions of the Dudley family had died on Tower Green when Robert's father was beheaded and his sons shamed; ... more info>>
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Great Tales From English History [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Robert Lacey
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From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion--a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. Now, in Great Tales from English History, Robert Lacey tells those remarkable stories as only a great writer can: combining impeccable accuracy with the timeless drama that has made these stories live for centuries. This volume begins in 7150 BC with the life an... more info>>
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Walk Near Rome 300 A.D. [Part 1 of 2] [MultiFormat]
by John T. Cullen
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Be a tourist in ancient Rome during the time of Diocletian. Savor the smells, the sights, the thrills of the ancient world capital as no standard history text can offer. First of two unforgettable parts crammed with detailed info and interesting explanations. Part 1 brings you from a rural villa to the outskirts of Rome. Part 2 (coming soon) walks you through the city itself. Infonana offers entertaining and informative nonfiction for digital readers on the go. (Published: 2002)
Words: 6400 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Walk In Rome 300 A.D. [Part 2 of 2] [MultiFormat]
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Enjoy a walk through living, breathing ancient Rome during the rule of Diocletian. The smells, the sights, the sounds, all come to life in this final part of a two-part series filled with delightful detail and startling observation. (Published: 2002)
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Holocene: The Missing 6,000 Years [MultiFormat]
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What really happened during that early twilight zone of human existence after the last Ice Age? We live in the period called the Holocene, which began 11,000 years ago, and of which we know relatively little except for the past 5,000 years since writing was invented. But there are mysterious megaliths around the world, and other evidence that all is not what we may think. Will we ever find out the whole story? (Published: 2003)
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Erik Larson
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Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Eric Haney
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Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside--until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action--to reveal the never-before-told story of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force). He is a master of espionage, trained to ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Second World War: Volume 4: The Hinge of Fate [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Winston Churchill
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One of the most fascinating works of history ever written, Winston's Churchill's monumental The Second World War is a six-volume account of the struggle of the Allied powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Told through the eyes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, The Second World War is also the story of one nation's singular, heroic role in the fight against tyranny. Pride and patriotism are evident everywhere in Churchill's dramatic account and for good reason. Having learned ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Montefeltro Conspiracy [A Renaissance Mystery Decoded] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Marcello Simonetta
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A brutal murder, a nefarious plot, a coded letter. After five hundred years, the most notorious mystery of the Renaissance is finally solved.... The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy's many city-states providing the grist for Machiavelli's classic work on take-no-prisoners politics, The Prince. The attempted assassination of the Medici brothers in the Duomo in Florence in 1478 is one of the best-known examples ... more info>>
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