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|  | American Caesar Part 1 by Tom Parker, William Manchester, Wolfram Kandinsky
Description not available.The acclaimed biographer and historian examines the career of the legendary soldier-hero and paradoxical four-star general, a military genius who suffered from lapses in strategy AUTHOR: Tom Parker, William Manchester, Wolfram Kandinsky
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Hitler's Panzers East by R. H. Stolfi
How close did Germany come to winning World War II? Did Hitler throw away victory in Europe after his troops had crushed the Soviet field armies defending Moscow by August 1941? R. H. S. Stolfi offers a dramatic new picture of Hitler's conduct in World War II and a fundamental reinterpretation of the course of the war. Adolf Hitler generally is thought to have been driven by a blitzkrieg mentality in the years 1939 to 1941. In fact, Stolfi argues, he had no such outlook on the war. From the day Britain and France declared war, Hitler reacted with a profoundly conservative cast of mind and pursued a circumscribed strategy, pushing out siege lines set around Germany by the Allies. Interpreting Hitler as a siege Fuhrer explains his apparent aberrations in connection with Dunkirk, his fixation on the seizure of Leningrad, and his fateful decision in the summer of 1941 to deflect Army Group Center into the Ukraine when both Moscow and victory in World War II were within its reach. Unaware of Hitler's siege orientation, the German Army planned blitz campaigns. Through daring operational concepts and bold tactics, the army won victories over several Allied powers in World War II, and these led to the great campaign against the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941. Stolfi postulates that in August 1941, German Army Group Center had the strength both to destroy the Red field armies defending the Soviet capital and to advance to Moscow and beyond. The defeat of the Soviet Union would have assured victory in World War II. Nevertheless, Hitler ordered the army group south to secure the resources of the Ukraine against a potential siege. And a virtually assured German victory slipped away. Thisradical reinterpretation of Hitler and the capabilities of the German Army leads to a reevaluation of World War II, in which the lesson to be learned is not how the Allies won the war, but how close the Germans came to a quick and decisive victory--long before the United States was drawn int AUTHOR: R. H. Stolfi
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Shock Jock by Paul D. Colford
He is the infamous foul-mouthed shock jock who has single-handedly changed the face of radio forever. Now Paul D. Colford reveals the extraordinary truth about the self-styled king of all media . Shocking, revealing, and packed with juicy details, this is the story that Howard will never tell himself. Photo insert. Martin's Press. AUTHOR: Paul D. Colford
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Babyface by Jeanne McDermott, Nancy Burson
In this true account, a mother describes her experience of raising her son, who had a rare craniofacial abnormality caller Apert syndrome. In doing so, she offers courage and inspiration to other mothers of disfigured children. AUTHOR: Jeanne McDermott, Nancy Burson
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Wisecracker by William J. Mann
A biography of William Haines, a popular film star of the 1930s who was Hollywood's first openly homosexual star. His flamboyance and open disregard of the moral conventions of the day brought him a great deal of adverse publicity, and after being implicated in several widely noted scandals, he was permanently blacklisted by the studios and became an interior decorator to support himself. AUTHOR: William J. Mann
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ted Turner Speaks
Description not available.Collects quotations expressing the philosophies of the muiltifaceted philanthropist, telecommunication mogul, and owner of the Atlanta Braves
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