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Product Description: From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers--for the most part, Australian civilians--monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports...read more
by A. B. Feuer (editor); Walter Lord (foreword by)
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Paperback:

9780811733298 | Stackpole Books, July 10, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers--for the most part, Australian civilians--monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity.

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An account of the War of 1812 discusses the events that occurred in London, Washington, and Baltimore during the troubled summer of 1814
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Hardcover:

9780393054521, titled "The Dawn's Early Light" | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 1972, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An historical novel based on events in London, Washington, and Baltimore during the troubled summer of 1814

Paperback:

9780801848643, titled "The Dawn's Early Light" | Reprint edition (Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, March 1, 1994), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: An account of the War of 1812 discusses the events that occurred in London, Washington, and Baltimore during the troubled summer of 1814
9784401832170 | Dell Pub Co, June 1, 1973, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Walter Lord -- author of such best-sellers as A Night to Remember and A Day of Infamy -- brings to life the remarkable events of what we now call The War of 1812 -- including the burning of Washington and the attack on Baltimore's Fort McHenry that inspired the Francis Scott Key to write what would become our national anthem.

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Product Description: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title. In this vivid recreation of one of the most infamous days in American history, witness a Japanese task force sweeping toward Hawaii, the warnings that are ignored, and the USAF's scramble to respond to the onslaught...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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Hardcover:

9780708958810 | Una lrg edition (Niagra Large Print, September 1, 1997), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Describes the events of December 7, 1941, before, during, and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as the reactions of the men who lived through the attack
9780805018981 | Reissue edition (Henry Holt & Co, December 1, 1991), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A document of the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor and people's reaction to it

Paperback:

9780805068030 | 60 annual edition (Owl Books, May 1, 2001), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Describes the events of December 7, 1941, before, during, and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as the reactions of the men who lived through the attack.
9781853266706 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd, January 1, 1999, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.
9780553267778 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1991), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A document of the events of the attack on Pearl Harbor and people's reaction to it

CD/Spoken Word:

9780786199198 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, January 1, 2000), cover price $48.00 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781556906725 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, December 1, 2000), cover price $49.00 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.
9780786109128 | Blackstone Audio Inc, December 1, 1995, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.

Prebinding:

9780613065290 | Bt Bound, October 1, 2001, cover price $22.55 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.

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Product Description: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title. In this vivid recreation of one of the most infamous days in American history, witness a Japanese task force sweeping toward Hawaii, the warnings that are ignored, and the USAF's scramble to respond to the onslaught...read more
by Walter Lord; Tom Parker (narrator)
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Miscellaneous:

9780786195138 | Mp3 edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A special 50th anniversary reissue of a classic nonfiction war title.

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A sixtieth anniversary of the classic documentary of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor describes the events of the surprise Japanese campaign, its impact on American history, and people's reaction to it, based on eyewitness accounts, diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and official military files. 30,000 first printing.
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Hardcover:

9780805068092 | 60 annual edition (Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 2001), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Describes the events of December 7, 1941, before, during, and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as the reactions of the men who lived through the attack.

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Product Description: This is a fascinating primary document of the Civil War, the diary of English Col. James Fremantle, who kept an engaging account of his tour of the Confederacy in 1863. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781580800853 | Burford Books, February 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This is a fascinating primary document of the Civil War, the diary of English Col.

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Paperback:

9780548440841 | Kessinger Pub Co, September 15, 2007, cover price $34.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786110001 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1997), cover price $62.95

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Recounts the Battle of Midway, using diaries, Japanese naval records, and interviews, and explains the significance of the U.S. victory
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Hardcover:

9780060126926 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1967, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: An account of the personal heroism of men and the course of events that led to the American victory at the Battle of Midway

Paperback:

9781580800594 | Burford Books, April 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Recounts the Battle of Midway, using diaries, Japanese naval records, and interviews, and explains the significance of the U.
9780060923600 | Reissue edition (Perennial, February 1, 1993), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: "A remarkable account of what has been called 'the most decisive naval battle since Trafalgar.

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Product Description: This is Walter Lord’s best-selling account of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons—that remarkable band of individualists who operated deep behind Japanese lines in the dark days of 1942-43. Living by their wits, with the help of friendly natives, they passed along critical intelligence, rescued downed flyers, and saved men from their sinking ships—including John F. Kennedy...read more
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9781591144663 | Naval Inst Pr, September 5, 2006, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This is Walter Lord’s best-selling account of the Coastwatchers of the Solomons—that remarkable band of individualists who operated deep behind Japanese lines in the dark days of 1942-43.

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Product Description: The American victory in the Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific, and affected the course of the entire Second World War. This text tells the tale of the battle. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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Paperback:

9781840222364 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd, September 1, 2000, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The American victory in the Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific, and affected the course of the entire Second World War.

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Product Description: On 24th May 1940, Hitler's armies were on the brink of a shattering military victory. Only ten miles away, Allied Troops were pinned against the coast at Dunkirk. Only 11 days later, by the 4th June, 338,000 men had been successfully evacuated to England...read more
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Hardcover:

9780517482506 | Viking Pr, January 1, 1987, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: An account of the evacuation of Dunkirk in May 1940 based on interviews with participants, official correspondence and archive material.
9780670286300 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1982, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Details the story of the rescue of more than three hundred thousand Allied troops from the coast of Dunkirk during the spring of 1940

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9781853266850 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd, July 1, 1998, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: On 24th May 1940, Hitler's armies were on the brink of a shattering military victory.
9780140050851 | Reprint edition (Viking Pr, March 1, 1984), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Details the story of the rescue of more than three hundred thousand Allied troops from the coast of Dunkirk during the spring of 1940

