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Series: Talking to Robots Tales from Our Human-Robot Futures Hardcover David Ewing Duncan 9781524743598 $39.00 COMPUTERS Jul 16, 2019

This ebullient and optimistic book features thirty visions of robot futures, scenarios based on real machines that are either here or are coming in the near future, or have been seriously contemplated.Throughout history, humans have been infatuated with the notion of artificial intelligence. But now the moment is fast upon us when super-intelligent robots are poised to arrive for real. Not the lumbering industrial-grade bots that have been churning out paper clips, Prozac, and Volkswagens for years. But the real deal: robots that we can truly t... + Read More
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Series: On Being Human A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard Hardcover Jennifer Pastiloff 9781524743567 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 04, 2019

An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops, On Being Human is the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be all along by battling the demons within and winning. Jen did not intend to become a yoga tea... + Read More
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Series: Childfree by Choice The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence Hardcover Dr. Amy Blackstone 9781524744090 $35.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Jun 11, 2019

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means for our society, economy, environment, perceived gender roles, and legacies, and how understanding and supporting all types of families can lead to positive outcomes for parents, non-parents, and children alike.As a childfree woman, Dr. Amy Blackstone is no stranger ... + Read More
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Series: Inside the Five-Sided Box Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon Hardcover Ash Carter 9781524743918 $40.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jun 11, 2019

The twenty-fifth Secretary of Defense takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world’s largest and most complex information network and performs more R&D than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. Most important, ... + Read More
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Series: Let Me Not Be Mad My Story of Unraveling Minds Hardcover A. K. Benjamin 9781524744380 $36.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 11, 2019

Inspired by Dr. A. K. Benjamin's years working as a clinical neuropsychologist at a London hospital, this multilayered narrative interweaves Benjamin's own sometimes shocking personal experiences with those of his mentally disordered patients.What do doctors actually think about when you list your problems in the consulting room? Are they really listening to you? Is the connection all in your head? Every day for ten years--even while his hospital became the set for a reality television series--clinical neuropsychologist A. K. Benjamin confro... + Read More
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Series: The Perfect Plan A Novel Hardcover Bryan Reardon 9781524743659 $35.00 FICTION Jun 18, 2019

From New York Times bestselling author Bryan Reardon comes a tense, twisting story about two brothers locked together in a dangerous game—and an unforgettable tale of a family’s dark secrets.Liam Brennan teeters on the edge. Early one morning, he snaps, kidnapping a young woman who works for Drew Brennan, Liam’s older brother and the upstart candidate in a heated election. This sudden, vicious attack appears to be the beginning of an unthinkable spiral. But when it comes to the Brennan brothers, nothing is what it seems. To the rest of the wo... + Read More
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Series: The Sixth Man A Memoir Hardcover Andre Iguodala 9780525533986 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 25, 2019

**The Instant National Bestseller**The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors’ fifth Finals appearance in five years, his game has never been stronger. Off the court, Iguodala has earned respect, too—for his successful tech investments, his philanthropy, and increasingly for his contributions to the conversation about race in America. It is no surprise, then, that in his first book, Andre,... + Read More
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Series: Gone Too Long A Novel Hardcover Lori Roy 9781524741969 $37.00 FICTION Jun 25, 2019

“This electrifying novel…[is] a gripping mystery with a timely, unnerving message—you won’t be able to look away.”—People, "Book of the Week"“A book so good you can’t look away.” --O Magazine, “Best Books of Summer”Two-time Edgar Award–winning author Lori Roy entangles readers in a heart-pounding tale of two women battling for survival against a century’s worth of hate. On the day a black truck rattles past her house and a Klan flyer lands in her front yard, ten-year-old Beth disappears from her Simmonsville, Georgia, home. Armed with skills ... + Read More
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Series: Lock Every Door A Novel Hardcover Riley Sager 9781524745141 $35.00 FICTION Jul 02, 2019

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of . . . Parade’s “Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2019" • PureWow’s “The Best Beach Reads of Summer 2019” • BookBub’s “Books That Will Make the Perfect Addition to Your Beach Bag This Summer”The next heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York’s oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all o... + Read More
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Series: George Marshall Defender of the Republic Hardcover David L. Roll 9781101990971 $45.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 09, 2019

The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall—America’s most distinguished soldier–statesman since George Washington—whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. “I’ve read several biographies of Marshall, but I think [David] Roll’s may be the best of the bunch.”—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review • “Powerful.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Enthralling.”—Andrew Roberts • “Important.”—William I. Hitchcock • “Majestic.”—Susan Page • “Engrossing.”—Andrew ... + Read More
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Series: Theme Music A Novel Hardcover T. Marie Vandelly 9781524744700 $35.00 FICTION Jul 23, 2019

An utterly propulsive and unpredictable psychological thriller from stunning new talent T. Marie Vandelly.For the lucky among us, life is what you make of it, but for Dixie Wheeler, the theme music for her story was chosen by another long ago, on the day her father butchered her mother and brothers and slashed a knife across his own throat. Only baby Dixie was left alive, now forever remembered as Baby Blue for the song left playing in the aftermath of the slaughter.Twenty five years later, Dixie is still desperate for a connection to the famil... + Read More
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Series: The Chelsea Girls A Novel Hardcover Fiona Davis 9781524744588 $36.00 FICTION Jul 30, 2019

From Fiona Davis, the nationally bestselling author of The Dollhouse and The Address, the bright lights of the theater district, the glamour and danger of 1950s New York, and the wild scene at the iconic Chelsea Hotel come together in a dazzling new novel about the twenty-year friendship that will irrevocably change two women’s lives.From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City’s creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets ... + Read More
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Series: Fire and Fortitude The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 Hardcover John C. McManus 9780451475046 $45.00 HISTORY Jul 30, 2019

An engrossing, epic history of the U.S. Army in the Pacific War“Out here, mention is seldom seen of the achievements of the Army ground troops,” wrote one officer in the fall of 1943, “whereas the Marines are blown up to the skies.” Even today, the Marines are celebrated as the victors of the Pacific. Yet the majority of fighting and dying in the war against Japan was done not by Marines, but by unsung Army soldiers.John C. McManus, one of our most highly acclaimed historians of World War II, takes readers from Pearl Harbor—a rude awakening for... + Read More
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Series: Tiny But Mighty Kitten Lady's Guide to Saving the Most Vulnerable Felines Hardcover Hannah Shaw 9781524744069 $34.00 PETS Aug 06, 2019

From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram @kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable—and adorable—feline population: newborn kittens.Hannah Shaw, better known as Kitten Lady, has dedicated her life to saving the tiniest felines, but one doesn’t have to be a professional kitten rescuer to change—and save—lives. In Tiny But Mighty, Hannah not only outlines the dangers newborn kittens face and how she combats them, but how you can help every ste... + Read More
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Series: The Birthday Girl A Novel Hardcover Melissa de la Cruz 9781524743772 $36.00 FICTION Aug 06, 2019

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex & Eliza comes a return to adult fiction, centered around a mysterious woman’s birthday celebration—and what it reveals about her past. Ellie de Florent-Stinson is celebrating her fortieth birthday with a grand celebration in her fabulous house in Palm Springs.At forty, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted: a handsome husband; an accomplished college-age stepdaughter; two adorable and rambunctious six-year-old twin boys; lush, well-appointed homes in the city, desert and beach; a t... + Read More
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Series: Nobody's Victim Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls Hardcover Carrie Goldberg 9780525533771 $36.00 SOCIAL SCIENCE Aug 13, 2019

Nobody’s Victim is an unflinching look at a hidden world most people don’t know exists—one of stalking, blackmail, and sexual violence, online and off—and the incredible story of how one lawyer, determined to fight back, turned her own hell into a revolution. “We are all a moment away from having our life overtaken by somebody hell-bent on our destruction.” That grim reality - gleaned from personal experience and twenty years of trauma work - is the guiding principal of Carrie Goldberg’s cutting edge victims’ rights law firm.Riveting, as w... + Read More
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Series: A Charlie Waldo Novel Below the Line A Charlie Waldo Novel Hardcover Howard Michael Gould 9781524744861 $35.00 FICTION Aug 13, 2019

Eccentric private eye Charlie Waldo is back in another wildly fun and fast-paced thriller lampooning Southern California.Former LAPD detective Charlie Waldo was living in solitude deep in the woods, pathologically committed to owning no more than one hundred possessions, until his PI ex-girlfriend Lorena dragged him back into civilization to solve a high-profile Hollywood murder. Now, Lorena’s pulled him into a new case, and they have their hands full with their client, a wild and privileged L.A. teenager named Stevie Rose who tells lies as ea... + Read More
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Series: Stolen Things A Novel Hardcover R. H. Herron 9781524744908 $35.00 FICTION Aug 20, 2019

With one call, her daughter’s life is on the line. Laurie Ahmadi has worked as a 911 police dispatcher in her quiet Northern California town for almost two decades, but nothing in her nearly twenty years of experience could prepare her for the worst call of her career—her teenage daughter, Jojo, is on the other end of the line. She is drugged, disoriented, and in pain, and even though the whole police department springs into action, there is nothing Laurie can do to help.Jojo, who has been sexually assaulted, doesn’t remember how she ended up a... + Read More
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Series: Awakening in the Dream Contact with the Divine Hardcover David Wilcock 9781524742027 $39.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Jun 02, 2020

New York Times bestselling author David Wilcock’s latest captivating work of nonfiction, exploring new hidden truths about extraterrestrials, dreams, sacred science, channeling your Higher Self, and Ascension.What happens when a UFO researcher suddenly comes into telepathic contact with the very beings he has been so avidly studying, after years of increasingly provocative dreams? What happens when these telepathic “readings” begin predicting the future with astonishing precision—and speaking about an incredible upcoming event in which all life... + Read More
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Series: The Disappearing A Novel Paperback Lori Roy 9781524741945 $22.00 FICTION May 28, 2019

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Best Books of 2018Two-time Edgar Award-winning author Lori Roy spins a twisted, atmospheric tale about a small Southern town where girls disappear and boys run away.When Lane Fielding fled her isolated Florida hometown after high school for the anonymity of New York City, she swore she'd never return. But twenty years later, newly divorced and with two daughters in tow, she finds herself tending bar at the local dive and living with her parents on the historic Fielding Plantation. Here, the past haunts her and the s... + Read More
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Series: The Real Michael Swann A Novel Paperback Bryan Reardon 9781524742348 $22.00 FICTION May 28, 2019

“A twisting, heart-wrenching journey into a marriage, a gripping thriller . . . Reardon grabs his readers on page one, then deftly ratchets up the suspense until the breathless ending.”—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling authorJulia Swann, mother of two young boys, is on the phone with her husband, Michael, when the call abruptly cuts out. It isn’t until later in the evening when she discovers that something terrible has happened at Penn Station, where Michael was waiting for a train home. Julia races to New York City to look for Michael, ... + Read More
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Series: Tip of the Iceberg My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier Paperback Mark Adams 9781101985120 $22.00 TRAVEL May 28, 2019

**The National Bestseller**From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontierIn 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending envi... + Read More
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Series: She Has Her Mother's Laugh The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity Paperback Carl Zimmer 9781101984611 $27.00 SCIENCE Jun 04, 2019

2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Finalist"Science book of the year"—The GuardianOne of New York Times 100 Notable Books for 2018One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Books of 2018One of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018“Extraordinary”—New York Times Book Review "Magisterial"—The Atlantic"Engrossing"—Wired"Leading contender as the most outstanding nonfiction work of the year"—Minneapolis Star-TribuneCelebrated New York Times columnist and scien... + Read More
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Series: Through Two Doors at Once The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality Paperback Anil Ananthaswamy 9781101986103 $22.00 SCIENCE Jun 11, 2019

One of Smithsonian's Favorite Books of 2018One of Forbes's 2018 Best Books About Astronomy, Physics and MathematicsOne of Kirkus's Best Books of 2018 The intellectual adventure story of the "double-slit" experiment, showing how a sunbeam split into two paths first challenged our understanding of light and then the nature of reality itself--and continues to almost 200 years later.Many of science's greatest minds have grappled with the simple yet elusive "double-slit" experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show that light behav... + Read More
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Series: The Shortest Way Home A Novel Paperback Miriam Parker 9781524741884 $22.00 FICTION Jun 25, 2019

