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The German wife / by Rimmer, Kelly,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Berlin, 1934. Sofie Rhodes is the aristocratic wife of a scientist whose post-WWI fortunes change for the better when her husband, Jurgen, is recruited for Hitler's new rocket project. But too late they realise the Nazis' plans to weaponise Jurgen's technology as they begin to wage war against the rest of Europe. Alabama, 1950. Jurgen is one of hundreds of Nazi scientists offered pardons and taken to the US to work for the CIA's fledgling space program. Sofie, now the mother of four, misses Germany terribly and struggles to fit in among the other NASA wives. When news about the Rhodes family's affiliation with the Nazi party spreads, idle gossip turns to bitter rage, and the act of violence that results will tear apart a community and a family before the truth is finally revealed - but is it murder, revenge or justice?
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Germans; Nazis; Scientists; Scientists; Spouses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Churchill's band of brothers : WWII's most daring D-Day mission and the hunt to take down Hitler's fugitive war criminals / by Lewis, Damien,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On the night of June 13th, 1944, a twelve-man SAS unit parachuted into occupied France. The SAS patrol was ultimately betrayed, captured, and tortured by the Gestapo before facing execution in a dark French woodland on Hitler's personal orders. Miraculously, two of the condemned men managed to escape, triggering one of the most secretive Nazi-hunting operations ever, as the SAS vowed to track down every one of the war criminals who had murdered their brothers in arms ... all with Churchill's covert backing--
Subjects: Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service; Commando troops; Fugitives from justice; Nazi hunters.; Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military science); War criminals; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Woman on fire : a novel / by Barr, Lisa,author.;
"After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual-and very secret-assignment. Dan needs her to locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier: legendary Expressionist artist Ernst Engel's most famous work, Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dan's help to find it. But Jules doesn't have much time; the famous designer is dying. Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector family's millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet the passionate and determined Jules has unexpected resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Ellis's grandson. A recovering addict and brilliant artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux's clutches. He knows how ruthless she is, and he'll do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux gets to it first"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art thefts; Journalists; Lost works of art; National socialism and art; Painting; Women journalists; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Resistance women : a novel / by Chiaverini, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work - but the rise of a malevolent new political faction inexorably changes their fate. As Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party wield violence and lies to seize power, Mildred, Arvid, and their friends resolve to resist. Mildred gathers intelligence for her American contacts, including Martha Dodd, the vivacious and very modern daughter of the US ambassador. Her German friends, aspiring author Greta Kuckoff and literature student Sara Weiss, risk their lives to collect information from journalists, military officers, and officials within the highest levels of the Nazi regime. For years, Mildred's network stealthily fights to bring down the Third Reich from within. But when Nazi radio operatives detect an errant Russian signal, the Harnack resistance cell is exposed, with fatal consequences. Inspired by actual events, Resistance Women is an enthralling, unforgettable story of ordinary people determined to resist the rise of evil, sacrificing their own lives and liberty to fight injustice and defend the oppressed.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943; Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Government, Resistance to;
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The book thief [videorecording] / by Allam, Roger.; Nélisse, Sophie.; Percival, Brian.; Rush, Geoffrey,1951-; Schnetzer, Ben.; Watson, Emily,1967-; Zusak, Markus.Book thief.Videorecording.; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse, Roger Allam, Ben Schnetzer.The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 (English), Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French).
Subjects: Adoptive parents; Books and reading; Feature films.; Historical films.; Illiterate persons; Jews; Reading; Storytelling; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2014., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Return of the Dambusters : what 617 Squadron did next / by Nichol, John,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Dams;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The shadow / by Raabe, Melanie,1981-author.; Taylor, Imogen(Translator),translator.; translation of:Raabe, Melanie,1981-Schatten.English.;
On February 11 you will kill a man called Arthur Grimm. Of your own free will. And for a good reason. Norah has just moved from Berlin to Vienna in order to leave her old life behind her for good when a homeless woman spits these words at her. Norah is unnerved- many years earlier, something terrible happened to her on February 11. She shrugs this off as a mere coincidence, however, until shortly afterwards she meets a man called Arthur Grimm. Soon Norah begins to have a dreadful suspicion- does she have a good reason to take revenge on Grimm? What really happened in the worst night of her life all those years ago? And can Norah make sure that justice is done without herself committing murder?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Moving, Household; Prophecies (Occultism); Psychic trauma;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Escape from the edge / by Schnitzer, Morris,author.; Azrieli Foundation,publisher.;
"Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of young Morris Schnitzer during World War II. Fleeing from Nazi Germany after the violence of Kristallnacht, with his father's warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight--and survive. As he assumes three different false identities and crosses countless borders in search of safety, Morris poses as a farmhand in the Netherlands, is arrested and turned away from safety in Switzerland, is jailed in France, joins the resistance in Belgium, and, ultimately, enlists in the American army, vowing to take revenge for all that he has lost. (Holocaust survivor memoir by a prominent Canadian who was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He grew up in Germany and witnessed Kristallnacht, and escaped from Germany to the Netherlands on a Kindertransport.)"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Schnitzer, Morris.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish children in the Holocaust; Jews, German; Holocaust survivors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history / by Edsel, Robert M.; Witter, Bret.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The previously untold story of a little-known WWII Allied division whose mission was to track down European art and treasures that had been looted by the Nazis at Hitler's command"--Provided by the publisher.
Subjects: Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section; Art thefts; Art treasures in war; Cultural property; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2009., Center Street,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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An affair of spies : a novel / by Balson, Ronald H.,author.;
"From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award-Ronald H. Balson's An Affair of Spies tells of a spy mission to rescue a defector from Germany and prevent the Nazis from creating an atomic bomb. Nathan Silverman grew up in Berlin in the 1920s, the son of a homemaker and a theoretical physicist. His idyllic childhood was soon marred by increasing levels of bigotry against his family and the rest of the Jewish community, and after his uncle is arrested on Kristallnacht, he leaves Germany for New York City with only his mother's wedding ring to sell for survival. While attending an evening course at Columbia in 1941, Nathan notices a recruitment poster on a university wall and decides to enlist in the military and help fight the Nazi regime. To his surprise, he is quickly selected for a special assignment; he is trained as a spy, and ordered to report to the Manhattan Project. There he learns that the Allies are racing to develop a nuclear weapon before the Nazis, and a German theoretical physicist is hoping to defect. The physicist was a friend of his father's, and Nathan's mission is to return to Berlin via France and smuggle him out of Europe. Nathan will be accompanied by Dr. Allison Fisher, a brilliant young scientist who can speak French; he travels to her lab at the University of Chicago for a crash course in nuclear physics, then they embark on their adventure. Nathan and Allison soon develop feelings for one another, but as their relationship deepens they move ever closer to their dangerous goal. Will they be able to escape Europe with the defector and start a new life together, or will they fail their mission and become two more casualties of war? An Affair of Spies is an action-packed tale of heroism and love in the face of unspeakable evil. Author Ronald H. Balson has applied his unmatched talent for evocative and painstakingly authentic storytelling to the high-stakes world of espionage and created his most thrilling novel yet"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Manhattan Project (U.S.); Attempted defection; Physicists; Spies; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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