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Islands of Destiny PB
Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sunby John PradosPaperback432 Pages2013 The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny,...¥167.39 -
Islands of the Damned PB
Islands of the Damned: A Marine at War in the Pacific By: R.V. Burgin, William Marvel, Bill Marvel Paperback 304 Pages R.V. Burgin enlisted at the tender age of twenty, and with his smarts and hard work, climbed the ranks to sergeant. This...¥139.49 -
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown PB
Celebrate Halloween with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang!It’s Halloween night, which means costumes, trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples…and waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Linus is certain that the Great Pumpkin will rise...¥55.73 -
Jacob L Devers HC
Jacob L. Devers: A General's Life James Scott Wheeler Hardcover 616 Pages 2015 General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897–1979) was one of only two officers?the other was Omar C. Bradley?to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of...¥278.98 -
Japan's Modern Myths PB
Japan's Modern Myths by Carol GluckPaperback424 Pages1987 Ideology played a momentous role in modern Japanese history. Not only did the elite of imperial Japan (1890-1945) work hard to influence the people to "yield as the grasses before...¥383.60 -
Japan's Occupation of Java in WWII PB
Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World Warby Ethan MarkPaperback368 Pages2018 Japan's Occupation of Java in the Second World War draws upon written and oral Japanese, Indonesian, Dutch and English-language sources to narrate the Japanese...¥327.45 -
Japanese American Incarceration HC - Signed Copy
Japanese American Incarceration: The Camps and Coerced Labor during World War II by Stephanie D. HinnershitzHardback336 pages2021 Between 1942 and 1945, the U.S. government wrongfully imprisoned thousands of Japanese American citizens and profited from...¥278.63 -
Japanese American Internment PB
Japanese American Internment: Prisoners in Their Own Land (Tangled History)By: Steven OtfinoskiPaperback112 Pages2019Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.3 x 8.1 inchesAge Range: 9-12 yearsGrade Level: 3-9 Vivid storytelling brings World War II history to life...¥76.65 -
Japanese Combined Fleet 1942-43 PB
Japanese Combined Fleet 1942–43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign By Mark E. Stille Paperback 80 pages A superbly illustrated account of the Japanese Navy during the fierce battles of Guadalcanal and the Solomons, explaining how and why it...¥160.41 -
Joe Louis PB - Signed Copy
A fresh biography of heavyweight champion Joe Louis that probes race, fame, and American culture during the 1930s–1940s. Roberts explores Louis’s athletic achievements, wartime symbolism, and complicated relationship to politics and public...¥292.93 -
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Journey That Saved Curious George PB
The Journey That Saved Curious GeorgeBy Louise Borden (Author) and Allan Drummond (Illustrator)Paperback96 PagesGrade Level: 3-7September 2016 In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their harrowing...¥55.73 -
Judgment at Tokyo PB
Author: Gary J. BassPages: 944Published: October 17, 2023 In the epic Judgment at Tokyo, acclaimed historian Gary J. Bass chronicles the lesser-known yet profoundly significant Tokyo War Crimes Trials, where Japanese leaders stood accused of...¥188.31 -
Justice in Asia and The Pacific Region - Signed Copy (Final Sale)
Justice in Asia and The Pacific Region, 1945-1952: Allied War Crimes Prosecutions by Yuma TotaniPaperbackFebruary 2015 This book explores a cross section of war crimes trials that the Allied powers held against the Japanese in the aftermath of World War...¥209.17 -
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Kamikaze HC
Kamikaze: Japan's Last Bid for VictoryAdrian Stewart Hardcover224 Pages2020 In this fascinating book, the author examines the Japanese concept of Kamikaze, the deliberate self-sacrifice of life in the cause of victory. This attitude, while...¥208.89 -
Kingmaker HC
Author: Sonia Purnell Pages: 528 Published: September 2024 Discover the captivating life of Pamela Harriman, one of the most influential and enigmatic women of the 20th century, in Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell. From her early years as Winston...¥244.11 -
Kiyo Sato HC
Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service by Connie Goldsmith with Kiyo SatoHardcover140 PagesReading Age: 11-18 yearsGrade Level: 6-12September 2020"Our camp, they tell us, is now to be called a 'relocation center' and not a...¥260.29 -
Land of Hope PB
Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration by James R. GrossmanPaperback398 Pages1991 Grossman’s rich, detailed analysis of black migration to Chicago during World War I and its aftermath brilliantly captures the cultural...¥195.29 -
Landing in Hell HB
Landing in Hell: The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944by Peter Margaritis Hardcover208 Pages2018 On September 15, 1944, the United States, in its effort to defeat the Japanese Empire, invaded a tiny island named Peleliu,...¥229.81 -
Larger than Life PB
Larger Than Life: The Legacy of Daniel Longwell and Mary Fraser Longwell Judith Haas Smith Paperback 336 Pages 20015 Daniel Longwell began his career in journalism as a publisher's young man at Doubleday Publishing Company where he represented...¥139.14 -
Last Hope Island PB - Signed Copy
Last Hope Islandby Lynne OlsonPaperback576 Pages2017 A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times...¥146.46
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