Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

The illustrated story of armored battlefield conflict in the 20th century 

Tank versus Tank

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Tom Clancy

Fred Franks

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Study in Command

Provides an analysis of the art of modern warfare as seen through the eyes of General Frederick M. Franks, Jr., an armor and infantry commander during the Gulf War.

Into the Storm

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

In the wake of an assassination attempt on the SVR (former KGB) chairman, newly elected U.S. president Jack Ryan puts black ops specialist John Clark on the alert, only to have things complicated by dangerous forces in China. 2,000,000 first printing.

The Bear and the Dragon

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Martin Pegler

Inside page stamped with Little Bighorn Battlefield Stamp

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The period 1865-90 was one of unparalleled change in American frontier history. This span of 25 years witnessed the end of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of the plains Indians, the colonisation of the West by white settlers, and the first experience of the US army in fighting a form of irregular warfare for which its soldiers and commanders were untrained, and its equipment unsuited. That they acquitted themselves so well in the face of bureaucratic meddling, poor supply and appalling climatic conditions, speaks highly of the tenacity and physical toughness of the volunteers who served in the West during campaigns such as the Comanche Campaign (1867-1875), the Red River War (1874-1875), the Nez Perce War (1877), and the Ghost Dance War (1890-1891) among others.

US Cavalryman 1865-90

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David H. Hackworth

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Odyssey of an American Warrior

Chronicles the military career of America's most decorated living soldier, from his enlistment of age fifteen, through his service in Vietnam, where his growing disillusionment with American policies led to his post-war exile in Australia

About Face

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Broughton Coburn

David Breashears

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Mountain Without Mercy

Featuring scores of never-before-published images, including the first taken from the top of the world in the spectacular IMAX format, this breathtaking book recounts the harrowing May 1996 Everest expedition led by filmmaker David Breashears. 125+ color photos. Media tour.

Everest

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Chris Bonington

Annapurna South Face

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Matt Dickinson

Triumph and Tragedy on the World's Highest Peak

This book brings the world's mightiest peak alive in a way no traditional book can. Readers can chart a route on an early map of Everest, hold a Tibetan prayer flag like the ones generations of mountaineers have left at Everest's summit, and examine a dossier (complete with survival tips) for commercial clients attempting to climb the mountain. The pre–war attempts, the dangerous conditions, the recent discovery of long–lost climber George Mallory's body are featured, along with the history of the mountain, its geography, and the myths and legends which surround it.

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John Keegan

A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme

The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at 'the point of maximum danger'. It examines the physical conditions of fighting, the particular emotions and behaviour generated by battle, as well as the motives that impel soldiers to stand and fight rather than run away. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles, John Keegan vividly conveys their reality for the participants, whether facing the arrow cloud of Agincourt, the levelled muskets of Waterloo or the steel rain of the Somme.

The Face of Battle

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Nicholas Clinch

The First Ascent of Hidden Peak

Recounts the 1958 climb of Hidden Peak, an eight thousand meter high mountain in Pakistan, by a small team of Americans

A Walk in the Sky

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Randolph B. Marcy

A Paperback Reproduction of one of America's Premier Pioneer Handbooks

The Prairie Traveler

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Larry Crabb

Al Andrews

Don Michael Hudson

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

God's Call to Move Beyond the Silence of Adam

In this updated and expanded edition of The Silence of Adam, Larry Crabb challenges men to move beyond the fear of failure that paralyzes them in spiritual matters and in their relationships, leading them to bold risk-taking, action, deep spirituality, and full-hearted living.

The Men of Courage

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Wear in edges, annotations inside, library stamp on edging

Tanks of the World 1915-1945

Wear on corners, tear on spine, writing on front page 

A study and appraisal 

U.S. Military Doctrine

Peter Rische

Rhodesian Bush War Operator

Commando - Shoot to Kill

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Robert Jackson

Arranged chronologically, the book provides a comprehensive visual guide to the development of 1000 of the most interesting armored fighting vehicles that have seen service. Each featured vehicle is illustrated with an excellent full color artwork in profile or three quarter view, showing in great detail the features of the vehicle and the various color schemes used for different marks or for vehicles used in different theaters of war.

Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles

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Ex Libris sticker on inside cover, tear on spine

Power and Policy

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A Soldier's Story

Stanley P. Hirshson

A Soldier's Life

"War is my work and I know I sound sometimes as though I liked it; perhaps I do -- how can I tell? -- but this war hurts everybody." -- Patton to Henry J. Taylor, 1945 General George S. Patton, Jr., an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Now, utilizing untapped archival materials in both the United States and England, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Stanley P. Hirshson creates the most balanced portrait of Patton ever written. It reveals Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military maneuvers but also of inspiring his troops with fiery speeches that resulted in horrendous acts, such as the massacres of Italian civilians, It explains Patton's belief in a soldier's Valhalla, connects the family's wealth to one of America's bitterest labor strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton's relief from command of the Third Army. In investigating this complex man, Hirshson has uncovered surprising material about a series of civilian massacres in Sicily, about the two slapping incidents, about attempts to exploit Patton's diary after his death, and about Patton's relations with top Allied generals. Patton emerges as a soldier of great imagination and courage, and his military campaigns make for edge-of-the-seat reading. All the drama of Patton's life comes alive in this meticulously documented volume.

