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Medieval Nuns At War

. . by Elizabeth A. Quillen. Hardback (6.3×9.4 inches). 196 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Rebellious, Resilien and Rowdy Women If you were expecting to read about nuns wielding battle-axes and storming castles, you will be severely disappointed. The only “nun” (technically

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Hermann Balck: Hitler’s Forgotten General

. . by Philip Kay-Bujak. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 340 pages. 2025. To be clear, this biography discusses Gen. Balck, not the nuts and bolts of his battles. You’ll learn how he approached offensive and defensive battles and his style of

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The 10th Mountain Division in World War II

. . by Charles C. Roberts jr. Hardback (8.2×10.2 inches). 160 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Casemate Illustrated Special This extended edition of a Casemate Illustrated Special provides a picture-centric examination of all aspects of the clothing, weaponry, vehicles, and other equipment

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Midget Submarines 1939-45

. . by Charles C. Roberts jr. Hardback (8.2×10.2 inches). 176 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Casemate Illustrated Special This super-sized version, about double the page length of a typical Casemate Illustrated book, offers an overview of midget submarines produced in Germany,

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Why Appeasement Failed: The Ignored Evidence

. . by Andrew Sanger. Hardback (6.4×9.5 inches). 199 pages. 2025. I’m not sure the title should be Why Appeasement Failed as much as How Appeasement Failed. The why seems obvious: you can’t negotiate with a German psychopath leading a

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Apollo 1 in Photographs

. . by J. L. Pickering and John Bisney with Ed Hengeveld. Hardback (8.9×11.3 inches). 272 pages. 2025. Nice, big coffee-table sized book presents an archive of Apollo 1 photos with obvious attention to the three NASA astronauts Gus Grisson,

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

. . by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Hardback (5.7×8.5 inches). 278 pages. 2008. Historical fiction novel found in the discount bin offers a look at the WWII German occupation of Guernsey (UK Channel Islands). The one thing you

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Hitler’s & Hirohito’s ‘Kamikaze’ Flying Bombs

. . by William Wolf. Hardback (7.0×10.0 inches). 222 pages. 2025. Subtitle: The Axis’ Manned Suicide Attack Aircraft of WW2 I would vote this title “Most Likely To Have Been Created By AI.” I’ve groused before about the “Hitler This”

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The Mahdi & Africa

. . by John D. Grainger. Hardback (6.3×9.5 inches). 291 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Muhammad Ahmad & Sudan’s Mahdist Revolution in Context The book covers about 100 years, centered on the Mahdi’s efforts in the late 1800s to create his own

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