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The good soldiers

Presents the true story of the January 2007 surge into Iraq and President Bush's order to increase the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province.

Everything battles

An introduction to the weapons, uniforms, and technology used in battles through history.

Battle

Presents a history of battles, from the hand-to-hand combat of the ancient Assyrians to the artillery actions of World War I.

Samurai vs. knights

2020
We took the deadliest warriors from two different time periods and matched them in a battle of weaponry, strength, and grit.
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The bird and the blade

2019
"Enslaved in Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom . . . until the kingdom is conquered by enemy forces and she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks' exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into an impossible love"--Provided by publisher.
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Bunny vs. Monkey

Year one, July-December
2015
Science and nature once again face off in a battle of good versus evil that involves robotic worms, doomsday devices, and trojan moose.

Bunny vs. Monkey

2019
A team of scientists has sent a monkey into space! And good thing, too, because he's a mean, selfish, noisy, bullying little fur-bag. But... all does not go well with the flight, and Monkey's spaceship barely clears the first hilltop before crash-landing in a peaceful forest. Monkey decides this is a new world and claims it for his own. And his first decree is that all other animals should be banished! What follows is a series of hilarious, off-the-wall interactions between Monkey and the other forest animals.

20 fun facts about Tenochtitlan

Take your readers on a trip back in time to learn all about Tenochtitl?n this ancient city, its takeover by Spanish conquistadors, and its eventual decline.
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Warriors: Battles of the Clans

2010
Onestar, leader of WindClan, introduces two young kittypets to the warrior code, the history of each of the Clans, and legendary battles that have been fought.
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Fernando el temerario

Nine-year-old Fernando Fadrique, a servant's son, witnesses the battle of Alarcos in 1195, and meets King Alfonso VIII and Rodrigo de Coca, who ask him to be their page.
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