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This gift book include photos, memorabilia, and remembrances of those who experienced World War II both abroad and at home. It follows Brokaw's THE GREATEST GENERATION and THE GREATEST GENERATION SPEAKS. AUTHOR: Tom Brokaw
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Fire on the Plateau by Charles Wilkins
The Colorado Plateau, stretching across four states and covering nearly 80 million acres, is a unique and spectacular region. Remote, rugged, dry -- at once forlorn and glorious -- it is a separate place, a place with its own distinctive landscape, history, and future. In Fire on the Plateau, legal scholar and writer Charles Wilkinson relates the powerful story of how, over the past thirty years, he has been drawn ever more deeply into the redrock country and Indian societies of the Colorado Plateau. His work in the early 1970s as a staff attorney for the newly formed Native American Rights Fund brought him into close contact with Navajo and Hopi people. His growing friendships with American Indians and increasing understanding of their cultures, along with his longstanding scholarship and experiences on federal public lands, led him to delve into the complicated history of the region. Here, Wilkinson examines that history -- the sometimes violent conflicts between indigenous populations and more recent settlers, the political machinations of industry and the legal establishment, the contentious disputes over resources and land use -- and provides a compelling look at the epic events that have shaped the region. From centuries of habitation by native peoples to Mormon settlement, from the Big Build-Up of the post-World War II era to the increased environmental awareness of recent years, he explores the conquests of tribes and lands that have taken place, and the ways in which both have endured. Throughout, Wilkinson uses his own personal experiences as a lawyer working with Indian people, and his heartfelt insights about a land that he grew to love, to tie together the threadsof the story. Fire on the Plateau is a vital and dynamic work that is sure to strike a chord with anyone interested in the past or future of the American Southwest. AUTHOR: Charles Wilkins
PUBLISHER: Island Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Korean War by Frederick Davidson, Max Hastings
A vivid and meticulous assessment of one of the most misunderstood episodes in recent history, this is a look back to the first war we could not win--not just the big picture, but also a look inside the experience of soldiers in the battle. 76 black-and-white photos. AUTHOR: Frederick Davidson, Max Hastings
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Our Finest Day by Mark Bowden, Stephen E. Ambrose
Description not available.A portrait of D-Day places a human face on its events and is made up of reproductions of personal letters, journal entries, secret dispatches, code book pages, battle plans, and maps, many of which are enclosed in pockets and flaps for interactive reader perusal. AUTHOR: Mark Bowden, Stephen E. Ambrose
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Atlantis by Richard Ellis
A history of the mythical, possibly nonexistent land of Atlantis. First described by Plato, Atlantis was a vast imperial city supposed by the ancients to have been submerged beneath the sea. Long assumed to be merely legendary, Atlantis has become the center of much debate among modern oceanographers, some of whom believe Atlantis to be an actual underwater site. AUTHOR: Richard Ellis
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Secret Missions of the Civil War by Phillip V. Stern
Compelling first-hand accounts by men and women who participated in covert activities for the Union and Confederacy throughout the Civil War. AUTHOR: Phillip V. Stern
PUBLISHER: Random House Value Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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