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Escape from the Deep
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Alex Kershaw
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The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine
and Her Courageous Crew
By October, 1944, the U.S. Navy submarine Tang had sunk more enemy ships and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any other submarine in the Pacific. But then the Tang was hit by one of her own faulty torpedoes. The survivors struggled to stay alive in their submerged "iron coffin" 180 feet beneath the surface while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges.
Just 9 of the original 80 man crew survived a harrowing ascent through the escape hatch. But shortly after being picked up by a Japanese patrol vessel, they were sent to a secret interrogation camp known as the "Torture Farm." They were finally liberated in August, 1945, and never revealed anything to the Japanese - not even the greatest secret of WWII.
Escape from the Deep is their adrenaline-soaked story, told by critically acclaimed author Alex Kershaw ...
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The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash
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Charles R. Morris
The sub-prime mortgage crisis is only the beginning: A more profound economic and political restructuring is on its way
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Gross National Happiness
Why Happiness Matters for America--and How We Can Get More of It
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Arthur C. Brooks
Democrats and Republicans have two very different visions of America. Which one will make us happier?
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Cathy's Key
If Found Call 650-266-8202
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Sean Stewart, Jordan Weisman
The much-anticipated sequel to the New York Times Bestseller
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Escape
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Robert Tanenbaum
In this riveting new legal thriller, the twentieth in the bestselling series, Manhattan D. A. Roger “Butch” Karp and his crime-fighting crew must race against the clock to stop a malicious terrorist plot that could change the course of history
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Racial Paranoia
The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness The New Reality of Race in America
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John Jackson
A provocative new paradigm of race relations in the twenty-first century, in which the overt racism of the past has been replaced by subconscious suspicions and whispered conspiracy theories
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Mightier than the Sword
How the Media Have Shaped American History, Second Edition
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Rodger Streitmatter
In this pathbreaking book, Rodger Streitmatter takes the reader on a sightseeing tour of American history as influenced by the public press, visiting fifteen landmark events in US history, from the
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