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121) Greyhound
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1941. The City of Light, occupied by the Nazis, is dark and silent at night. Streetlamps are painted blue and apartment windows draped or shuttered in the blackout ordered by the Germans. But when the clouds part, the silvery moonlight defies authority, and so does a leader of the French Resistance, known as Mathieu. In Paris and in the farmhouses, barns, and churches of the French countryside, small groups of ordinary men and women are determined...
123) Rogue forces
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Scion Aviation International has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq as the U.S. military begins to downsize its presence there. But when Kurdish nationalist attacks led by the Republic of Turkey and joined by the new government in Persia invade northern Iraq, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan makes the decision to take the fight to the Turks.
124) Neverhome
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"She calls herself Ash, but that's not her real name. She is a farmer's faithful wife, but she has left her husband to don the uniform of a Union soldier in the Civil War. Neverhome tells the harrowing story of Ash Thompson during the battle for the South. Through bloodshed and hysteria and heartbreak, she becomes a hero, a folk legend, a madwoman and a traitor to the American cause. Laird Hunt's dazzling new novel throws a light on the adventurous...
125) Monstrous regiment
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Series
Language
English
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Description
War has come to Discworld ... again.
And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly's willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and -- aided by a well-placed pair of socks -- sets out
...Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
128) Jerusalem scrolls
Author
Series
Zion legacy volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
130) The Fallen Sword
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Uncover the traitor. End what you started.
Rejoining the English army laying siege to Calais, Simon Merrivale discovers that the conspiracy against the thrones of England and France has regrouped and gathered force.
New allies have joined their ranks, including a dark secret society known as the Pilgrims, and the Holy Roman Empire and the Knights of Saint John have also been drawn in.
Ambush and murder in the war-torn fields of Flanders, clandestine...
131) Banewreaker
Author
Series
Sundering volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
As the Seven Shapers become more dissatisfied with the actions of men, they wage a war in a bid to control the entire universe and the mortals trying to fight them.
137) Enemy women
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family's avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women's prison. But young Adair finds that love can...
138) Those who save us
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by an old family photo of her mother and a high-ranking Nazi officer, historian Trudy Swenson begins to dig deep into the past to uncover the wartime experiences her mother refuses to talk about.
139) The secret warriors
Author
Series
Men at war volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The OSS, under President Franklin Roosevelt and "Wild Bill" Donovan, sends agents throughout the world during World War II in an attempt to influence events to the cause of freedom.
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