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Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (The Authorized Doubleday/Doran Edition)
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189/672 pages
The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
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Peter the Great
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty
A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge
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The German Army 1933-1945
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Corporal Hitler and the Great War 1914-1918: The List Regiment
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22/238 pages
A STAR THAT BLAZED BRIGHT THEN FELL FROM SIGHT
This is one of the best illustrated biographies of a renowned fighter pilot that I've yet read. This book is replete with a wealth of fascinating photos that spans Helmut Wick's life, from his birth in 1915 in Mannheim, Germany, thru his flight training days, and on to Wick's rise as the Luftwaffe's premiere fighter ace culminating in his death in aerial combat near the Isle of Wight on November 28, 1940. There are also 3 appendices at the back of the book containing a list of Helmut Wick's confirmed (and unconfirmed) aerial victories, a "brief description of the aircraft types shot down by Wick", and illustrations of aircraft Wick flew as well as those of the enemy he faced in combat in 1939 and 1940.