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80 GERMANY IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS All of Which I Saw: With the US Marine Corps in Iraq Lucian Read. All of Which I Saw captures the United States Marine Corps during some of the most dramatic and important moments of the IraqWar. A singular, stunning, and indispensable record of the conflict of the Iraq War and the Marine Corps at war. Size: 10.75"x7.5" • 172 images • 224pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5799-2 • hard • $34.99 165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban Asad Qureshi. British documentary filmmaker Qureshi works in the world's most dangerous places. When he set off to film secret interviews with Taliban commanders, the award-win- ning filmmaker found himself on the wrong end of the camera lens, with a gun at his temple and a price of 10 million US dollars on his head. Asad would spend 165 days in captivity before his family was able to pay his ransom and secure his release. This is a true, first-person account of Taliban captivity in Waziristan, the dangerous border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Size 6"x9" • 22 b/w photos • 256 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6426-6hard• ISBN: 978-1-5073-0275-0 (E-Book) •$29.9927.99 GBP/$42.99 CAD GERMANY INWWII KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS Vampir: From Teenage Flak Auxiliary to Night-Fighting Machine Gunner in WWII Rolf Fischer. Fischer and his classmates were called up to serve as auxiliaries at the local anti aircraft defense battery. Here Rolf and his friends experienced allied bombing raids, death, and killing. At age 17 he is called up to specialized machine gun training facility in Denmark. Here he and other handpicked re- cruits are taught to use MG42s equipped with infrared optics; this early night-fighting gear was sometimes referred to by the Germans as "Vampir" (Vampire). The author provides an in-depth description of the equipment and its usage. Fischer's narrative is constructed mostly through dialogue, providing an unusually immersive, cinematic feel to this exceptional memoir . Size 6"x 9"•17 b/wphotos •176pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6506-5 • hard 978-1-5073-0297-2 (E-Book) • $24.99 US/£22.99 GBP/$35.99 CAD HeinrichHimmler: ADetailedHistory of HisOffices, Commands, and Organizations in Nazi Germany RolfMichaelis. Reichsführer-SS,Chief of German Police,Reich Commissar for theConsolidationofGermanNationhood,Reich Minister of the Interior,Commander of the ReplacementArmy, and Commander-in-Chief of Army GroupVistula—Heinrich Himmlerultimatelycombined inhispersonall the rolesnecessary for the implementationofNational-Socialist policy.All of his roles are described in detail for the first time in this book. Several of Himmler’sspeeches intheirentirety roundout this importantwork. Size: 7"x10" • 275 b/w images • 392pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5259-1 • hard • $49.99 Heinrich Himmler: A Photographic Chronicle of Hitler’s Reichsführer-SS Martin Månsson. Many books have been written about Hein- rich Himmler and the SS though, strangely, no photographic study has ever been assembled. Contained within this volume are over 380 photos of Himmler, illustrating his entire career—from a soldier during WWI through the years when he was the second most powerful man in Europe. Size: 8.5"x11" • 380 bw photos • 200pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1202-2 • hard • $59.95 Knights of the Reich: The Twenty-Seven Most Highly Decorated Soldiers of the Wehrmacht in WWII Günther Fraschka. Biographies of the twenty-seven Holders of the Diamonds to the Knight’s Cross from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS: Mölders, Galland, Gollob, Marseille, Graf, Rommel, Luth, Nowotny, Schulz, Rudel, Graf Strachwitz, Gille, Hube, Kesselring, Lent, Dietrich, Model, Hartmann, Balck, Ramcke, Schnaufer, Brandi, Schorner, von Manteuffel, Tolsdorff, Mauss, von Saucken. Size: 6"x9" • 93 bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 0-88740-580-0 • hard • $39.95 The Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, 1940– 1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Recipients Jeremy Dixon. This two-volume set presents every recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, awardedduringWWII, andpresentedby Hitler from1940until 1945. Includedareeachof the 889 recipients fromthe Luftwaffe, Heer,Waffen-SS, andKriegsmarine, aswell as foreign recipients. This is the first time such a work is in English. Size: 8.5"x11" • 1,000 color/bw photos • 648pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4266-0•hardcover, two-volume set in deluxe slipcase • $125.00 Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol. 1: Heinz-Wolf- gang Schnaufer • Rudolf Winnerl • Hermann Graf • Hans-Georg Schierholz Ralf Schumann. This book is the first in a new series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehrmacht inWorld War II. Concise biographies, rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and award documents cover not only known soldiers and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well. This initial volume