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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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First Edition
Published
1971
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Hardcover
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New York: Macmillan, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition / first printing (stated). Very Good book in a Good jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Jacket has tears and creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xv + 621 pages.
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The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution

by Alex Storozynski

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Published
August 2010
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780312625948
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New York: St. Martin's Griffin / Thomas Dunne, August 2010. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. Lightly tanned, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 400 pages. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish-Lithuanian born in 1746, was one of the most important figures of the modern world. Fleeing his homeland after a death sentence was placed… Read more about this item
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Children of Siberia - Memoirs of Lithuanian Exiles : Supplemented translation of the Lithuanian edition

Children of Siberia - Memoirs of Lithuanian Exiles : Supplemented translation of the Lithuanian edition

by Irena Kurtinaityte Aras (ed); Vidmantas Zavadskis (ed); Zivile Gimbutas (trans); Vita Markevicius (trans); Izolda Geniusiene (trans)

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Published
2013
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Hardcover
ISBN
9789955037705
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Kaunas, Lithuania: Naujasis Lankas, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight, ends bumped. No remainder mark. Not from a library. 327 pages. A collection of memories of sixteen Lithuanians, exiled to Siberia in their infancy or childhood - young victims of Stalin's genocide. 327 pages.
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Iliad and the Odyssey

Iliad and the Odyssey

by Homer; Michael Dirda (intro); Samuel Butler (preface)

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Published
2014
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Hardcover
ISBN
9781435152991
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New York: Fall River Press, 2014. Hardcover. As New book in an As New jacket. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvi + 731 pages. Two of the greatest adventure stories of all time, these timeless epics of war, duty, honor, and revenge are filled with magic, mystery, and an assortment of gods and… Read more about this item
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Between Democracy and Terror : The Sierra Leone Civil War

Between Democracy and Terror : The Sierra Leone Civil War

by Ibrahim Abdullah

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Published
2004
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9782869781238
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Dakar: Codesria, 2004. Trade Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. Not damaged. x + 263 pages
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Black Man's Grave: Letters from Sierra Leone

Black Man's Grave: Letters from Sierra Leone

by Gary Stewart

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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
2007
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Trade Paperbac
ISBN
9780979080821
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Berkeley Springs, West Virg: Cold Run Books. Trade Paperbac. 2007. First Edition. As New. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia: Cold Run Books, February 2007. Trade Paper back. First Edition (stated). As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a l ibrary. No remainder mark. 223 pages: ill., map. An account of the tragic revolution in Sierra Leone from 1991… Read more about this item
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Fighting for the Rain Forest : War, Youth & Resouirces in Sierra Leone (Afr ican Issues)

Fighting for the Rain Forest : War, Youth & Resouirces in Sierra Leone (Afr ican Issues)

by Paul Richards

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1996
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Trade Paperbac
ISBN
9780435074067
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire: The International African In. Trade Paperbac. 1996. First Edition. Very Good+. The International African Institute, 1996. Trade Paperback. First Edition ( full number line). Very Good+. Prior owner's name to first page, otherwise Fine. Text unmarked. Very slight reading/shelf wear. Not from a library. xx x + 182 pages. Examines the civil war in… Read more about this item
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The Brainfever Bird
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The Brainfever Bird

by I. Allan Sealy

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780330412056
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London: Picador, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and very tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 360 pages. Lev is a man who has come down in the world. Formerly a Russian biological weapons scientist, he is now a… Read more about this item
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The Ravens : Pilots of the Secret War of Laos
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The Ravens : Pilots of the Secret War of Laos

by Christopher Robbins

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Edition
Third Edition
Published
2000
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9789748303413
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Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000. Trade Paperback. Third Edition, second printing, 2001. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 476 pages. The Ravens were fighter pilots working as Forward Air Controllers for the Central Intelligence Agency in Laos during the Vietnam War, though their existence was denied by both the United States and North Vietnam. The… Read more about this item
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Back Fire : The CIA's Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the Was in Vietnam

