Books for Veterans
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Beyond Hell and BackHow America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting UnitDwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. GreshamAn inside look at seven of the most harrowing and significant Special Operations missions ever. -
Killer EliteThe Inside Story of America's Most Secret Special Operations TeamMichael SmithA top-secret U.S. Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to assassinating key al Qaeda members, including Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and, in one of their greatest missions, capturing Saddam Hussein.
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Roughneck Nine OneThe Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-Team at WarSgt. 1st Class Frank Antenori, US Army (Retired), and Hans HalberstadtOn April 6, 2003, twenty-six Green Berets, including those of Sergeant 1st Class Frank Anentori’s Special Forces A-Team (call sign Roughneck Nine One), led a violent battle against a vastly superior force at the remote crossroads near the village of Debecka, Iraq.
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An Army at DawnThe War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Volume One of the Liberation TrilogyRick AtkinsonIn the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa.
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November 19, 2008
Senator Tom Daschle being considered for Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services
Senator Tom Daschle, who is being considered by Obama as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has wrote about his plans for changing the healthcare system in a ground breaking book called Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis that has been published by St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne Books.
November 18, 2008
House of Night series' movie rights optioned
The screen rights for P.C. and Kristin Cast's House of Night books, including the recently published UNTAMED, have been optioned by two Hollywood producers
November 14, 2008
Naomi Klein discusses the Wall Street bailouts with Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow calls The Shock Doctrine “the only book of the last few years in American publishing that I would describe as a mandatory must-read. Literally, the only one."
November 14, 2008
Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama by Garen Thomas hits the New York Times Bestsellers List. Revised edition with 32 pages of updates including the recent election in stores soon
See in upcoming November 23, 2008 edition of The New York Times Book Review
November 12, 2008
Bolaño's 2666 Receives Instant Acclaim, Called the Best Book of the Year
Time magazine calls Roberto Bolaño's posthumous 900 page novel 2666, "The best book of 2008," and Jonathan Lethem at The New York Times Book Review exclaims, "Now throw your hats in the air." And in a series of articles, ranging from a timeline of Bolaño's career to an excerpt of a five-page sentence, Sam Anderson for New York magazine calls it, "Brilliant... Bolaño's everything book." For a Q&A with translator Natasha Wimmer, in which she compares her experience working on 2666 and The Savage Detectives, click here.
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The Holocaust by Bullets
A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews
Don't Bite Your Tongue
How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children
Laurie Keller
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