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Dam busters : Canadian airmen and the secret raid against Nazi Germany / by Barris, Ted,author.; Mansbridge, Peter,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.May 16, 1943, was a night that changed WWII. Nineteen Lancaster bombers filled with 133 hand-picked and specially trained airmen took off on a night mission code-named Operation Chastise; their targets - the Ruhr River dams - whose massive water reservoirs powered Nazi Germany's military industrial complex. This mission cost the lives of fifty-three airmen, including fourteen Canadians. Based on personal accounts, flight logs, maps and photographs of the Canadians involved, 'Dam Busters' recounts the dramatic story of these young Commonwealth bomber crews.
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 617; Operation Chastise, 1943.; Air pilots, Military; Air pilots, Military; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Dams;
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Valiant women : the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II / by Andrews, Lena S.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This "is the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II. These incredible women served in every combat theater, and in nearly two-thirds of the available military occupations at the time. They were pilots, codebreakers, ordnance experts, gunnery instructors, metalsmiths, chemists, translators, pararachute riggers, truck drivers, radarmen, pigeon trainers, and much more ... Yet, until now, their stories have been relegated to the dusty shelves of military archives or a passing mention in the local paper. Often the women themselves kept their stories private, even from their own families. Now, military analyst Lena Andrews corrects the record with [an] ... historical account of American servicewomen during World War II, based on new archival research, firsthand interviews with surviving veterans, and a deep professional understanding of military history and strategy"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Women in combat; Women soldiers; Women; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Sell low, sweet Harriet / by Harris, Sherry(Mystery writer);
Sarah Winston's garage sale business has a new client: the daughter of a couple who recently died in a tragic accident while away on a trip to Africa. Their house is full of exotic items from around the world that need to be sold off. When Sarah learns that the deceased were retired CIA agents, the job becomes more intriguing -- but when an intruder breaks in and a hidden camera is found, it also becomes more dangerous. And Sarah has enough on her plate right now since she's investigating a murder on the side at the nearby Air Force base, where her status as a former military spouse gives her a special kind of access. With so much work piling up, Sarah decides to hire some help. But her assistant, Harriet -- a former FBI hostage negotiator -- has a rare talent for salesmanship. Which is good, because Sarah may have to haggle for her life with Harriet's assistance...
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Divorced women; Garage sales; Detective and mystery stories; Electronic commerce; Murder;
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A-X-L [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Daly, Oliver,screenwriter,film director.; Rosenberg, Tom,film producer.; Lucchesi, Gary,film producer.; Wright, Richard,1960 August 1-film producer.; Reid, Eric,film producer.; G, Becky,1997-actor.; Jane, Thomas,actor.; Neustaedter, Alex,1998-actor.; Global Road Entertainment (Firm),publisher,production company.; Lakeshore Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Phantom Four (Firm),production company.;
Music, Ian Hultquist ; editor, Jeff McEvoy ; director of photography, Tim Orr.Becky G, Thomas Jane, Alex Neustaedter, Dominic Rains, Ted McGinley.After an experiment gone wrong, a robotic dog developed by the military gets stranded in the desert and is found by a kind-hearted man who finds a way to connect with the dog and establish a special friendship with it based on mutual trust and loyalty.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Human-robot interaction; Military robots; Robotic pets;
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Nuclear war : a scenario / by Jacobsen, Annie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks. These projects are vital to how we understand the world we really live in: where one nuclear missile begets one in return; where the choreography of the world's end requires massive decisions made on seconds-notice, with information that is only as good as the intelligence we have. Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario explores this ticking clock scenario, based on dozens of new interviews with military and civilian experts who have built the weapons; created the response plans; and been responsible for those decisions should they need to have been made. Nuclear War: A Scenario is unlike any other book in its depth and urgency"--
Subjects: Nuclear crisis control; Nuclear warfare; Nuclear weapons;
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Field of lost shoes [videorecording] / by Arquette, David.; Benward, Luke.; David, Keith.; Holly, Lauren.; McNamara, Sean,1963-; ARC Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Brad Shield ; edited by Jeff W. Canavan ; music by Frederik Wiedmann.David Arquette, Keith David, Lauren Holly, Luke Benward, Jason Isaacs, Tom Skerritt.Based on a true story of the American Civil War, culminating at the Battle of New Market, May 1864. A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley. Leaving behind their youth, these cadets must decide what they are fighting for.MPAA Rating: PG-13.DVD, widescreen 16x9 presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Virginia Military Institute; Feature films.; Historical films.; New Market, Battle of, New Market, Va., 1864; Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.;
© c2014., ARC Entertainment,
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The Great. [videorecording] / by Bromilow, Belinda,actor.; Dhawan, Sacha,actor.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor.; Fox, Phoebe,1987-actor.; Godley, Adam,actor.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Hynes, Louis,actor.; Lee, Gwilym,1983-actor.; Wakefield, Charity,1981-actor.; Paramount Television,production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,distributor.;
Elle Fanning, Sacha Dhawan, Phoebe Fox, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Louis Hynes, Gwilym Lee, Charity Wakefield, Belinda Bromilow, Nicholas Hoult.It is a satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD, NTSC ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796; Man-woman relationships;
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Close to home / by Dugoni, Robert,author.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Crosswhite, Tracy; Hit-and-run drivers; Heroin; Women detectives; Policewomen;
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Jack Reacher. [videorecording] / by Zwick, Edward,film director,screenwriter.; Wenk, Richard,screenwriter.; Herskovitz, Marshall,screenwriter.; Granger, Don(Producer),film producer.; McQuarrie, Christopher,film producer.; Cruise, Tom,1962-actor,film producer.; Hodge, Aldis,actor.; Knepper, Robert,1959-actor.; Smulders, Cobie,1982-actor.; Yarosh, Danika,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Child, Lee.Never go back.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher,presenter.; Skydance Productions,production company.;
Music, Henry Jackman ; editor, Billy Weber ; director of photography, Oliver Wood.Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge.When Army Major Susan Turner is framed for treason, Jack Reacher discovers she's the target of a massive government conspiracy. Together, they will risk everything to take down a powerful organization that will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Child, Lee.; Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character); Military police; Murder; Retired military personnel;
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Widowmaker / by Doiron, Paul,author.;
"After a mysterious woman gives Mike Bowditch disturbing news, the game warden goes looking for a family secret in a Maine ski town and discovers a vigilante who seems to be targeting sex offenders"--"When a mysterious woman in distress appears outside his home, Mike Bowditch has no clue she is about to blow his world apart. Amber Langstrom is beautiful, damaged, and hiding a secret with a link to his past ... She claims her son Adam is a wrongfully convicted sex offender who has vanished from a brutal work camp in the high timber around the Widowmaker Ski Resort. She also claims that Adam Langstrom is the illegitimate son of Jack Bowditch, Mike's dead and diabolical father. He is the half-brother Mike never knew he had. After trying so hard to put his troubled past behind him, Mike is reluctant to revisit the wild country of his childhood and again confront his father's history of violence. But Amber's desperation and his own need to know the truth make it hard for him to refuse her pleas for help. In search of answers, Bowditch travels through a mountainous wilderness to a place hidden from the rest of the world, where the military guards a top-secret interrogation base, sexual predators live together in a backwoods colony, and self-styled vigilantes are willing to murder anyone they consider their enemies. Mike Bowditch must exorcise the demons of the past before the real-life demons of the present kill him first"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bowditch, Mike; Game wardens; Missing persons; Wilderness areas;
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