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Author
Series
The navy in the civil war volume III
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1883
Physical Desc
viii, 267 p. illus., maps (some fold.) 19 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal of the fates of families set against the backdrop of war is ultimately optimistic and life-affirming, with the educated, but socially...
Author
Series
Men at War volume 2
Language
English
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Description
During World War II, the Office of Strategic Services under "Wild Bill" Donovan and FDR becomes involved in military and covert operations in London, the Belgian Congo, and Morocco
7) Special ops
Author
Series
Brotherhood of war volume 9
Publisher
G. K. Hall
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
1080 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
173 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Evan and his younger sister, Jessie, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars.
Author
Series
World War II trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes Forest. As American commanders respond to the...
12) Desert Storm
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) Look to the East
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
503 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In France 1914, the small village of Briecourt is isolated from the early battles of World War I, but then Germany occupies the town and everything changes.
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Series
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
443 p. : geneal. table, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the death of Joan of Arc shows her the dangers faced by strong women, Jacquetta, a psychic descendant of a river goddess, studies alchemy and becomes the secret wife of Richard Woodville before returning to the court of Henry VI.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When money disappears from fourth-grader Evan's pocket and everyone thinks that his annoying classmate Scott stole it, Evan's younger sister stages a trial involving the entire class, trying to prove what happened.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
585 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in Belgium, 1916, a small underground newspaper is the only thing offering Brussels hope and real news of the war. Edward Kirkland will do anything to keep it in print, so he refuses to leave the country and continues his dangerous double life.
17) The bell bandit
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
174 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Siblings Evan and Jessie must solve the mystery of a missing cherished family treasure while coming to terms with their beloved grandmother's unsettling behavior.
Author
Series
Civil War Western Theater Tetralogy volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the April 1862 surprise attack by Confederate forces on the Union Army at Shiloh.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Presents a tale inspired by the daughters of "Kingmaker" Richard, fifteenth-century Earl of Warwick, who uses his daughters as political pawns before their strategic marriages place them on opposing sides in a royal war that will cost them everyone they love.
20) Special forces
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English