Duel of Eagles • This was in the Fiction section, and is a reprint of his 1970 volume. The author actually commanded a fighter squadron in the Battle of Britain!
Modern Fighting Helicopters • I have several books in this series, and I remember seeing this one and for some reason, didn’t get it. It was probably not on half-off, and when I went to get it the next week it was probably gone. That is how that works. But, now it is part of the Grand Library! It has some really neat diagrams and illustrations, and even goes so far as to show through illustrations common helicopter flight and fight tactics.
Battles and Battlecruisers • I’ve been reading a different book on Battleships, after reading the Time/Life book on Dreadnoughts, so this was an easy choice. There are a few other books published in this style that this goes with.
The New York Times: Complete World War II 1939-1945 • It is fun to read these as they were so wrong about so much back in the day. Something that hasn’t chanced at all. It even has a DVD with almost 100,000 articles!
Smithsonian: History • I really like these Smithsonian books. I was passing this one up because it was full price, but if you see in the recent post about how I bought the same book again on accident, this is the one I used the return credit on. I decided to drive back and use the credit on the full price of this book as opposed to hoping it would be there next Saturday for half-off. And, I didn’t want to have a doubled book purchase on my mind all week long.
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz • These books are fascinating reads, the first-hand accounts of people who went through so much.
U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth • I went from having zero books on Grant not so long ago, to having several good ones now. All due to that History Channel miniseries about him. A nice break from reading about dictators, there are actually interesting leaders that aren’t evil to read about! Winston Churchill is one I need to read more about and already have numerous books on.
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