Back Fire : The CIA's Secret War in Laos and Its Link to the Was in Vietnam

by Roger Warner

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Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
August 1995
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780684802923
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New York: Simon & Schuster, August 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Very Good+ jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight, ends bumped. Jacket clipped. Not from a library. 416 pages. Republished as Shooting at the Moon. Between 1960 and 1973, the U.S. waged war in Laos under the auspices of the CIA. Undeclared and unreported,… Read more about this item
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Published
October 1995
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780684804484
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New York: Simon & Schuster, October 1995. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Covers clean and bright with one-inch dog-ear to lower corner. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 759 pages, 32 pages of plates. Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it… Read more about this item
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Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project

by Jack Mayer

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Edition
Second Edition
Published
2011
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780984111312
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Middlebury, Vermont: Long Trail Press, March 2011. Trade Paperback. Second Edition. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean. Reading wear to corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 382 pages. During World War II, Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker, organized a rescue network of fellow social workers to save 2,500 Jewish children from certain death… Read more about this item
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Thread of the Silkworm

Thread of the Silkworm

by Iris Chang

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Fine
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing
Published
November 1995
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780465087167
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New York: Basic Books, November 1995. Hardcover. First Edition / second printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 329 pages. The definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being… Read more about this item
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The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

by Richard Preston

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
December 1994
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780679430940
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New York: Random House, December 1994. Hardcover. First Edition / sixth printing. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Cover clean and bright. Very slight edgewear. No tears. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 300 pages.
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Dr. Tom Dooley's Great Books: Dr. Tom Dooley, My Story (abridgement of Deliver Us From Evil, The Edge of Tomorrow and The Night They Burned The Mountain) and Before I Sleep...: The Last Days of Tom Dooley

Dr. Tom Dooley's Great Books: Dr. Tom Dooley, My Story (abridgement of Deliver Us From Evil, The Edge of Tomorrow and The Night They Burned The Mountain) and Before I Sleep...: The Last Days of Tom Dooley

by Tom Dooley; Thomas A. Dooley; James Monahan

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Edition
Book Club Edition
Published
1962
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Hardcover
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New York: Catholic Digest Book Club, 1962. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards with silver lettering to spine. Near Fine book / no jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Corners and spines ends lightly bumped. No jacket. Not from a library. 160 + 275 pages, 16 pages of plates ; 22 cm. Dr. Tom Dooley's Great Books: 1) Dr. Tom Dooley,… Read more about this item
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II

by Vicki Constantine Croke

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Published
April 2015
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Trade Paperback
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9780812981650
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New York: Random House, April 2015. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder marks. xx + 343 pages. The remarkable story of Billy Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world's largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war… Read more about this item
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Signals of War : The Falklands Conflict of 1982

Signals of War : The Falklands Conflict of 1982

by Lawrence Freedman; Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse

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Published
1991
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780691078908
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. Trade Paperback. Full number line. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Light reading wear to edges and corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xxxvi + 476 pages ; 25 cm.
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American Heritage History of the Indian Wars
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American Heritage History of the Indian Wars

by Robert M. Utley; Wilcomb E. Washburn; Anne Moffat (ed); Richard F. Snow

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Published
1977
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Hardcover
ISBN
9780671229801
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New York: American Heritage/ Bonanza, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Edgewear to jacket, two-inch tear to rear panel. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 352 pages. More than 350 illustrations.
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Understanding Sun Tzu on the Art of War : The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

Understanding Sun Tzu on the Art of War : The Oldest Military Treatise in the World

by Robert L. Cantrell; Lionel Giles (trans)

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First Edition
Published
2003
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9780972291408
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Arlington, Virginia: Center For Advantage, 2003. Trade Paperback. First Printing (stated). Fine. Light shelfwear, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 122 pages. This volume clarifies Sun Tzu's philosophies on war without compromising the subtlety of thought needed to master them. Readers will find key advice on leadership, advantage, and how to proficiently… Read more about this item
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The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security

The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security

by Bartholomew Sparrow

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Edition
Advance Reading Copy
Published
January 2015
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Trade Paperback
ISBN
9781586489632
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New York: PublicAffairs, January 2015. Paperback. Advance Reading Copy. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Near Fine. One-inch dog-ear to rear cover, otherwise As New. Not from a library. xviii + 701 pages. For more than thirty years, Brent Scowcroft has played a central role in American foreign policy. Scowcroft helped manage the American departure from Vietnam, helped plan… Read more about this item
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