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Product Description: The most awesome ocean-going vessel the world had ever seen, the mightly TITANIC struck an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, carrying more than 1500 souls--and uncountable secrets--to the icy bottom of the mid-Atlantic...read more
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Hardcover:

9780708990964, titled "The Night Lives on" | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, September 1, 1999), cover price $31.99 | About this edition: The most awesome ocean-going vessel the world had ever seen, the mightly TITANIC struck an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, carrying more than 1500 souls--and uncountable secrets--to the icy bottom of the mid-Atlantic.
9780896217928, titled "The Night Lives on" | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 1987), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Combining meticulous research and dramatic narrative history, the author sheds new light on the sinking of the 'Titanic,' with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster
9780688049393, titled "The Night Lives on" | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1986, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Combining meticulous research and dramatic narrative history, the author sheds new light on the sinking of the 'Titanic,' with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster
9780848805685 | Amereon Ltd, December 1, 1976, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The most awesome ocean-going vessel the world had ever seen, the mightly TITANIC struck an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, carrying more than 1500 souls--and uncountable secrets--to the icy bottom of the mid-Atlantic.

Paperback:

9780515092509, titled "The Night Lives on" | Spl upd edition (Jove Pubns, April 1, 1991), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Combining meticulous research and dramatic narrative history, the author sheds new light on the sinking of the 'Titanic,' with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster

Prebinding:

9780613182096 | Bt Bound, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: The most awesome ocean-going vessel the world had ever seen, the mightly TITANIC struck an iceberg and sank on the night of April 14, 1912, carrying more than 1500 souls--and uncountable secrets--to the icy bottom of the mid-Atlantic.

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Combines meticulous research and dramatic narrative history to shed new light on the sinking of the Titanic, with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster.
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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780694521074 | Harperaudio, September 1, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Combines meticulous research and dramatic narrative history to shed new light on the sinking of the Titanic, with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster.

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Sheds light on the sinking of the 'Titanic,' with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster
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9780380732036 | Avon Books, March 1, 1998, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Sheds light on the sinking of the 'Titanic,' with new evidence and theories on, and revelations about, the disaster

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Product Description: She was the world's biggest-ever ship. A luxurious miracle of twentieth-century technology, the Titanic was equipped with the most ingenious safety devices of the time. Yet on a moonlit night in 1912, the "unsinkable" Titanic raced across the glassy Atlantic on her maiden voyage, with only twenty lifeboats for 2,207 passengers...read more
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Hardcover:

9780708958742, titled "A Night to Remember" | Large print edition (Niagra Large Print, July 1, 1997), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Presents a minute-by-minute account of the collision between the Titanic and an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean, and the luxury ship's subsequent sinking
9780805017335, titled "A Night to Remember" | Reprint edition (Henry Holt & Co, June 1, 1991), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Contemporary photographs and press clippings illustrate this chronicle of each event during the night of April 14, 1912 when the Titanic went down in the North Atlantic
9780899667942 | Buccaneer Books, June 1, 1991, cover price $25.95
9780848800659, titled "A Night to Remember" | Reprint edition (Amereon Ltd, June 1, 1987), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Contemporary photographs and press clippings illustrate this chronicle of each event during the night of April 14, 1912 when the Titanic went down in the North Atlantic
9780854564446, titled "A Night to Remember" | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, June 1, 1976), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: She was the world's biggest-ever ship.

Paperback:

9780805077643, titled "A Night To Remember" | 2 reprint edition (Owl Books, December 1, 2004), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Recounts the demise of the 'unsinkable' Titanic, the massive luxury liner that housed extravagances such as a French 'sidewalk cafe' and a grand staircase, but failed to provide enough lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers on board.
9780553278279, titled "A Night to Remember" | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, September 1, 1991), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Presents a minute-by-minute account of the collision between the Titanic and an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean, and the luxury ship's subsequent sinking

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786113866, titled "A Night to Remember" | Blackstone Audio Inc, February 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: She was the world's biggest-ever ship.
9780754001850, titled "A Night to Remember" | Unabridged edition (Sterling Audio Books, August 1, 1998), cover price $54.95 | About this edition: She was the world's biggest-ever ship.
9780786112890, titled "A Night to Remember" | Blackstone Audio Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: She was four city blocks long, boasting the latest, most ingenious safety devices of the age, a French sidewalk cafe, a grand staircase worthy of an opera house, private promenade decks--but only 20 lifeboats for the 2,207 passengers on board.
9781572700475, titled "A Night to Remember" | Audio Partners, July 1, 1997, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: 11:40 P.

School and Library:

9780531002520 | Large print edition (Franklin Watts, June 1, 1968), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: She was the world's biggest-ever ship.

Reinforced:

9780606011372, titled "A Night to Remember" | Demco Media, September 1, 1991, cover price $15.64 | About this edition: A minute-by-minute account of the maiden voyage of the Titanic, her last hours afloat, and the tragedy and heroism surrounding her sinking

Prebinding:

9781435291317, titled "A Night to Remember" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: She was the world's biggest-ever ship.
9780808510468, titled "A Night to Remember" | Bt Bound, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Presents a minute-by-minute account of the collision between the Titanic and an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean, and the luxury ship's subsequent sinking

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Hardcover:

9780060127008 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1965, cover price $12.95

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An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths
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9780803279025, titled "A Time to Stand" | Bison Books, September 1, 1978, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths

Library:

9780060127060 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1969, cover price $10.79 | About this edition: On the morning of March 6, 1836, in an old abandoned mission called the Alamo, a small Texas garrison fought to the death rather than yield to an overwhelming army of Mexicans.

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An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths
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Hardcover:

9780517642993 | Bonanza Books, November 1, 1988, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths

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