In this unforgettable narrative of D-Day, Joseph Balkoski describes the minute-by-minute combat as it unfolded on Omaha Beach, allowing soldiers to speak for themselves as they recall their attempts to maneuver bombers through heavy cloud cover, the claustrophobic terror aboard transports, and the relentless fire that greeted them on the beach. Equal parts oral history and meticulous reconstruction, Omaha Beach is the closest the modern reader can...

"A first-class history, impeccably researched and skillfully written . . . by the foremost historian of the American D-Day experience." -Naval History   Added to the invasion plan largely at the insistence of British General Bernard Montgomery, the attack at Utah Beach aimed to secure the Cotentin Peninsula and ultimately seize the port of Cherbourg. Although the assault on Utah Beach became one of the most successful American military operations...

"The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military historian Saul David,"--Amazon.com.

The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta. The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility. But Leah feels lost. She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago when everything changed. Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah's been adrift and alone. Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known. There's something mysterious about Jasper,...

In burnished, driving prose, John Keegan chronicles the 1944 invasion of Normandy, from D-Day to the liberation of Paris. At the same time, he furthers his exploration of the “role which warfare and its institutions play in social life” by showing how each of the six armies, while resembling one another in purpose and authority, is a mirror of its own nation's values. Each army is shown at successive stages of the invasion in a battle sequence...

"It's a hot summer day in Motor City and Joe the Tow and Patch the Pup are very busy! When a back-up at the Splash 'n' Shine car wash causes a delay, Patch and Joe need help from their friends to save the day. There's no job too big for the Motor City friends when they work together!"--

A social satire set in Philadelphia over the course of a single day. It follows the experiences of a young IT manager, his former singer fiancě and his skeptical grad school student brother as they confront their choices during a funeral and an annual Bloomsday party.

In simple rhyming text tells a story of a family's day at their beach house by the sea.