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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Describes life in Paris after June 1940, when the Nazis occupied France, juxtaposing the eerie sense of normalcy felt by many Parisians with the passion of the strong resistance movement that rose around Charles de Gaulle.
Author
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING COLIN FIRTH • The “brilliant and almost absurdly entertaining” (Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker) true story of the most successful—and certainly the strangest—deception carried out in World War II, from the acclaimed author of The Spy and the Traitor
“Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone...
“Pure catnip to fans of World War II thrillers and a lot of fun for everyone...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. Flyboys, a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor, tells the story of those men.
Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was...
Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
In the 21st installment of the Sharpe series, Captain Richard Sharpe and his men help defend the last bastion of Spanish independence from Napoleon's siege.
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