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In July 2004, the authors of this history arrived in South Florida, ready to reserch water management in the region since 1948. For the next several days, we traveled through large cities on the southeastern Florida coast, such a West Palm Beach and Miami, intrigued by the massive buildings and thronging crowds demarcating the area. At other times, we traversed agricultural fields lined by canals and levees--regions dominated by sugarcane and its...

"From April to August of 1945, Captain Jerry Yellin and a small group of fellow fighter pilots flew dangerous bombing and strafe missions out of Iwo Jima over Japan. Even days after America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, the pilots continued to fly. Though Japan had suffered unimaginable devastation, the emperor still refused to surrender. Bestselling author Don Brown (Treason) sits down with Yelllin, now...

Hitler's Britain: Examines one of the most intriguing questions in history: What would the Nazis have done if they had conquered Britain? How Hitler lost the war: Examines the theory that Germany essentially won and then lost World War II before 1942. A riveting and revealing alternative look at the theories behind and the flaws within Hitler's strategy, which ultimately resulted in Germany's defeat and the downfall of his regime.