Steven Elliott presents an explosive look at the chaos of war; the battle for life in its aftermath; a personal encounter with faith, love, tragedy, and renewal; and a confrontation of life's biggest questions.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military
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Author:Eversmann, Matt, Mooney, Chris, Patterson, JamesSummary:A powerful collection of never-before-told war stories crafted from hundreds of interviews by James Patterson and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann.
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Author:Roosevelt, TheodoreSummary:The firsthand account of the life of adventurer, scholar, war hero, and twenty-sixth president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living. Here, in his own...
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Author:Coburn, Davin, Bakos, NadaSummary:Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, this memoir shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of...
- Author:Schilling, DanSummary:
Dan Schilling shares how to identify and avoid threats using situational awareness and intuition. Told with wit and wisdom, this guide uses harrowing stories from Dan's special operations career and those of other experts to...
- Author:Harding, StephenSummary:
On August 18, 1945, US Army sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died like so many before him in World War II-quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy...
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Author:Sword, WileySummary:The award-winning account of a critical yet overlooked Civil War campaign from the author of Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863. Though he barely escaped expulsion from West Point, John Bell Hood quickly rose...
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From jungle clearings to stately homes and anonymous airport hotels, Talking to Terrorists puts us in the room with those who seek to change the course of history. Here are the terrorists, secret agents and go-betweens who make up the...
- Author:Bigger, Philip J.Summary:
James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinatingly varied career, primarily as a negotiator on behalf of prisoners. In 1957 he became involved with defending the captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and then rapidly became...
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Author:Smith, GeneSummary:A biography of the two gifted Civil War commanders from a New York Times-bestselling author: "A great story...'istory at its best" (Publishers Weekly). Their names are forever linked in the history of the Civil War, but...
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Author:Tregaskis, RichardSummary:A dramatic and richly detailed chronicle of the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy from one of America's greatest war correspondents. Following the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa, Allied military strategists turned their...
- Author:Slahi, Mohamedou OuldSummary:
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been held at Guantánamo, Cuba, though he has never been charged with a crime. Begun three years into his captivity, Slahi's diary serves as a record of a miscarriage of justice, a deeply personal...
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Author:Tregaskis, RichardSummary:#1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive eyewitness account of one of the bloodiest and most pivotal battles of World War II. On August 7, 1942, eleven thousand US Marines landed on Tulagi and Guadalcanal Islands in the South...
- Author:McSally, MarthaSummary:
America's first female combat jet pilot and Arizona Senator Martha McSally shows you how to clear the runway of your life: embrace fear, transform doubt, succeed when you are expected to fail, and soar to great heights in this...
- Crucible of command : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee--the war they fought, the peace they forgedAuthor:Davis, William C.Summary:
Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. William C. Davis explores their personalities, their character, and their ethical, moral, political...
- Author:Poole, EricSummary:
On May 10, 1970, during the Cambodian Incursion, Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr., 22-years old, married only 30 days before shipping out and on active duty for just 6 months, died as his patrol was ambushed near a remote border area of...
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Author:George, Isabel, Barrow, WillSummary:Buster, an English springer spaniel who has served his comrades and his country with unstinting devotion, has saved thousands of lives. This is the story of his partnership with RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, told by Will himself,...
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Author:Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.Summary:At fourteen he became the head of his impoverished family, responsible for feeding eleven on the rough American frontier. By thirty-nine he had established himself as a successful plantation owner worth over $1 million. And at forty...
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Author:Abbott, JacobSummary:Alexander the Great is a towering figure in ancient history because of his legendary conquests throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. He was born in 356 BC to the noble family of Macedon. As such, he was afforded with great luxuries...
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Author:Drury, BobSummary:A decade ago, former military counterintelligence officer Terry Henry and his daughter started Paws4people. In A Dog's Gift, Bob Drury captures the story of a year in the life of Paws4people and the broken bodies and souls the...
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