Biographies

15 Days of Hell: One Man's Battle for PeleliuLew Shuman and Jordan WinerPaperback134 Pages2015 The diary and memoir of Dr. Jordan Winer and his personal un-edited words of his time as a navy corpsman on the island of Peleliu during the invasion of...

40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles by Joseph Tachovsky with Cynthia KraackPaperback338 PagesAugust 2021 An elite platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers, Lieutenant Frank Tachovsky’s “40...

A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us   by Marcus Brotherton Paperback368 Pages2020 THE "MUST-READ"* BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISIONAfter the Band...

A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback296 pages2020 In the Jim Crow South, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and, later, Vietnamese and Indian Americans faced obstacles similar to those...

A Foot Solider for Patton: The Story of a "Red Diamond" Infantryman with the US Third ArmyBy: Michael Bilder and James BilderHardcover304 PagesA brutally honest depiction of day-to-day combat in World War II . . .A rarely frank account of the U.S...

A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hopeby Tom BrokawHardcover240 Pages20155¾ x 8½ inches From Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change—a year spent battling...

A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heros of World War II Lynne Olson Paperback 512 Pages 2004 A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role...

A Spitfire Girl: One of the World's Greatest Female ATA Ferry Pilots Tells Her Storyby Mary Ellis and Melody ForemanPaperback248 Pages2019 We visualise dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that...

A Wing and a Prayer: The "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War IIby: Harry H. CrosbyPaperback348 PagesSeptember 2021 “A compelling account of the air war against Germany” written by the...

Aachen: The U.S. Army's Battle for Charlemagne's City in World War IIby Robert BaumerHardcover416 PagesJanuary 2015 By September 1944, the Allied advance across France and Belgium had turned into attrition along the German frontier. Standing between the...

Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval LifeThomas Alexander HughesHardcover544 Pages2016 William Halsey was the most famous naval officer of World War II. His fearlessness in carrier raids against Japan, his steely resolve at Guadalcanal, and his impulsive blunder...

After Nuremberg: American Clememcy for Nazi War Criminals by Robert HutchinsonHardcover352 PagesOctober 2022 How the American High Commissioner for Germany set in motion a process that resulted in every non-death-row-inmate walking free after the...

Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943By: Erica FischerPaperback416 Pages2015 Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust, twenty-nine, married, four children, led a life as did millions of German women. But then she met the twenty-one-year-old Felice Schragenheim...

Always Faithful: A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII By: William W. Putney Paperback 256 Pages As a twenty-three-year-old veterinarian, William W. Putney joined the Marine Corps at the height of World War II. He commanded the Third Dog Platoon...

American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents - from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush Nigel Hamilton Paperback 576 Pages 2011 Eminent biographer Nigel Hamilton offers a group biography of the twelve caesars of our time: the American...

American Flygirl by Susan AnkenyHardcover272 PagesApril 23, 2024 One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot’s license, join the WASPs, and fly for the United States military...

American Hero: The True Story of Tommy Hitchcock--Sports Star, War Hero, and Champion of the War-Winning P-51 Mustang Nelson Aldrich Hardcover 320 Pages 2016 This is the true story of Tommy Hitchcock, a war hero, the world’s greatest polo player,...

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerBy: Kai BirdPaperback721 Pages2006 J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his...

American Warlords: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Jonathan W. Jordan Paperback 624 Pages 2016 From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordan—author of Brothers, Rivals, Victors—comes the intimate true...

An Album of Memories: Personal Histories from the Greatest Generationby Tom BrokawPaperback400 PagesApril 2002 “I cannot go anywhere in America without people wanting to share their wartime experiences....The stories and the lessons have emerged...

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943By: Rick AtkinsonHardcover681 Pages In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WWII, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North...

Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood By James Fenelon Hardcover 512 pages In the tradition of Band of Brothers, historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a grunt’s-eye view of the 11th...

Architects of Air Power: General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force (American Warriors Series)by Brian LaslieHardcover254 PagesOctober 2017At age 36, Laurence S. Kuter (1905–1979) became the youngest general officer since William T...

At First Light: A True World War II Story of a Hero, His Bravery, and an Amazing HorseBy Walt Larimore MD and Mike YorkeyHardcover480 PagesApril 19 2022What makes 2nd Lieutenant Phil Larimore’s story special is what happened in World War II’s...