General Patton

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The story of the first one hundred and fifty years of the United States Military Academy

Men of West Point

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Green Eggs and Ham

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Ed Ruggero

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West Point and the Making of American Leaders

Duty First is a penetrating account of a year inside one of America's premier schools for leadership-the United States Military Academy at West Point. Ed Ruggero, a former West Point cadet and professor, takes an incisive look at how this elite school builds the "leaders of character" who will command the nation's military. Ruggero details the struggles of young men and women who will lead the American soldiers of the future. Writing with deep insight and superb narrative skill, he follows their tumultuous lives: the initial, grueling training, the strict student hierarchy and intense classroom work, and the interaction between the lowly first-year plebes and the upper-class cadets who train them. Duty First also shows the role played by the majors, captains, and sergeants, who oversee everything that happens at this unique institution. By taking a close, critical look at the Academy's standards and traditions, Ruggero examines the changes in West Point's approach to leadership training that have sparked controversy among its alumni. While all West Pointers would agree with one graduate's claim that "steel is forged in fire," many worry that the fire has been allowed to cool too much. Does today's Academy produce leaders with the inner steel to fight and win the nation's wars, or are today's cadets being coddled in the interest of political correctness, retention, and diversity? Above the Hudson River to the hot and humid barracks rooms where the nation's future captains struggle, Ruggero combines objective reporting with the emotional perspective of memoir to take readers on a guided tour through the jarring, overwhelming, inspiring leadership school that is West Point. The stories in Duty First widely reverberate far beyond West Point, because while the specific goals and methods of developing leaders differ, the fundamental values courage, commitment, selfless sacrifice - are the same for all leaders, from the parents of small children to the CEOs of major corporations.

Duty First

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Rick Atkinson

The American Journey of West Point's Class Of 1966

“Enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist’s brilliance . . . A very moving book.” —James Salter, The Washington Post Book World A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist’s eye for detail, Rick Atkinson (author of An Army at Dawn) illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved—from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American military history, and Atkinson’s masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams. An immediate New York Times bestseller upon its original publication, the twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by the author.

The Long Gray Line

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Michelle Moran

National bestselling author Michelle Moran returns to Paris, this time under the rule of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte as he casts aside his beautiful wife to marry a Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir

After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon's power is absolute. When Marie-Louise, the eighteen year old daughter of the King of Austria, is told that the Emperor has demanded her hand in marriage, her father presents her with a terrible choice: marry the cruel, capricious Napoleon, leaving the man she loves and her home forever, or say no, and plunge her country into war.
Marie-Louise knows what she must do, and she travels to France, determined to be a good wife despite Napoleon's reputation. But lavish parties greet her in Paris, and at the extravagant French court, she finds many rivals for her husband's affection, including Napoleon's first wife, Joséphine, and his sister Pauline, the only woman as ambitious as the emperor himself. Beloved by some and infamous to many, Pauline is fiercely loyal to her brother. She is also convinced that Napoleon is destined to become the modern Pharaoh of Egypt. Indeed, her greatest hope is to rule alongside him as his queen--a brother-sister marriage just as the ancient Egyptian royals practiced. Determined to see this dream come to pass, Pauline embarks on a campaign to undermine the new empress and convince Napoleon to divorce Marie-Louise.
As Pauline's insightful Haitian servant, Paul, watches these two women clash, he is torn between his love for Pauline and his sympathy for Marie-Louise. But there are greater concerns than Pauline's jealousy plaguing the court of France. While Napoleon becomes increasingly desperate for an heir, the empire's peace looks increasingly unstable. When war once again sweeps the continent and bloodshed threatens Marie-Louise's family in Austria, the second Empress is forced to make choices that will determine her place in history--and change the course of her life.
Based on primary resources from the time, The Second Empress takes readers back to Napoleon's empire, where royals and servants alike live at the whim of one man, and two women vie to change their destinies.

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Tank versus Tank

Tom Clancy; Fred Franks

Into the Storm

Tom Clancy

The Bear and the Dragon

Martin Pegler

US Cavalryman 1865-90

David H. Hackworth

About Face

Broughton Coburn; David Breashears

Everest

Chris Bonington

Annapurna South Face

Matt Dickinson

Everest

John Keegan

The Face of Battle

Nicholas Clinch

A Walk in the Sky

Randolph B. Marcy

The Prairie Traveler

Larry Crabb; Al Andrews; Don Michael Hudson

The Men of Courage

Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis

Tanks of the World 1915-1945

Dale O. Smith

U.S. Military Doctrine

Peter Rische

Commando - Shoot to Kill

Robert Jackson

Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles

Thomas K. Finletter

Power and Policy

Omar N. Bradley

A Soldier's Story

Stanley P. Hirshson

General Patton

R. Ernest Dupuy

Men of West Point

Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham

Ed Ruggero

Duty First

Rick Atkinson

The Long Gray Line

Michelle Moran

The Second Empress

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