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King Sorrow

by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author)

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Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons

by Walter Lord

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Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea

by Robert K. Massie

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