Bataan Death March: A Soldier's Story by James BollichPaperback 224 PagesOctober 2003 "I salute the author for writing his story; doing so must have caused him many a restless night and not a few tears. He has served all his fellow POWs well by...

Battle of the Bulge (The Young Readers Adaptation)by Rick AtkinsonPaperback272 PagesAges 8-12June 2016 December 16, 1944. In the frozen forests of the Ardennes, a surprise attack by the German army on American Allied forces launched the long, hard slog...

Behind Enemy Lines : The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi GermanyMarthe CohnPaperback304 Pages2006 Marthe Cohn was a beautiful young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews...

Beneath Haunted Waters: The Tragic Tale of Two B-24s Lost in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during World War II Peter Stekel Paperback 328 Pages 2017 Beneath Haunted Waters is the tale of waters in the High Sierra haunted by generations of people...

Beyond Band of Brothersby Dick Winters and Cole C. KingseedHardcover320 Pages Signed by: Cole C. Kingseed They were called Easy Company—but their mission was never easy. Immortalized as the Band of Brothers, they suffered 150% casualties while...

Beyond the Beach: The Allied War Against Franceby Stephen Alan Bourque Hardcover376 Pages2018 An important rethinking of the Normandy war narrative Beyond the Beach examines the Allied air war against France in 1944. During this period, General Dwight...

Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfareby Robert M. CitinoPaperback430 PagesMay, 2022 Winner: Paul Birdsall PrizeWinner: Society for Military History book AwardWhen Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it...

Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond By Emiel W. Owens (Author)Hardcover160 PagesAugust 2006 Emiel Owens served his country in the 777th Field Artillery, involved in actions from Omaha Beach to the occupation...

Bob Hope: A Life In Comedyby William Robert Faith Paperback560 Pages2003 Reporter: "What's it like to be Bob Hope?"Hope: "I wouldn't have it any other way."From Bob Hope's early career as an upstart among professionals like Jack Benny and Milton Berle in...

Brave Men (Penguin Classic Edition) by Ernie Pyle - Introduction by David ChrisingerPaperback544 PagesReissue May 30 2023 The classic, human-scale account of the soldiers who fought in World War II, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie...

  Brothers in Valor: Battlefield Stories of the 89 African American Awarded the Medal of Honor   By: Robert F. Jefferson Jr.  (Author), Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. (Foreword) Hardcover 284 Pages October 2018   During...

  By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz By: Max EisenPaperback304 Pages  2020   An award-winning, internationally bestselling Holocaust memoir in the tradition of Elie...

Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers Lt. Lynn Compton Paperback 304 Pages 2009 The national bestselling World War II memoir with a foreword by John McCain. As part of the elite 101st Airborne paratroopers, Lt...

Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love and Survival by Mona Golabek (Author), and Lee Cohen (Author)Paperback288 PagesNovember 1, 2003 Based on the true story of her mother, Mona Golabek describes the...

China's Good War: How World War II I's Shaping a New Nationalism    By Rana Mitter (Author) Hardcover  336 Pages September 2020   Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience...

Churchill: Military Genius or Menace? Stephen Napier Hardcover 448 Pages 2018 Churchill has gone down in history as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. From the day the Second World War was declared he stood out as the only man...

Churchill The Life: An Authorized Pictorial Biographyby Max ArthurPaperbacK272 PagesSeptember 2018 The life and times of the great statesman as he saw it. "This beautifully produced volume brings Churchill vividly to life... The book richly reveals both...

Churchill: Walking with Destiny Andrew Roberts Hardcover 1,152 Pages 2018 In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and...

Churchill Warrior: How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest HoursBy: Brian LaveryHardcover448 Pages 2017 On a typical day during the Second World War, Winston Churchill, as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, issued numerous memos to the...

Churchill: Master & Commander By Anthony Tucker-JonesHardcover384 Pages2021 An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield...

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraftby Lewis E. LehrmanHardcover472 PagesJanuary 2017 During World War II the “special relationship” between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won...

Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchillby Sonia PurnellPaperback448 Pages2016 A long overdue tribute to the extraordinary woman who was Winston Churchill’s closest confidante, fiercest critic and shrewdest advisor that captures the intimate...

Commander in Cheif: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (FDR at War, 2) by Nigel HamiltonPaperback496 PagesMay 2017 From Nigel Hamilton's acclaimed World War II saga, the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the...

Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers   by Cole C. KingseedPaperback320 Pages2015   On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company—the...

