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The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission
by Hampton Sides
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by Laura Hillenbrand
Published Jul 2014
Read ReviewsIn her long-awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.
by Karl Marlantes
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsA big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran.
by Tan Twan Eng
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsWritten in lush, evocative prose, The Gift of Rain spans decades as it takes readers from the final days of the Chinese emperors to the dying era of the British Empire, and through the mystical temples, bustling cities, and forbidding rain forests of Malaya.
by Ha Jin
Published May 2005
Read ReviewsA powerful, unflinching novel that opens a window on an unknown aspect of a little-known war: the experiences of Chinese POWs held by Americans during the Korean conflict.
by Tess Uriza Holthe
Published Jul 2003
Read ReviewsOnce in a great while comes a storyteller who can illuminate worlds large and small, magical and true to life. Holthe's first novel is set at the end of WWII, as the Japanese and the Americans engage in a fierce battle for possession of the Philippine Islands.
by Jim Lehrer
Published May 2001
Read ReviewsExplores the complicated issue of war guilt and forgiveness, starkly portrayed in the characters of an officer from a country that refuses to admit any wrongdoing and a clergyman who is committed to a belief that to forgive is divine.
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