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  • THE GOOD YEARS
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    THE GOOD YEARS
    WALTER LORD
    The period between 1900 and the First World War could be called the Confident Years, the Buoyant Years, the Spirited Years, or named after some bright, hopeful color, like the Golden Years. It could be done, but such tags are the invention of pundits, social historians, and professional name coiners. To the many varied people who lived through the era--the men and women who wis...

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  • THE COMPLETE TITANIC CHRONICLES
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    THE COMPLETE TITANIC CHRONICLES
    WALTER LORD
    The complete and definitive New York Times –bestselling chronicle of the Titanic, including survivors' stories and extensive research separating fact from myth. In just two hours and forty minutes, 1,500 souls were lost at sea when the RMS Titanic succumbed to the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, A Night to Remember tells the sto...

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  • A TIME TO STAND
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    A TIME TO STAND
    WALTER LORD
    The #1 New York Times –bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk tells the story of the Texans who fought Santa Anna's troops at the Battle of the Alamo. "Probably the best of all Alamo accounts . . . a history which should last." — The New York Times Book Review Looking out over the walls of the whitewashed Alamo, sweltering in the intense sun of a February heat wave, Colon...

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  • PEARY TO THE POLE
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    PEARY TO THE POLE
    WALTER LORD
    Explorer Robert E. Peary's quest for the North Pole—a true Arctic adventure from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of A Night to Remember . "A master narrator." —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. On March 1, 1909, only 413 miles of formidable ice separated Robert E. Peary from realizing his lifelong dream of becoming the first man to set foot on the North Pole. On that dark morni...

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  • THE PAST THAT WOULD NOT DIE
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    THE PAST THAT WOULD NOT DIE
    WALTER LORD
    An account of the 1962 Ole Miss riots, sparked by one man's stance against segregation in the American South—by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of A Night to Remember . "[Lord's] account of the gathering storm at Oxford and Jackson is a marvel." — The New York Times On September 30, 1962, James H. Meredith matriculated at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. An ai...

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  • DAY OF INFAMY
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    DAY OF INFAMY
    WALTER LORD
    Participants in the WWII bombing of Pearl Harbor share their stories in this bestselling classic from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Incredible Victory . "There have been many books on Pearl Harbor . . . but none of them have ever equaled Lord's in telling the story of Pearl Harbor." —Stephen E. Ambrose "Stuns the reader with the weight of reality." —James Michene...

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  • THE GOOD YEARS
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    THE GOOD YEARS
    WALTER LORD
    A New York Times –bestselling history of the United States in the years between the Gilded Age and World War I, by the author of A Night to Remember . "[Lord had] the extraordinary ability to bring the past to life." —Jenny Lawrence, author of The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books Though remarkable in their own right, the first fifteen years of the 1900s had the mis...

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  • INCREDIBLE VICTORY
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    INCREDIBLE VICTORY
    WALTER LORD
    The "remarkable" New York Times bestseller about the battle in the Pacific that turned the tide of World War II—by the author of The Miracle of Dunkirk ( Los Angeles Times ). "Graphic and realistic . . . not an impersonalized account of moves on the chessboard of war, [but] a story of individual people facing crucial problems." — The New York Times On the morning of June 4, 194...

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  • THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK
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    THE MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK
    WALTER LORD
    The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk , by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of Day of Infamy . "Lively and interesting. . . . [ The Miracle of Dunkirk ] is the most complete and readable account yet to appear." — The Christian Science Monitor "Amazing and unexpected heroism. . . . Well worth reading." — Milwaukee ...

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  • THE NIGHT LIVES ON
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    THE NIGHT LIVES ON
    WALTER LORD
    In this "spellbinding" New York Times –bestselling history, the author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk revisits the Titanic disaster ( The Boston Globe ). Walter Lord's A Night to Remember was a landmark work that recounted the harrowing events of April 14, 1912, when the British ocean liner RMS Titanic went down in the North Atlantic Ocean, a book that inspir...

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  • A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
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    A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
    WALTER LORD
    #1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive book on the sinking of the Titanic , based on interviews with survivors, by the author of The Miracle of Dunkirk . "Absolutely gripping and un-put-downable." —David McCullough, author of John Adams At first, no one but the lookout recognized the sound. Passengers described it as the impact of a heavy wave, a scraping noise, or the te...

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  • THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
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    THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
    WALTER LORD
    A riveting account of America’s second war with England, from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Miracle of Dunkirk. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the great powers of Western Europe treated the United States like a disobedient child. Great Britain blocked American trade, seized its vessels, and impressed its sailors to serve in the Royal Navy. America’s co...

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  • LONELY VIGIL
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    LONELY VIGIL
    WALTER LORD
    From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines.  The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solom...

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  • THE WORLD WAR II COLLECTION
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    THE WORLD WAR II COLLECTION
    WALTER LORD
    Full-length accounts of three decisive WWII events—Pearl Harbor, Midway, and the evacuation of Dunkirk—from a #1 New York Times –bestselling author. In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler's blitzkrieg, retreated to the beach at Dunkirk. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered an evacuation on May 26, expecting to save no more than a handfu...

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  • WORLD IN CRISIS
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    WORLD IN CRISIS
    WALTER LORD / WILLIAM J. CRAIG / RICHARD TREGASKIS
    Three New York Times–bestselling World War II histories, including the true story of the miraculous evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk. The monumental scope and breathtaking heroism of World War II are brought to vivid life in three riveting accounts that span the conflict’s Western Front, Eastern Front, and Pacific Theater.   The Miracle of Dunkirk: The...

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