covers four Luftwaffe fighter, and bomber pilots. Size: 8.5"x11" • 440 color/bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4057-4 • hard • $35.00 Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol. 2: Gerhard Türke • Heinz Bär • Arnold Huebner • Joachim Müncheberg Ralf Schumann and Wolfgang Westerwelle. This book is the second in a series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehr- macht in World War II. Concise biographies, rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and award documents cover not only known soldiers and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4369-8 • hard • $39.99 Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger: Hitler’sEliteParachuteForceatWar,1940–45 Jeremy Dixon. Presented here are the biographies of the 130men of the Fallschirmjäger—Hitler’s elite paratroopers during WWII—whowontheKnight’sCross. They foughtonnearly every front during thewar, includingHolland, Belgium, Italy andRussia. Also includedaredetailsof promotions, awards and decorations, and over 200 photographs. Size: 7"x10" • 204 color & bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4892-1 • hard • $45.00 Waffen-SS Knights and Their Battles: The Waffen- SS Knight’s Cross Holders Vol.1: 1939–42 Peter Mooney. Within each of the various battles covered, the book focuses specifically on each Waffen-SS soldier that was awarded the various grades of the Knight’s Cross. This volume covers the period 1939-42 and was written with the help of surviving Knight’s Cross holders or the Waffen-SS soldiers that fought alongside them. Size: 6"x9" • 60 bw photos/maps • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3088-9 • hard • $39.99 Waffen-SS Knights and Their Battles: The Waffen- SS Knight’s Cross Holders Vol. 2: January–July 1943 Peter Mooney. This second volume covers the period from January to July 1943 and was written with the help of surviving Knight’s Cross holders or the Waffen-SS soldiers that fought alongside them. Size: 6"x9" • 60 bw photos/maps • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3527-3 • hard • $39.99 Waffen-SS Knights and Their Battles: The Waffen- SS Knight’s Cross Holders Vol. 3: August–De- cember 1943 Peter Mooney. This third volume in the on-going series continues the overview of each Waffen-SS and covers the period August to December 1943 detailing actions in the chaotic post-Kursk period on the Eastern Front, as well as the opening of the second front in Italy. Size: 6"x9" • 70 bw photos • 312pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4273-8 • hard • $39.99 Waffen-SS Knights and Their Battles: The Waffen-SS Knight’s Cross Holders Vol. 4: Jan- uary−May 1944 Peter Mooney. This fourth volume covers January to May 1944 and details an additional 45 Knight’s Cross, 7 Oakleaves, 3 Swords and the first Diamonds awards for the men of theWaffen-SS. Original maps help illustrate the part played by these soldiers. It was written with the help of surviving Knight’s Cross holders and contains a foreword by Karl-Heinz Euling. Size: 6"x9" • 79 b/w photos and maps • 304pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5189-1 • hard cover • $39.99 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Holders of the U-boat Service Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII-era photographs. Size: 6"x9" • 150 bw photos • 280pp. ISBN: 0-88740-748-X • hard • $24.95 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII-era photographs. Size: 6"x9" • 130 bw photos • 280pp. ISBN: 0-88740-749-8 • hard • $24.95 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including date of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII era photographs. Size: 6"x9" • 150 bw photos • 352pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0066-0 • hard • $24.95 Grunts: The Last US Draft, 1972 Ed Eckstein. This photojournalistic essay documents one of the last groups of civilians to be drafted into the US Army in 1972. The journey begins at an induction center in Philadelphia, where recruits swear alle- giance to the US, and undergo physical and mental examinations. The focus then shifts to Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, for orientation and the acquisition of uniforms and supplies. Size: 9"x9" • 116 b/w photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5302-4 • hard • $24.99 Along the Tigris: The 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom Thomas L. Day. The story of 16,000 soldiers, from the training grounds of Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Airborne Division anchored for eight months after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Size: 6"x9" • 150 color photos • 400pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2620-1 • hard • $35.00 ExitWounds: Soldiers’ Stories, Lifeaf- terIraqandAfghanistan JimLommasson. A compelling and timely work presenting the author/photographer’s portraits and interviewswithsoldiers,aswellasthesoldiers’ ownphotographs fromthewar zones. The stories expressed inwords and images are intimate,profoundandtimeless.Oursoldiers needtotell theirstories,andweneedtolisten. Size: 11"x8.5"•92 color images •208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4893-8•hard•$34.99