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|  | The Collected World War II Writings by Heinz
W. C. Heinz is one of the great sports writers of the past half-century, but few people know that before he began his sportswriting career he served as a war correspondent for the New York Sun. No less an authority than Stephen E. Ambrose has said of Heinz that both he and Ernie Pyle were the two best journalists to cover World War II. Now for the first time ever, Heinz's finest reporting both during and after the war is collected in one volume. From a first-person account of the scene aboard the U.S.S. Nevada during D-Day (the very same ship that plied the waters at Pearl Harbor) to a six-part series on conducting a night attack to an account of the shooting of several German spies, we are given an up-close-and-personal chronicle of the action by a reporter who was in the thick of it all. Few writers conveyed as vividly as Heinz the heroic efforts of GI's in the face of battle; the sheer humanity, humor, and courage displayed by so many. WHEN WE WERE ALL ONE is a superb collection of war reporting and commentary that ranks with the finest ever assembled on any war. AUTHOR: Heinz
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry by Robert Pinsky
In this study of the role of poetry, former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky discusses the fundamental relationship between democracy and poetry. AUTHOR: Robert Pinsky
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Essence of Decision by Graham T. Allison
This classic book has been substantially rewritten to reflect the significant new American and Soviet archival sources now available to the researchers. Using the central case of the Cuban missile crisis as a basic frame of reference, The Essence of Decision teaches readers how to compare and contrast perspectives on foreign affairs. AUTHOR: Graham T. Allison
PUBLISHER: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Luftwaffe Secret Projects by Ingolf Meyer, Walter Schick
Brings to life futuristic shapes that might have terrorized the Allies had the war gone beyond 1945. AUTHOR: Ingolf Meyer, Walter Schick
PUBLISHER: Specialty Press Publishers & Wholesalers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Lost Book of Enki by Zecharia Sitchin
Will the past become our future? Is humankind destined to repeat the events that occurred on another planet, far away from Earth? Zecharia Sitchin's bestselling series The Earth Chronicles provided humanity's side of the story-as recorded on ancient clay tablets and other Sumerian artifacts--concerning our origins at the hands of the Anunnaki, those who from heaven to earth came. In THE LOST BOOK OF ENKI, we can view this saga from a different perspective through this richly conceived autobiographical account of Lord Enki, an Anunnaki god, who tells the story of these extraterrestrials' arrival on Earth from the 12th planet Nibiru. The object of their colonization: gold to replenish the dying atmosphere of their home planet. Finding this precious metal results in the Anunnaki creation of homo sapiens--the human race--to mine this important resource. In his previous works, Sitchin compiled the complete story of the Anunnaki's impact on human civilization in peacetime and in war from the fragments scattered throughout Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Canaanite, and Hebrew sources--the myths of all ancient peoples in the old world as well as the new. Missing from these accounts, however, was the perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. What was life like on their own planet? What motives propelled them to settle on Earth-and what drove them from their new home? Convinced of the existence of a now lost book that formed the basis of ancient Sumerian texts holding the answers to these questions, the author began his search for evidence. Through exhaustive research of primary sources, he has here re-created tales as the memoirs of Enki, the leader of these first astronauts. What takes shape is the story of a world of mounting tensions, deep rivalries, and sophisticated scientific knowledge that is only today being confirmed. An epic tale of gods and men unfolds, challenging every assumption we hold about our creation, our past, and our AUTHOR: Zecharia Sitchin
PUBLISHER: Bear & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Across the Wide & Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory
Description not available.Thirteen-year-old Hattie Campbell records the details of her family's harrowing migration to Oregon in a covered wagon and describes the many challenges, both joyful and tragic, that mark the journey. AUTHOR: Kristiana Gregory
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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