Want Not
by Jonathan Miles
Hardcover: Nov 2013
Paperback: May 2014
A compulsively readable, deeply human novel that examines our most basic and unquenchable emotion: want. With a satirist's eye and a romantic's heart, Miles captures the morass and comedy of contemporary life in all its excess.
War In A Time Of Peace
: Bush, Clinton & The Generals
by David Halberstam
Hardcover: Sep 2001
Paperback: Jul 2002
Describes in fascinating human detail how the shadow of the Cold War still hangs over American foreign policy and how domestic politics have determined our role as a world power.
War Story
by Gwen Edelman
Hardcover: Aug 2001
Paperback: Aug 2002
A story of how love and sexual relationships can form our identities, nurture us, as well as harm us. As indelible as it is controversial, War Story is the stunning debut of an extraordinary talent
War Trash
by Ha Jin
Hardcover: Oct 2004
Paperback: May 2005
A 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.
Warlight
by Michael Ondaatje
Hardcover: May 2018
Paperback: Apr 2019
A mesmerizing new novel that tells a dramatic story set in the decade after World War II through the lives of a small group of unexpected characters and two teenagers whose lives are indelibly shaped by their unwitting involvement.
Warlords
: An Extraordinary Re-Creation of World War II Through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, And Stalin
by Simon Berthon, Joanna Potts
Hardcover: Mar 2006
Paperback: Apr 2007
A fascinating "you-are-there" look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, told on a day-by-day, even hour-by-hour basis, affording unparalleled insights into parallel actions.
Warriors of God
: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade
by James Reston Jr.
Hardcover: Apr 2001
Paperback: May 2002
Sweeping readers into a mesmerizing period of history, Warriors of God is a provocative look at two towering leaders and the not always noble causes for which they fought.
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