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- Breakout from Juno : First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, July 4-August 21, 1944 / by Zuehlke, Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-489) and indexes.Drawing on official records and veteran memories, Mark Zuehlke brings to life the Normandy Campaign.LSC- Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945;
- © c2011., D&M Publishers,
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- Paris '44 : the shame and the glory / by Bishop, Patrick(Patrick Joseph),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great hinge moments of WW2. The fall of Paris to the Nazis in June 1940 seemed like the darkest day of the Second World War; and the liberation of the city in August 1944 felt like the brightest. The liberation was a hinge moment of immense significance for the twentieth century, heralding the final victory of light over darkness and opening the door to a future free from fear. It was also the party of the century: champagne flowed freely, total strangers embraced -- it was a celebration of life renewed against the backdrop of the world's favourite city, seen in by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Lee Miller. This happy ending has come to feel as if it was pre-ordained. But there was nothing inevitable about it. Had things gone differently Paris might have gone down as a ghastly monument to Nazi nihilism, reduced to a rubble-strewn graveyard. This book, timed for the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, tells the story of those iridescent days in a startling new way. In a countdown narrative, packed with drama, heroism, joy -- and heart-thumping suspense -- the City of Lights' fate hangs in the balance."--- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
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- The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / by Smith, Jean Edward,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index."The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in"--- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
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- A fashionably French murder / by Cambridge, Colleen,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: A MURDER MOST FRENCH, ISBN 9781496739629. American expat Tabitha Knight has found a new life in postwar Paris, along with a delightful friend in aspiring chef Julia Child. Yet there are perils in peacetime too, as a killer infiltrates one of the citys most famous fashion houses.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Child, Julia; Fashion shows; Murder; Poisoning;
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- Good citizens need not fear / by Reva, Maria,1989-author.;
"A bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building, along with its residents, from municipal records. So begins Reva's ingenious novel-in-stories, intertwined narratives that span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union. But even as the benighted denizens of 1933 Ivansk Street weather the official neglect of the authorities, they devise ingenious ways to survive. In "Bone Music," an agoraphobic woman survives by selling contraband LPs, mapping the vinyl grooves of illegal Western records into stolen x-ray film. A delusional secret service agent in "Letter of Apology" becomes convinced he's being covertly recruited to guard Lenin's tomb, if only he can convince a contrarian poet to officially apologize for reciting a forbidden joke. Weaving the narratives together is an unforgettable, chameleon-like girl named Zaya: a disfigured orphan in "Little Rabbit," a beauty-pageant crasher in "Miss USSR," and, when she reaches adulthood, a sadist-for-hire to the Eastern bloc's newly minted oligarchs in "Homecoming." Good Citizens Need Not Fear takes us from moments of intense paranoia to surprising tenderness and back again, exploring what it means to be an individual amidst the roiling forces of history. Inspired by her and her family's own experiences in Ukraine, Reva brings the black absurdism of early Shteyngart and the sly interconnectedness of Anthony Marra's The Tsar of Love and Techno to a fictional world that is as clever as it is heartfelt."--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Apartment houses;
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- The world that we knew / by Hoffman, Alice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a beautiful story of one Jewish child refugee's flight to safety in Nazi German and her mother's impossible decision to set her free"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children; Jews;
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- Terrible victory : First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944 / by Zuehlke, Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Scheldt River Estuary, Battle of, 1944.;
- © c2007., Douglas & McIntyre,
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- Mastering the art of French murder / by Cambridge, Colleen,author.;
While staying in post-World War II Paris with her grandfather, Tabitha Knight becomes friends with her neighbor and fellow American, Julia Child, and must clear both their names when a woman they both knew is murdered with a knife from Julia's kitchen and a note from Tabitha in her pocket.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Child, Julia; Cooking; Americans; Murder; Theater;
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- A murder most French / by Cambridge, Colleen,author.;
Tabitha Knight investigates the sudden death of a chef at a cooking school who poured himself a glass of wine from a rare vintage bottle.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Child, Julia; Americans; Cooks; Murder; Poisoning;
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- Die around sundown / by Pryor, Mark,1967-author.;
"Mark Pryor's Die Around Sundown is the first entry in an exciting mystery series set in Paris during World War II, where a detective is forced to solve a murder while protecting his own secrets. Summer 1940: In German-occupied Paris, Inspector Henri Lefort has been given just five days to solve the murder of a German major that took place in the Louvre Musuem. Blocked from the crime scene but given a list of suspects, Henri encounters a group of artists, including Pablo Picasso, who know more than they're willing to share. With the clock ticking, Henri must uncover a web of lies while overcoming impossible odds to save his own life and prove his loyalty to his country. Will he rise to the task or become another tragic story of a tragic time? Five days. One murder. A masterpiece of a mystery"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Detectives; Murder; World War, 1939-1945;
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