{"title":"Used History","description":"\u003cp\u003eUncover the stories that shaped our world with our fascinating selection of History books at Odd Bird Bookshop! From ancient civilizations to modern-day events, our collection offers insightful reads that will deepen your understanding of the past and its impact on the present. Visit Odd Bird Bookshop today and embark on a journey through time with a book that sparks your curiosity!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpanish philosopher George Santayana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor a brief description of book conditions, please visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/condition-faqs\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition FAQs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIf you have specific questions about a book, please \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eContact Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"code-name-lise-the-true-story-of-the-woman-who-became-wwiis-most-highly-decorated-spy","title":"Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy","description":"\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eCondition: Very Good, Used.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eBinding: Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor(s): Larry Loftis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eFeatured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today!\u003cbr\u003e“A nonfiction thriller.”—The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom New York Times and international bestselling author of the “gripping” (Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Into the Lion’s Mouth comes the extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II—perfect for fans of Unbroken, The Nightingale, and Code Girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father’s footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. It is here that she meets her commanding officer Captain Peter Churchill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs they successfully complete mission after mission, Peter and Odette fall in love. All the while, they are being hunted by the cunning German secret police sergeant, Hugo Bleicher, who finally succeeds in capturing them. They are sent to Paris’s Fresnes prison, and from there to concentration camps in Germany where they are starved, beaten, and tortured. But in the face of despair, they never give up hope, their love for each other, or the whereabouts of their colleagues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInCode Name: Lise, Larry Loftis paints a portrait of true courage, patriotism, and love—of two incredibly heroic people who endured unimaginable horrors and degradations. He seamlessly weaves together the touching romance between Odette and Peter and the thrilling cat and mouse game between them and Sergeant Bleicher. With this amazing testament to the human spirit, Loftis proves once again that he is adept at writing “nonfiction that reads like a page-turning novel” (Parade).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor a brief description of book conditions, please visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/condition-faqs\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition FAQs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIf you have specific questions about a book, please \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eContact Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odd Bird Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373573206299,"sku":"9781501198656","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/9048\/1947\/files\/9781501198656.jpg?v=1781806504"},{"product_id":"the-things-our-fathers-saw-voices-of-the-pacific-theater-the-untold-stories-of-the-world-war-ii-generation-from-hometown-usa","title":"The Things Our Fathers Saw: Voices of the Pacific Theater: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA","description":"\u003cul class=\"ul1\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eCondition: Very Good, Used.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eBinding: Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAuthor(s): Matthew A. Rozell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part of your face to a Japanese sniper on Okinawa, and after many surgeries, the doctor has finally told you that at 19, you will never see again. The pain and shock are one thing. But now you have to tell her, from 5000 miles away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'So I had a hard two months, I guess. I kept mostly to myself. I wouldn't talk to people. I tried to figure out what the hell I was going to do when I got home. How was I going to tell my mother this? You know what I mean?' Jimmy Butterfield, WWII Marine veteran\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow soon we forget. Or perhaps, we were never told. That is understandable, given what they saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'I was talking to a shipmate of mine waiting for the motor launch, and all at once I saw a plane go over our ship. I did not know what it was, but the fellow with me said, 'That's a Jap plane, Jesus!' It went down and dropped a torpedo. Then I saw the Utah turn over.' Barney Ross, U.S. Navy seaman, Pearl Harbor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew Rozell tracks down over thirty survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'Rage is instantaneous. He's looking at me from a crawling position. I didn't shoot him; I went and kicked him in the head. Rage does funny things. After I kicked him, I shot and killed him.' Thomas Jones, Marine veteran, Battle of Guadalcanal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the stories that the magazine could not tell to the American public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'I remember it rained like hell that night, and the water was running down the slope into our foxholes. I had to use my helmet to keep bailing out, you know. Lt. Gower called us together. He said, 'I think we're getting hit with a banzai. We're going to have to pull back. 'Holy God, there was howling and screaming! They had naked women, with spears, stark naked!' Nick Grinaldo, U.S. Army veteran, Saipan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of 2018, fewer than 400,000 WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories? Maybe our veterans did not volunteer; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask. But they opened up to the younger generation, when a history teacher told their grandchildren to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'I hope you'll never have to tell a story like this, when you get to be 87. I hope you'll never have to do it.' Ralph Leinoff, Marine veteran Iwo Jima\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book brings you the previously untold firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-- 'After 31\/2 years of starvation and brutal treatment, that beautiful symbol of freedom once more flies over our head! Our POW camp tailor worked all night and finished our first American flag! The blue came from a GI barracks bag, red from a Jap comforter and the white from an Australian bed sheet. When I came out of the barracks and saw those beautiful colors for the first time, I felt like crying!' Joe Minder, U.S. Army POW, Japan,1945\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we forge ahead as a nation, we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Should be a must-read in every high school in America\" --Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor a brief description of book conditions, please visit \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/condition-faqs\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCondition FAQs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIf you have specific questions about a book, please \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eContact Us\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Odd Bird Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373573239067,"sku":"9781948155045","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/9048\/1947\/files\/9781948155045.jpg?v=1781806504"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0860\/9048\/1947\/collections\/History_a0bfa83d-7327-48db-9586-6d6689fb5253.png?v=1781808961","url":"https:\/\/oddbirdbookshop.com\/es\/collections\/used-history.oembed","provider":"Odd Bird Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}