D-Day The Invasion of Normandy, 1944by Rick AtkinsonPaperback240 PagesMay 5, 2015Ages 8-12 Adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times–bestselling The Guns at Last Light, D-Day captures the events and the spirit of that...

Damn Lucky: One Man's Courage During the Bloodiest Military Campaign in Aviation History  by: Kevin MaurerPaperback320 PagesApril 2023 From Kevin Maurer―the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning coauthor of No Easy Day―comes...

Dauntless: Paul Hilliard in WWII and a Transformed America by Rob Citino with Ken Stickney and Lori OshsnerHardcover200 PagesDecember 2023 Dauntless is the story of Clayton Paul Hilliard, a poor farm boy from Wisconsin who enlisted in the US Marine...

D-Day Survivor: An Autobiography By: Harold Baumgarten Hardcover 256 Pages It was the bravery and heroism of the 116th Infantry that began one of the longest days of combat in American war history. In the face of heavy fire and despite...

Dear Bob: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War IIBy Martha Bolton and Linda HopeHardcover 256 Pages March, 2021   For five decades, comedian, actor, singer, dancer, and entertainer Bob Hope (1903–2003) traveled the...

Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian's Astonishing Story of Survival as a Japanese POW in World War II By: Louis Zamperini Paperback 292 Pages 2011 The bestselling autobiography of the legendary Louis Zamperini, hero of the blockbuster Unbroken...

Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II  By Robert Matzen Paperback 404 pages Uncover the hidden history of Audrey Hepburn's harrowing experiences during World War II in Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen. This gripping biography details...

Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don MalarkeyPaperback304 Pages2009 Elite paratrooper Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the World War II battles fought from Normandy to Germany,...

Eisenhower: A Life Paul Johnson Paperback 144 Pages 2015 Acclaimed historian Paul Johnson’s lively, succinct biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower explores how his legacy endures today In the rousing style he’s famous for, celebrated biographer...

Eisenhower in War and Peace By: Jean Edward Smith Paperback 976 pages 2013 Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.6 x 9.2 inches Historians long ago abandoned the view that Eisenhower’s was a failed presidency. He did, after all, end the Korean War...

Eisenhower: Soldier and Presidentby Stephen E. Ambrose Paperback 640 Pages Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most...

Eleanor Roosevelt: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 Blanche Wiesen Cook Paperback 688 Pages 2017 Historians, politicians, critics, and readers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as the essential...

Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol. 1: The Early Years 1884 - 1933 by Blanche Wiesen CookPaperback587 PagesMarch 1993 The first volume in the life of America's greatest First Lady, "a woman who changed the lives of millions" (Washington Post).Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol...

Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume 2, The Defining Years, 1933 - 1938 by Blanche Wiesen CookPaperback736 pagesJune 2000 The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).The captivating second...

Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War IIby: David StaffordPaperback624 PagesFebruary 2009To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. Endgame 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine...

Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II By: James Tobin Paperback 336 Pages Ernie Pyle, better than any other World War II journalist, conveyed the triumphs and tribulations of the common soldier trying to survive a brutal...

Escape from Stalag Luft III: The True Story of My Successful Great Escape: The Memoir of Bob Vanderstokby Bram Vanderstok (Author), Simon Pearson (Foreword)Hardcover256 PagesApril 2019 "Quickly, I climbed up to the surface and immediately found...

Every Man a Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World at Warby Ray Lambert, Jim DeFeliceHardcover320 Pages2019 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day—read the...

  Every Man A Hero: A Memoir of D-Day, the First Wave at Omaha Beach, and a World WarBy: Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelicePaperback320 Pages2019 Omaha Beach legend Ray Lambert's unforgettable firsthand account of D-Day—read the...

FDRby Jean Edward SmithPaperback880 PagesMay 2008NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book WorldOne of today’s premier...

A Short Biography of Franklin Delano RooseveltBy: Karen Roth2019Franklin D. Roosevelt, the nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the longest serving US president, serving four terms and leading the country through the Great Depression and World War...

Fighting From Above - A Combat History of the US Air Force (The Ways of War Series)by Brian LasliePaperback270 PagesMarch 2024The story of the United States Air Force (USAF) stretches back to aerial operations prior to the First World War—well...

Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 By: John C. McManusPaperbackAugust 2020640 Pages WINNER OF THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORYAn engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author...

  Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World WarBy: Mark Harris Paperback 528 Pages 2015   Now a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's...

