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by Ian Grey
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
"Ian Grey's Peter the Great reads like a novel . . ." - Louis Fischer. The first modern Russian was Peter the Great. In this enthralling biography of that remarkable ruler, award-winning historian Ian Grey paints an illuminating portrait - clear, objective, and without malice or sentimentality....
Phantom Warriors: Book 2
More Extraordinary True Combat Stories from LRRPS, LRPS, and Rangers in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
MORE GRIPPING, NO-HOLDS-BARRED LRRP ACCOUNTS
FROM THE FRONT LINES
During the Vietnam War, few combat operations were more dangerous than LRRP/Ranger missions. Vastly outnumbered, the patrols faced overwhelming odds as they fought to carry out their missions, from gathering intelligence, acting...
A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel...
Leaving Mother Lake
A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas--a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together--she leaves her mother's house.
Dead Mountain
The True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph...
by Michael Herr
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines.
From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor...
The Man Who Loved China
The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"—Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham,...
by Ian Grey
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
Catherine II of Russia was the most remarkable monarch of the eighteenth century. New York Times bestselling historian Ian Grey paints an illuminating portrait of an enigmatic woman of compelling charm and elegance. She had a prodigious appetite for work, great curiosity, and boundless ambition and...
15 Months in SOG
A Warrior's Tour
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
"When we cross the border: no ID, and it's kiss yourself good-bye if Charlie gets ahold of you."
In Vietnam, the Military Assistance Command's Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) fielded small recon teams in areas infested with VC and NVA. Because SOG operations suffered extraordinary...
by Christopher Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Officially the war in Laos did not exist – both North Vietnam and the USA denied they had troops there. In fact, thousands of North Vietnamese were invading the country and pouring down the Ho Chi Minh Trail on their way to the south, and the Americans were fighting a vigorous war against them from...
Ripcord
Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
On April 10, 1970, Hill 927 was occupied by troopers of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. By July, the activities of the artillery and infantry of Ripcord had caught the attention of the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and a long and deadly siege ensued. Ripcord was the Screaming Eagles’...
Taking Fire
The True Story of a Decorated Chopper Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Nicknamed "Mini-Man" for his diminutive stature, a mere five-foot-three and 125 pounds in his flight boots, chopper pilot Ron Alexander proved to be a giant in the eyes of the men he rescued from the jungles and paddies of Vietnam. With an unswerving concern for every American soldier trapped...
Cleared Hot!
A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1993
Daring missions. Dangerous rescues. Deadly accuracy.
Many pilots never made it out of 'Nam. This one did. Highly decorated Col. Bob Stoffey-- a Marine Corps pilot for over twenty-five years, who served multiple tours in Vietnam-- has seen and done it all. Cleared Hot! is his story-- a fast-paced,...
Blood on the Risers
An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-five Months in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
In three straight years he was a paratropper, and army seaman, and a LRRP—and he lived to tell about it.
As an FNG paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, John Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam. Then he spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies...