The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Day of Infamy.
In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler’s blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength, the 338,000 men gathered on the beach were all that stood between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush...

"From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his penetrating and insightful braided chronicle of their lives,...

In the winter of 1941, as Britain faced defeat on all fronts, an RAF reconnaissance pilot photographed an alien-looking object on the French coast near Le Havre. The mysterious devicea Wurzburg Dishappeared to be a new form of radar technology: ultra-compact, highly precise, and pointed directly across the English Channel. Britains experts found it hard to believe the Germans had mastered such groundbreaking technology. But one young technician thought...

Compete to build the most prosperous realm as a powerful Tuscan noble in the heyday of the Italian Renaissance. Build, trade, harvest, and quarry to bolster the towns, villages, and monasteries surrounding your "castello".

"Take friendly competition to a new level as you race your opponents to the top of the tower. Play your cards to move up in small steps or big leaps. Some cards allow you to sabotage your opponents by sending them down or knocking them off. Watch out for players on a rampage - they will knock everyone off on their way up! To be safe, move in pairs and protect your pawns from attack. The first player to get all four pawns to the top is the tower champion!"...

"Pass the sushi! In this fast-playing card game, the goal is to grab the best combination of sushi dishes as they whiz by."--Container.

Queen Benevolence is hosting a celebration to honor her loyal subjects. To thank them, she will give away 12 extraordinary items from her treasure box that she keeps hidden away in a secret chamber in the castle. But when the Queen goes to choose the items that she wants to bestow, she discovers the box is empty! A thief has stolen her treasures and is running away with them! The celebration cannot happen without the treasures and there is not much...

A game of strategy for two players, ages 10 through adult. Object of the game is to outwit your opponent and capture his flag.

Shades of Blue and Gray places the 1861–1865 conflict within the broad context of evolving warfare. Emphasizing technology and its significant impact, Hattaway includes valuable material on land and sea mines, minesweepers, hand grenades, automatic weapons, the Confederate submarine, and balloons. The evolution of professionalism in the American military serves as an important connective theme throughout. Hattaway extrapolates from recent works...

Take a risk and keep rolling to build your score or play it safe so you don't lose your points in a Farkle.