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Matthew S. Muehlbauer, David J. Ulbrich
Now in its third edition, Ways of War is a comprehensive guide to United States military history and its wider relationship to American society, from the seventeenth century to the…
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The War of 1812 was one of a cluster of events that left unsettled what is often referred to as the Revolutionary settlement. At once postcolonial and neoimperial, the America…
Ma Ya-Chen
The mechanisms by which the Manchu rulers of Qing dynasty China maintained their hegemony over a vast empire have long fascinated scholars, with New Qing History models challenging older Sinicization…
DK
A dramatic chronicle of America's longest and most controversial war
This revised and updated guide to the Vietnam War charts the unforgettable story of America's longest and most controversial conflict…
Alexander Clapp
A riveting investigation into the dark underbelly of the global trash trade - a dirty, multi-billion-dollar industry that almost no one knows exists.
Paul D. Miller
In Ethics of War: A Short Companion, Paul D. Miller provides an accessible primer on the just war tradition and ethical issues surrounding combat and warfare.
In Destroyers at War Adm. James L. Holloway III, the twentieth Chief of Naval Operations, recalls his early life and service on destroyers during the final campaigns of the War…
Mk Ahearn
The world teeters on the brink of chaos in the sequel to Broken Flames.
Bellamy and Koraine are fugitives, pursued relentlessly by the princess of the fire kingdom, Nyla, who…
Felicity Spector
A compelling, moving journey through Ukraine, amongst the bakers, chefs, army cooks, volunteers, farmers, small producers and cafe owners who have been fighting to keep people fed and hopeful in…
Max Smeets
Sheds light on the inner workings of the groups responsible for deploying ransomware, and the measures governments and businesses can take to combat the threat.
Ted Genoways
A revelatory history of the vast tequila empire born from the fires of the Mexican Revolution.
Matthew J. Tuininga
Matthew J. Tuininga tells the epic yet tragic story of the Puritan conquest of New England from the perspective of those who lived it, both colonists and Native Americans. Religion…
Stathis N. Kalyvas
Steven M. Gillon
Steven Gillon, New York Times bestselling author of America's Reluctant Prince, returns with the story of how WWII shaped the characters and policy of six American presidents.
Steven M. Gillon…
Ayana Gray
In this epic conclusion to her New York Times bestselling series, Ayana Gray delivers a heart-pounding fantasy adventure filled with mythos, monsters, and mortal heroes who are astoundingly human. Now…
Suzanne Cope
The gripping, true, and untold history of the Italian anti-fascist resistance during World War II, told through the stories of four spectacularly courageous women fighters
From underground soldiers to intrepid…
Zetta Elliott, Cherise Harris
The witches are ready to go to war, but Jax and his friends are still searching for a path to peace. . . . In the epic series finale of…
This revised and updated guide to the Vietnam War charts the unforgettable story of America's longest and most controversial conflict, 50 years on from its end.
Hundreds of insightful images…
Danielle L. Jensen
"In the fourth novel of the sizzling Bridge Kingdom series, one man must decide just how much he is willing to sacrifice to save the life of the woman he…
Jennifer Raab
How a single haunting image tells a story about violence, mourning, and memory
In 1865, Clara Barton traveled to the site of the notorious Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia…
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Now in paperback, from the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom…
N. W. Collins
An analysis of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the center of America's twenty-first-century wars
John Willis
The first book to be published from the BBC's archive of forgotten voices and untold stories from the six years of World War Two.
There was a German bomber flying…
Dr. Michael Oko
This book could save your relationship, your job, your health, and even your life.
Maurizio Lazzarato
In War and Money, Lazzarato demonstrates the inevitable consequences of capitalist expansion: imperialist war.
Tim Bouverie
The first political history of the Second World War, of building the Grand Alliance to defeat Hitler, by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Appeasing Hitler
A landmark history of the…
Neil Dahlstrom
Discover the untold story of the "tractor wars," the twenty-year period that introduced power farming - the most fundamental change in world agriculture in hundreds of years.
Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, Brian Friedberg
From a masterful trio of media experts, "a thrilling, informative tale about our modern world that treats online influencers as the power brokers they literally are" (Taylor Lorenz, The Washington…
Elizabeth Costello
In 1948, Louise Galle, a chemist and former Rosie-the-Riveter, is pursued by a wounded veteran who, with her deceased husband, was a prisoner in the Philippines during World War II…
Daniel Taylor
The Sharpshooters archive has an incredible collection of over 8,000 photographs taken during WWII. Combining this with our Regimental records and numerous personal accounts, they tell a unique and fascinating…
The Voyage Out By liner from Liverpool to Freetown (including a 'crossing the line' ceremony), then on to shore leave in Cape Town, crossing the Horn and cruising up the…
Jackie French
Why does humanity cling to warfare when it destroys the land and people the armies try to claim?
Claverton Castle, 1940. Eagles and Spitfires fly in the skies of England…
Menilik Henry Dyer
Astronauts fight for the survival of humanity against an alien species seeking to control their future among the stars in this science-fiction thriller.
They were humanity's last hope. As the…
Jeff Shaara
From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis.
In 1961, the…
Christopher Buehlman
An instant USA Today bestseller!
Enter the fray in this luminous new adventure from Christopher Buehlman, set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief.
The goblins have…
Al Ewing
Acclaimed author Al Ewing's storied Venom saga reaches a thrilling climax, as father and son battle for the right to be Venom! It has come to this. Eddie Brock is…
Karen Lynne Klink
Don't miss this follow-up to Book 1 in The Texian Trilogy series that Texas Books In Review calls, "A brilliant debut . . . by the conclusion of this wonderful…
J R Olson, David Bruns
In the upcoming global showdown, the U.S. confronts a new enemy on the battlefield: Artificial Intelligence.
In the heart of Central Asia, a strategic power play unfolds as the People's…
Sun Tzu
The Art of War, the world's oldest treatise on warfare, has been studied by leaders for centuries.
Ernest Scheyder
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION AND THE 2024 FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD This unprecedented look inside the global battle to power…
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davis
In this new edition of their bestselling book, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies bring their account of the war in Ukraine up-to-date, to try and answer burning questions about how…
Stewart Binns
Japan's War is the story of Japan's Holy War against the West, using remarkable first-hand source material to explore Japanese tactics across the largest geographic theatre of war during the…
Robert Ferguson
In the early morning of 9 April 1940 a fleet of German ships entered the Oslofjord. The Norwegian artillery delayed the German advance long enough for King Haakon VII and…
Chris Miller
The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world's most critical resources--microchip technology--with the United States and China…
Thea Guanzon
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING ENEMIES-TO LOVERS FANTASY THAT WILL TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM
H. R. McMaster
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!
A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster's turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.
At War with Ourselves is…
R F Kuang
One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
"I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year...I have absolutely no…
