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Focuses on the greatest battles ever fought and the men who won them. Brings the terrifying rumble of the tanks and deadly arrows of conquest to life. Traveling the globe and spanning two millennia, this program features diary entries, interviews with scholars, and historical re-enactment to examine the strategies, weapons of conquest, and the significance of each engagement in the annals of history.
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Focuses on the greatest battles ever fought and the men who won them. Brings the terrifying rumble of the tanks and deadly arrows of conquest to life. Traveling the globe and spanning two millennia, this program features diary entries, interviews with scholars, and historical re-enactment to examine the strategies, weapons of conquest, and the significance of each engagement in the annals of history.
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Focuses on the greatest battles ever fought and the men who won them. Brings the terrifying rumble of the tanks and deadly arrows of conquest to life. Traveling the globe and spanning two millennia, this program features diary entries, interviews with scholars, and historical re-enactment to examine the strategies, weapons of conquest, and the significance of each engagement in the annals of history.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A great American success story . . . an endearing and well-written book.”—The New York Times Book Review
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the...
Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history—Vietnam, the...
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Dagger and the coin volume 1
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Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps.
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Divine cities volume 2
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"A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city's god is dead. The city itself lies in ruins. And to its new military occupiers, the once-powerful capital is a wasteland of sectarian violence and bloody uprisings. So it makes perfect sense that General Turyin Mulaghesh--foul-mouthed hero of the battle of Bulikov,...
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Jeb Stuart: The Last Cavalier is a full and definitive biography of the dashing and enigmatic Confederate hero of the Civil War, General J.E.B. Stuart. This life-sized portrait of Stuart surveys his life from childhood through his training at West Point, his years on the Western frontier, and his decision to stand with Virginia when war arrived. His brilliant Civil War career is covered in detail, from the raid on Chambersburg to his final, fatal...
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With his acclaimed best-seller Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield established himself as a powerful new voice in historical fiction. In Tides of War, he returns to ancient Greece for an even more ambitious epic novel that vividly brings to life two of the greatest warring cities in history. Nearly 50 years after Sparta and Athens combined to defeat the Persian empire, tension between the two cities is at a fever pitch. Thus begins the 27-year Peloponnesian...
19) Plan of attack
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Patrick McLanahan volume 12
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Patrick McLanahan learns about a potentially devastating retaliatory Russian attack on America's air forces and faces limited options when planning a counterstrike.