"Delightful . . . effervescent, heady, and intoxicating."--Elin HilderbrandHow far would you go to find the place you belong?Hannah is finally about to have everything she ever wanted. With a high-paying job, a Manhattan apartment, and a boyfriend about to propose, all she and Ethan have to do is make it through the last couple of weeks of grad school.But when, on a romantic weekend trip to Sonoma, Hannah is spontaneously offered a marketing job at a family-run winery and doesn't immediately refuse, their meticulously planned forever threatens ... + Read More
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Series: The Boy A Novel Paperback Tami Hoag 9781101985410 $22.00 FICTION Jul 02, 2019

Now a New York Times bestsellerAn unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet. When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most confusing he's ever seen. Genevieve's seven-year-old son, KJ, has been murdered by an alleged intruder, yet Genevieve is alive and well. Meanwhile, Nick's wife, Detective Ann... + Read More
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Series: The Masterpiece A Novel Paperback Fiona Davis 9781524742973 $22.00 FICTION Jul 09, 2019

In this captivating novel, national bestselling author Fiona Davis takes readers into the glamorous lost art school within Grand Central Terminal, where two very different women, fifty years apart, strive to make their mark on a world set against them. For most New Yorkers, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future. It is 1928, and Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central Schoo... + Read More
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Series: A Charlie Waldo Novel Last Looks A Novel Paperback Howard Michael Gould 9781524742508 $22.00 FICTION Jul 16, 2019

A razor-sharp, exquisitely paced, madly fun debut thriller that gleefully lampoons Hollywood culture and introduces the highly eccentric yet brilliant ex-detective gone rogue: Charlie WaldoThere are run-of-the-mill eccentric Californians, and then there’s former detective Charlie Waldo.Waldo, a onetime LAPD superstar, now lives in solitude deep in the woods, pathologically committed to owning no more than one hundred possessions. He has left behind his career and his girlfriend, Lorena, to pay self-imposed penance for an awful misstep on a pivo... + Read More
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Series: Detective D. D. Warren Never Tell A Novel Paperback Lisa Gardner 9781524745134 $23.00 FICTION Aug 06, 2019

#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner returns with an unpredictable thriller that puts fan favorites D. D. Warren and Flora Dane on a shocking new case that begins with a vicious murder and gets darker from there.A man is dead, shot three times in his home office. But his computer has been shot twelve times, and when the cops arrive, his pregnant wife is holding the gun.D. D. Warren arrives on the scene and recognizes the woman—Evie Carter—from a case many years back. Evie’s father was killed in a shooting that was ruled an accident. But fo... + Read More
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Series: The Carls An Absolutely Remarkable Thing A Novel Paperback Hank Green 9781524743468 $22.00 FICTION Jul 30, 2019

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn his spectacular debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.The Carls just appeared.Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing... + Read More
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Series: The Washington Decree A Novel Paperback Jussi Adler-Olsen 9781524742539 $23.00 FICTION Aug 06, 2019

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Department Q series is back, with a terrifyingly relevant stand-alone novel about an America in chaos.Sixteen years before Democratic Senator Bruce Jansen was elected president of the United States, a PR stunt brought together five very different people: fourteen-year-old Dorothy “Doggie” Rogers, small-town sheriff T. Perkins, single mother Rosalie Lee, well-known journalist John Bugatti, and the teenage son of one of Jansen’s employees, Wesley Barefoot. In spite of their diffe... + Read More
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Series: The Conscious Closet The Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good Paperback Elizabeth L. Cline 9781524744304 $23.00 SELF-HELP Aug 20, 2019

From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you’ll love.With her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth Cline was the first to reveal fast fashion’s hidden toll on garment workers, the environment, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it.Based on her personal experiences getting off the fast-fash... + Read More
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Series: No Second Chance A Suspense Thriller Paperback Harlan Coben 9781524744434 $12.99 FICTION Jun 05, 2018

When his child is taken, a father will stop at nothing to get her back in this explosive, white-knuckle thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.When the first bullet hit my chest, I thought of my daughter...Shot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, the ransom note arrives: We are watching. If you contact the authorities, you will never see your daught... + Read More
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Series: The Dead and Those About to Die D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach Paperback John C. McManus 9781524745509 $12.99 HISTORY May 21, 2019

From the author of Fire and Fortitude, a white-knuckle account of the 1st Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach—acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic World War II battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to ac... + Read More