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Publisher
Caliber
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In late 1944, the Allies invaded the Japanese-held Philippines, and soon the end of the Pacific War was within reach. But for the last 150 American prisoners of war still held on the island of Palawan, there would be no salvation. After years of slave labor, starvation, disease, and torture, their worst fears were about to be realized. On December 14, with machine guns trained on them, they were herded underground into shallow air raid shelters--death...
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
viii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sunday, December 7, 1941, dawned clear and bright over the Pacific.... But for the Dauntless dive-bomber crews of the USS Enterprise returning to their home base on Oahu, it was a morning from hell. Flying directly into the Japanese ambush at Pearl Harbor, they lost a third of their squadron and witnessed the heart of America's Navy broken and smoldering on the oil-slicked waters below. The next six months, from Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway-a...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Texas historian Stephen L. Moore's Texas Rising, the official companion to the epic History Channel series of the same name, brings to life the violent Texas frontier and the Rangers' heroic deeds during the Texas Revolution.
Author
Publisher
NAL CALIBER
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
vii, 498 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Pacific Payback comes the gripping true story of the Cactus Air Force and how this rugged crew of Dive-Bombers helped save Guadalcanal and won the war. November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan's expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations,...