Foo: A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The secret Prison Diary of Frank 'Foo' Fujita by: Frank FujitaPaperback392 PagesMarch 1993 These memoirs are unique because of the six thousand Japanese-Americans who saw military service in the war...

Forgotten Heroes of World War IIPersonal Accounts of Ordinary SoldiersBy Thomas E. Simmons World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion and fear, destruction and death on a scale never before seen...

General Lesley J. McNair by Mark CalhounHardcover432 Pages2015 George C. Marshall once called him "the brains of the army." And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America's military preparedness and Army modernization,...

General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statemanby Ed CrayPaperback864 PagesFebruary 2020 As the U.S. Army's Chief of staff through World War II, George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) organized the military mobilization of unprecedented number...

Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters   by Erik DorrHardcover304 Pages2020   The compelling WWII correspondence and artifacts of Major Dick Winters, commander of the Band of Brothers.Major Dick Winters of the 101st...

  Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality (Modern War Studies)   by Jeffrey T. Sammons  (Author), John H. Jr. Morrow (Author) Paperback528...

  Heavy Date Over Germany: The Life and Times of B-17 Tail Gunner Ray Perry   By: Jewelle Jordan KuenstlerPaperback230 Pages December 2019   Ray Perry was a farm boy from rural West Texas when America entered World War II. He always had...

Hell's Guest By: Colonel Glenn D. Frazier (Author) Paperback 231 pages 2010 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches In the summer of 1941 Glenn Frazier was a sixteen-year-old boy from the South Alabama farm country. Five months later, an...

Helmet for My Pillow By: Robert Leckie Paperback 305 Pages In January 1942, in the aftermath of the infamous Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Robert Leckie enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. From boot camp on Parris Island, to the bloody war...

Hitler: Dictator or Puppet? By: Andrew NormanHardcover224 Pages 2011 Written by an authority on Adolf Hitler, this book charts new ground and shows how the writings of a deluded ex-monk, Lanz von Liebenfels and the pseudo-science of Liebenfels...

Hitler's Forgotten Children: A True Story of the Lebensborn Program and One Woman's Search for Her Real Identity Ingrid von Oelhafen (Author), Tim Tate (Author) Hardcover 288 Pages 2016 Created by Heinrich Himmler, the Lebensborn program abducted...

Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American HeroAllene Carter and Robert L. AllenPaperback224 Pages2004 Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call...

How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Seconf World WarBy: Allen PackwoodHardcover288 Pages2018 When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was...

  How I Earned the Ruptured Duck: From Brooklyn to Berchtesgaden in World War II (Volume 92)   By: Leo Bogart  Hardcover168 Pages    Twenty years old when he entered the army in 1942, Leo Bogart was one of sixteen million...

I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews by Rudolf VrbaPaperback480 Pages April 2020The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz SurvivorApril 7,...

Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipents of World War II by Robert ChildPaperback288 PagesJune 2023 The remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their...

In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II by James M. Davis  Paperback 256 Pages September 2007   James “Jim” Davis lived what he considered “an impossible dream” as he piloted a B-24, as part of...

Into the Dark Water: The Story of Three Officers and PT-109by John J. DomagalskiHardcover288 pagesMade famous by her final commanding officer, John F. Kennedy, PT-109 is one of the most celebrated warships in American history. However, a full chronicle...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War IIby Catherin MusemecheHardcoverAugust 2022320 pages "Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an...

Letters to America: Courageous Voices from the Past By: Tom Blair Foreword By: Tom Brokaw Hardcover 400 Pages Letters to America was written to energize Americans at a time of economic stress and self-doubt. By reading of the sacrifices the...

The Life and Work of Gunther Anders: Emigre, Iconoclast, Philosopher, Man of Lettersby Gunter Bischof, Jason Dawsey and Bernhard FetzPaperback200 PagesSeptember 2015 This volume recovers and reintroduces the work of Gunther Anders (1902-1992), "the most...

Lindell's List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruckby Peter HopePaperback304 PagesAugust 2019British-Born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has...

Love, Abe: A Jewish GI’s World War II Letters Home By Bonnie Klapper Goldenberg Paperback356 Pages2022 The children of immigrants, Abraham “Abe” Klapper and Lillian Schein were newlyweds expecting their first child when Abe was inducted...

Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientistby Jennet ConantPaperback608 PagesSeptember 2017 “Gripping...an outstanding portrait of a technocrat, at work and at home.”— The Wall Street Journal“Evocative.....